Environmental Health & Safety Specialist Job

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY SPECIALIST needed for a CONTRACT position with Yoh's client located in PARSIPPANY, NJ.

THE BIG PICTURE - TOP SKILLS YOU SHOULD POSSESS:

- Bachelor Degree and EHS experience.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

- Coordinates the necessary programs, reports, training, audits, and systems in order to comply with all environmental and safety laws and regulations.
- Monitor all waste activities such as generation, storage, inventory, transportation, and disposal.
- Manage hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste generation and associated documentation, complete quarterly inspection of spill control equipment and manage supplies.
- Train and/or coordinate training for all plant personnel on environmental, hygiene and safety matters, such as fork lifting equipment, hazardous material, communication program, emergency plant evacuation, audits, emergency response, etc.
- Investigate accidents related to personal injury, fire chemical release, illness, and toxic exposure due to industrial activity in the facility in order to detect and enforce recommendation to avoid occurrences.
- Prepare all environmental reports to the appropriate government agencies in accordance with the laws and regulations.
- Perform investigations and studies in order to improve the effectiveness and reduce the use of chemicals in the facility and the generation of wastes.
- Prepare and distribute chemical labels.
- Inventory all flammable cabinets and storage locations with contents and volumes.
- Ensure all chemicals have an updated safety data sheet.
- Post all inventory listing on each flammable cabinet and storage location.
- Design, develop, evaluate, and/or purchase equipment in order to comply with environmental, hygiene, and safety laws.
- Perform hygiene studies, such as noise survey, heat stress, air monitoring, waste sampling, etc. In order to provide employees a safe working environment.
- Perform environmental and safety audits in order to assess compliance to environmental and safety laws and regulations.
- Obtain appropriate disposal permits for the hazardous, solid and special waste streams.
- Maintain and file environmental, hygiene, and safety documents as per internal policies and procedures and environmental and safety laws and regulations. File compliance-oriented documentation such as respirator protection, hearing conservation, safety team inspection goals: tracking documentation and training materials.
- Manage and update visual aids for lockout/tagout.
- Maintain list of authorized employees.
- Evaluate safety data sheets and approve or disapprove the use of new and existing chemicals in the facility. Maintain SDS inventory.
- Keep management informed of all new and revised environmental, hygiene and safety laws and regulations.
- Determine and recommend the appropriate personnel protection clothing and equipment to safeguard the employees from potential hazardous and contaminating exposures to toxic substances. Manage prescription safety glasses program.
- Determine accident prevention methods and provide the necessary training to all employees to comply with OSHA requirements.
- Take appropriate measures to establish control of hazardous conditions on working environment and maintain proper documentation of corrective action taken. Complete all facilities-related inspections such as slings, eyewash/showers, fire extinguishers, fire protection equipment.
- Detect and report improper operation, faulty equipment, unsafe guarding and unusual condition to the proper supervisor. Update charts and EHS team inspection results, track findings and corrective actions.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE:

- Bachelor's Degree in Environmental, Chemical or Mechanical engineering or science, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Team work and customer focus oriented.
- Ability to train and coach others.
- Must have project management skills

IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU, APPLY NOW!

RECRUITER: James Dangler

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.

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