EHS Specialist

Description

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row. It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

LOCATION : Chili, NY

SUMMARY : Provides support to EHS Manager in monitoring manufacturing environment and processes; implements procedures and practices that ensure safe work conditions. Assists in the creation, communication, and enforcement of standards and practices for handling hazardous materials. Assists in monitoring manufacturing practices and processes for environmental considerations; assists in ensuring adherence to company policies, industry practices, and governmental regulations. Assists in the process of preparing for, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from, an emergency.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP : EHS Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Creates mechanisms for assessing and addressing risks or hazards to plant, and transport personnel and environment.
• Monitors existing infrastructure and processes for compliance and potential risks or hazards; coordinates EHS audit / inspection program.
• Investigates causes of accidents, injuries, or illnesses; prepares reports of findings and solutions for minimizing or preventing recurrence.
• Conducts research and assessment of the proper use, selection, and limitations of major safeguarding devices, personal protective equipment, and the like.
• Provides support to plant manager or site leader in addressing EHS-related issues.
• Maintains necessary documentation for internal or governmental regulations and standards. Provides documentation to internal or external auditors as needed.
• Ensures compliance with OSHA, EPA, and other regulatory requirements by routine plant evaluation and strong floor presence.
• Coordinates emergency-management activities for the site, including conducting routine emergency drill exercises.
• Implements education and training programs for good health and safety practices.
• Follows investigation practices and procedures for all incidents and near misses to determine the causes and the corrective actions necessary to prevent recurrences. Meets corporate reporting targets by timely completion of investigations and root cause analyses.
• Engages with employees to address EHS-related concerns and follows through on open issues to closure.
• Coordinates employee scheduling with onsite / at-clinic early intervention program.
• Maintains accurate recordkeeping data as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
• Implements effective emergency response action programs. Collects and analyzes injury data to identify trends and recommend improvements.
• Maintains data, records and documents in a confidential manner.
• Quotes, purchases, and allocates necessary items to ensure a safe working environment.
• Leads injury management efforts and communication to facilitate return-to-work program effectively in collaboration with human resources team.
• Manages contracts related to safety and environmental systems and equipment. Coordinates annual hearing testing, medical evaluations, first aid and CPR training, fit testing and other required testing.
• Develops and communicates incident notification reports across the Corporation in a timely manner.
• Performs job site analyses and institute safe work procedures.
• Facilitates the development and maintenance of EHS committees including production employee involvement.
• Coordinates industrial hygiene monitoring activities as needed
• Takes an active role in Corporate-level EHS activities partnering with other EHS team members across the organization.
• Assists with ISO 14001 and 45001 implementation at assigned location.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information predominantly technical in nature and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Skillful in presentation skills both in preparation and delivery is preferred.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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. 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 occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision.