Job Description

The EHS Specialist will establish, implement, and audit environmental health and safety activities for the Bedford Park facility under the direction of the Plant Manager. The incumbent will also take part in the development, training, and maintenance of employees to ISO 14001:2015, OSHA, IATA and other state and federal requirements. This position has a dotted line reporting relationship to the Quality Assurance Manager and may require QA duties as needed.

The position may require travel less than 5% for auditing, training, and other duties at the discretion of management. 

Key duties include but not limited to the following: 

• Accurate detailed professional who can lead a quality minded organization that fosters mutual respect, ownership and accountability. Capable of multi-tasking.
• Collaborate with process owners to document requirements for existing and new products and procedures. This includes the development of standard operating procedures and forms using proper change control. 
• Ensures the Safety Program is properly communicated and executed within the organization, ensuring conformance to the ISO standards, requirements, and regulatory guidelines. 
• Develop, train, and audit to ISO 14001, quality, and OSHA safety training initiatives and standards to satisfy customer and regulatory requirements. 
• Coach, Mentor and Lead employees in ISO 14001, quality, and OSHA safety training initiatives.
• Communicate and Lead ISO 14001 Registrar Audits for certification, surveillance, and re-certification.
• Apply risk analysis and review of existing processes where potential failures could occur and implement Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA). Implement Statistical Process Control (SPC) to create, track and monitor process variance. Knowledgeable of 8D, 5S Quality methods tools. 
• Conducting a management review yearly and reporting of the ISO 14001system.
• Lead Safety Committee to address safety related issues, identify hazards in the workplace and apply risk mediation to mitigate and or eliminate potential safety hazards. 
• Document, track, and investigate safety incidents and plant hazards. 
• Collaborate with functional managers in the identity and use of personnel protective equipment (PPE), requirements and PPE qualification for employees. 
• Administer and update the QMS Software program for all ISO and Safety Requirements.

This is not all-inclusive list of the role, responsibilities and expectations associated with this position.

Requirements: Skills, Qualifications, Experience, Special Physical Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• Minimum 3 years' work experience in quality/environment/occupational health and safety.

Working conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. 
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 
• The employee is expected to be on the floor daily assisting production and quality to resolve safety or quality issues.

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