Safety and Environmental Engineer

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Job Duties.

Recognize, identify, and evaluate hazardous conditions, behaviors, and work practices. 

Recommend appropriate containment and corrective actions for hazard control design, methods, procedures, and processes. Communicate and share best safety practice information with Corporate EHS.

Collaborate with allied functions such as Engineering, Security, Medical, Purchasing, Facilities and Equipment Services to ensure employee safety and compliance with all safety regulations. 

Work with department supervisors to investigate company occupational incidents which include injury, illness, near misses, property damage, spills, and thermal events.

Determine root cause and corrective action. Monitor incident management system to ensure plant incident reports and corrective actions are complete.  Perform incident trend analysis and notify management of discovered injury pattern results.  

Provide recommendations for future injury prevention. Schedule and facilitate safety-related meetings and provide feedback regarding status of employee continuous improvement (CI) safety suggestions.

Coordinate and facilitate other safety-related activities and initiatives to ensure  plant safety teams remain focused and productive on incident prevention activities.

Minimum Qualifications

2-4 years related experience

Bachelor’s degree (Engineer, Environmental, Health & Safety, Occupational Safety and Health)

Non-degree considered if 12+ years of related experience along with a high school diploma or GED

Job requires employee to drive a lift truck

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of safety regulations. Two to four years’ experience in EHS process operations in a commercial or manufacturing environment.  Good verbal, interpersonal, computer, and problem-solving skills. Ability to give feedback.