Senior EHS Specialist
Hydrite Chemical
- Terre Haute, IN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Up to 10% Retirement Contribution
- $500 per Year Wellness Incentive
- Two Weeks Starting Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental, and Vision - Eligible first day of the month following hire date.
- General Safety Leadership & Teamwork
- Acts as Site Leader and Ambassador of the Hydrite Safety System
- Establishes a site-specific strategic plan for continuous safety improvement
- Partners with site operational leadership focused on improving safety every day
- Partners with the EHS team across Hydrite sites to coordinate and drive best practices
- Sets a good example by following all rules and practicing good safety practices in all activities
- Acts as local subject matter expert for Hydrite safety operating procedures handling complex projects and activities. Leads, coaches, and mentors others in department
- Responsible for scheduled site safety communications
- Provides safety metric packages to site leadership and frontline
- Acts as site safety lead for incoming business review
- Manages the PPE program
- Systematically Reduce Risk
- Creates new and reviews existing Job Safety Analysis
- Creates new and reviews PPE Certifications
- Trains and executes Safe Behavior Visits
- Acts as Site Safety Lead for Management of Change (MOC), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and PSM Program including training and keeping procedures current
- Incident Management
- Acts as site leader for safety incident reporting and investigation
- Immediately reports all injuries, environmental releases to site leader and corporate functions
- Leads incident investigation and root cause analysis (5-Why, Ishikawa, FMEA, etc.)
- EH&S Training
- Organizes and schedule all annual site EHS training (Industrial Lift, HAZWOPER, Etc.)
- Uses data and observations to develop training materials and programs to reduce future risk
- Tracks and monitors all safety training requirements to achieve 100% compliance
- Conducts new employee EHS orientation
- Professionally trains and coaches personnel on good safety practices
- Manages the contractor safety program
- Environmental
- Provides environmental reporting as necessary related to Air Permit, Waste Water, Tier II
- Ensure 100% compliance with all applicable laws, permits, policies and procedures
- Responsible for monitoring and managing site to 100% regulatory compliance
- Manages waste streams including hazardous, recycling, transportation, etc.
- Leads internal audits and provides key support for external audits
- Conducts and documents regular facility inspections
- This position reports to the Regional EHS Manager
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Safety, Environmental Sciences or similar with 4-6 years' work experience in a chemical manufacturing environment
- Must possess OSHA 30-hour certification and have solid working knowledge of the subject matter and regulatory standards
- Required Experience with PSM and a strong working knowledge of subject matter.
- Working knowledge of OSHA, DOT, and EPA regulatory environments
- Must have a strong working knowledge of Chemicals and Chemical Processing.
- Working knowledge of OSHA, DOT, and EPA regulatory environments
- Working knowledge of hazardous material / dangerous goods regulations (desired).
- Considerable knowledge of behavioral-based safety principles and practices
- Considerable knowledge of accident prevention and safety equipment
- Working knowledge of HSE Risk Management loss prevention methods
- Workers comp, incident management and root cause investigation experience
- Willing to travel 15% domestically
- Ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, with employees and management including ability to read, write, and speak English
- Strong computer skills and knowledge of Power Point, Word, and Excel required