Environmental Health Safety Specialist

Lakeside Recruiting Solutions is seeking an Environmental Health Safety Specialist in Germantown, WI. The role involves leading EHS programs, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, conducting audits, and providing training. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 1-3 years of EHS experience, preferably in manufacturing. The position is full-time and focuses on promoting a proactive safety culture within the facility.
EHS Specialist

The EHS Specialist will be a leader in the development, deployment, and continuous improvement of programs and systems that support environmental, health and safety excellence within the facility.

Responsibilities
• Know and follow all of the Company’s safety rules, such as safe work practices and standard operating procedures.
• Advise and assist the Senior Management Team and other persons involved in planning, organizing, controlling and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment in the plant.
• Help maintain and continuously improve EHS in the plant by ensuring policies, procedures and processes comply with legislation, promote best practices and align with the company’s global EHS Management Program.
• Proactively coordinate and execute the necessary risk reduction techniques associated with the plant’s operations, and work with colleagues to avoid or reduce those risks and ensure safe systems of work for all activities.
• Oversee the plant’s emergency management procedures, conduct audits, training, etc, as appropriate to ensure adequate response capabilities.
• Play a lead role in setting, monitoring and presenting EHS metrics.
• Carry out investigations into any accidents and near-miss incidents that may occur; record and report on findings as required.
• Work closely with all levels of management to promote safe manufacturing practices, procedures, and proper use of equipment and facilities, responding appropriately to any concerns raised by team members in relation to EHS in the plant.
• Coordinate, prepare and deliver EHS training for employees; both internal and external as required.
• Provide new hire orientation outlining the Company’s expectations regarding safety rules and regulations.
• Integrate and partner with the EHS team to promote a proactive safety culture focused on incident prevention, risk reduction and regulatory compliance.
• Develop specific EHS objectives and create action plans to meet those objectives.
• Maintain, review and report EHS performance, identifying opportunities for improvement along with implementing preventative and corrective actions as required.
• Conduct internal EHS audits to ensure regulatory compliance.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in occupational safety, environmental science or a closely related field.
• 1 to 3 years of relevant EHS experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment, or equivalent combination of education and on-the-job training or experience.
• Attention to detail and capability to analyze data and make sound conclusions.
• Strong aptitude for organization, prioritization and managing multiple tasks at the same time.
• Knowledge of current safety and loss control practices is essential.