Environmental Health Safety Specialist

Job Title: EHS Engineer

Duration: 6 Months (Possible temp to hire)

Shift: 2nd Shift 2:30PM-10:30PM EST or 3:00PM to 11:00PM EST

Location: Lexington, KY 40511

Pay Rate: $38.26/Hour on W2

Job Description

• Assist with the implementation of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies, practices, guidelines, and procedures.
• Identify location-specific requirements for each area and participate in the development of related programs and policies.
• Assist in developing training programs and conduct training to comply with regulatory corporate EHS initiatives.
• Supervise the incident/accident investigation process including root cause analysis and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Conduct environment, health and safety audits and risk assessments.
• Participate in external EHS compliance audits and loss prevention audits.
• Coordinate the completion of all corrective actions with site personnel resulting from risk assessments, compliance audits, or loss prevention audits.
• Liaise with facilities maintenance and property management personnel to ensure appropriate fire and life safety controls are in place and maintained.
• Oversee and implement permitting requirements for air, water, and land jurisdictional requirements.
• Serve as a site contact point for government inquiries relating to EHS.

Experience/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field of study
• Extensive knowledge of health and safety engineering processes and practices
• Ability to manage and control various health and safety issues
• Familiarity with ISO environment regulations and principles
• Skill in evaluating and minimizing physical and chemical hazards
• Ability to research and apply best industrial and working practices
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in an environmental, health and safety or similar role.

Top 3 Skills

• Need 3-5 years good Safety Engineer Exp, plus with Ergonomics background.
• Strong People/ Comm Skills, this team works with EVERY dept in the plant and will be on 2nd shift with little leadership so will need to be able to think on their feet quickly.
• Someone who has strong experience in manufacturing large equipment, CNC, heavy fabrication backgrounds would make a great fit.
• Full manufacturing assembly plant True manufacturing experience At least 3- or 5-years’ experience Familiar with the manufacturing environment Machinery/safety lock out tag out experience Environmental experience, dealing with hazardous or non-hazardous waste Very personable, good team player, flexible lots of machines, robotics Union facility, union experience a plus Job Description