Environmental Health and Safety (EH & S) Coordinator

Environmental Health and Safety (EH & S) Coordinator – Rockford, IL

Provide strategic EH&S direction to plant’s senior management, supervisors and employees.

a. Ensure facility compliance with federal, state and local EH&S laws and regulations.

b. Implement and execute Company EH&S programs and

operation-specific programs at the plant level.

c. Reduce facility EH&S liability related to present and future operations.

d. Manage facility workers’ compensation program and coordinate with the workers’

compensation coordinator

e. Manage facility loss control issues.

2. Provide technical and regulatory assistance to plant employees while maintaining a dotted

line matrix reporting structure to EH&S Director(s).

 

Position Responsibilities

1. Assist plant senior management in developing and coordinating plant’s EH&S programs and

activities.

2. Provide assurance to the facility manager that the plant complies with applicable EH&S laws

and regulations. Examples of compliance duties are listed below:

a. Identify, track and resolve plant EH&S non-compliance issues and report status on

an as-needed basis to the Plant Manager.

b. Ensure that all appropriate plant employees receive required training.

c. Ensure that all required written programs (e.g., SPCC/SWPPP plan, hazard

communication, contingency plan, lockout/tag out, waste minimization plan, hearing

conservation, blood borne pathogens, etc.) are properly documented.

d. Prepare permit applications, ensure compliance with permit limits, monitor and

maintain any records required by permit.

3. Implement EH&S programs as required by Company corporate policies

and procedures and as required by the specific needs of the plant.

4. Ensure maintenance and easy access to current Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for the

plant.

5. Function as a technical consultant to the plant for EH&S issues (i.e., by demonstrating basic

technical understanding relative to chemical fate, waste management, industrial hygiene,

health & safety issues, air pollution control, wastewater treatment, etc.).

6. Keep current with changing EH&S laws and regulations on a federal, state and local level.

7. Maintain integrity of the OSHA 200 logs located at plant, evaluating the plant’s safety

performance and correlating accident frequency and severity with workers’ compensation

cost.

8. Responsible for the completion of the EPA “Community Right To Know� SARA Section 313

Form R Toxic Release reports. Collect data and prepare and submit reports to federal, state

and local authorities.

9. Conduct periodic inspections of the plant for EH&S compliance and best management

practices.

10. Manage the facility industrial hygiene program including noise sampling and other field

sampling activities.

11. Evaluate all plant expansions and/or process modifications. Review capital appropriation

requests for EH&S impacts and any regulatory requirements.

12. Ensure that all records related to EH&S programs are maintained and are current.

13. Assist in the investigations of work related injuries and development of programs to prevent

such accidents and injuries from recurring.

14. Be the plant’s main point of contact during discussions and negotiations with Environmental

and Health & Safety regulatory agencies (e.g. during inspections, permit renewals).

15. Work closely with plant’s senior management to identify community EH&S concerns

regarding facility operations, and provide technical information, as necessary, to address

those concerns.

16. Develop and deliver required EHS training to all levels of the organization.

17. Coordinate medical/health evaluations of employees as mandated by regulatory agencies or

corporate policy.

18. Coordinate the resolution of loss control recommendation with plant senior management and

the Director of EHS.

19. Act as facility EMR. Duties to include:

a) Ensuring that an environmental management system is established, implemented,

and maintained in accordance with the requirements of this International Standard.

b) Reporting to top management on the performance of the environmental management

system for review, including recommendations for improvement.

 

Qualifications

Action Oriented: Motivated and enjoys his/her work.

Adaptability/Flexibility: Ability to effectively cope with change and shift gears comfortably

Communication: Ability to effectively communicate ideas, thoughts and information to

different listeners/audiences

Customer Service: Customer Service orientation is focusing one's efforts on discovering and

meeting the customer's needs. This includes being able to develop trust

in all relationships. Customers include, but are not limited to internal and

external associates, peers, colleagues, community members, external

agencies or anyone that the person is trying to help.

Excellence: Motivated and able to consistently achieve the highest performance

level.

Innovation: Innovation is an effort to improve performance by doing new things. It

can include the introduction of an innovative procedure unknown in the

work unit or in the organization (but known elsewhere). It can also

include the invention of techniques or methods.

Integrity and Trust: Is widely trusted; seen as a direct truthful individual; can present the

unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps

confidences; admits mistakes; doesn't misrepresent him/her self for

personal gain.

Teamwork: The ability to work cooperatively with others in the accomplishment of

joint tasks and common objectives. Involves understanding team

dynamics, fostering collaboration, providing a tangible contribution and

listening and responding to the input of others in a manner that creates

an environment of mutual trust and respect.

Team leadership: The individual’s ability to exercise leadership that motivates and

mobilizes the team and to create an effective, pleasant work environment

 

Education/Experience

1. Post High School education in a technical discipline such as

Chemistry/Biology or related work experience (i.e. EH&S responsibilities in a manufacturing

environment).

2. Minimum one to three years of direct EH&S experience in a manufacturing, consulting, or

regulatory capacity. More experience may be necessary for large and/or complex plants.

3. Knowledge of plant operations, mechanical operations and waste generation processes.

4. Ability to develop and administer EH&S programs on a plant-wide basis and then monitor

their implementation.

5. Good computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, etc.).

Desirable Education and Experience

1. Professional accreditation such as Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH).

 

Travel Requirements

Travel will be required to attend Company Corporate meetings and training

sessions, and attend professional/trade association meetings. Travel should average less than

10%.