Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Supervisory Responsibilities:

N/A

Skills/Experience:

• Knowledge and/or experience in managing compliance of environmental, health and safety (personal, industrial & occupational) regulations, policies and procedures. 
• Thorough working knowledge of environmental, health and safety principles.
• Must be detail orientated and proven ability to multi-task, prioritize, follow-up and follow-through.
• Proficient with computer applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Must have the ability to utilize computer technology to research online, prepare reports, access data and maintain records.
• Must have current knowledge of Federal, State and Local laws and regulation relating to environmental, health and safety.
• Creative problem solving to recognize and analyze needs and propose solutions to effectively address them.
• Ability to plan and coordinate multiple diverse tasks simultaneously.
• Position requires work in a plant/manufacturing environment, indoor and outdoor conditions. Environment may include fluctuations in temperature, dust and noise. Required PPE includes safety glasses, safety toe shoes and hearing protection in addition to other specific PPE that must be worn for specific tasks.

Education:

• Minimum Associate degree in Occupational Safety or Environmental Health and Safety.
• Bachelor’s degree in these or a related field is preferred.
• Job experience, professional development and continuing education may be substituted for educational experience.

Travel: N/A
 

Physical Demands:

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 25lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.

DISCLAIMER: The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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