EHS Engineer

Menicon Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Kedah; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading safety and health organization in Malaysia seeks an experienced EHS Officer. The role involves implementing safety inspections, developing risk control actions, and ensuring compliance with EHS regulations. Ideal candidates should hold a diploma in Environment or Safety & Health and have at least 2 years of related experience. The individual will also provide emergency response and conduct health promotional programs in a proactive safety environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in the related field.
• Capable of observing and implementing safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Perform workplace inspections to improve safety.
• Ensure emergency preparedness and conduct drills.
• Review work permits and monitor compliance.

Skills

Observant

Independent work

EHS regulation knowledge

Good communicator

Report preparation

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Education

Minimum Diploma in Environment or Safety & Health

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Implement workplace inspections to uncover unsafe acts and conditions and implement improvements to prevent workplace accidents.
• Develop HIRARC and implement risk control actions for work activities.
• Review work permits, issue and monitor permits, monitor vendor/contractor work and close permits.
• Review visual controls on safety signage at the workplace and monitor employee compliance.
• Ensure emergency preparedness such as fire fighting system, PA system, CCTV and first aid kit are in place.
• Provide emergency response in any case of emergency and act as incident commander to normalize the situation.
• Plan and conduct emergency drills such as fire, chemical spillage and first aid drills.
• Ensure implementation of machine safety by performing machine buy‑off program.
• Provide orientation training to newly joined employees and refresher training related to EHS matters such as chemical safety, hearing conservation, emergency response and etc.
• Ensure all EHS related permits are renewed on time and work with authority officer to ensure all workplace inspections smoothly such as OSHWA, annual factory inspection and CF renewal.
• Organize and implement safety and health committee meetings and provide consultation to employees related to safety and health matters.
• Perform accident investigations, determine root causes and implement corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence.
• Review and ensure company forklift drivers are competent and other related matters such as automatic guided vehicle are safe for operation.
• Assist in implementing health programs such as CHRA, CEM, LEV monitoring, audiometric testing and health surveillance.
• Act as hearing conservation administrator to ensure compliance with Noise Exposure Regulation 2019.
• Review chemicals imported are classified according to CLASS 2013 regulation, review SDS are maintained, and chemical labels are according to regulation.
• Perform monthly inspections on the LEV system and ensure the LEV system is working in optimized condition.
• Be an expert in ergonomics matters and assist in conducting ergonomics risk assessments and implement risk mitigation actions.
• Investigate any health‑related issues related to working environment.
• Plan and implement health promotional programs.
• Assist to ensure management of scheduled waste in the plant are accordance to the scheduled waste regulation.
• Assist in sample collection of wastewater final discharge and report the results of monitoring to the management and authority.
• Promote environment conservation programs such as recycling and waste minimization program.
• Support the company initiative in ISO 13485 and other management systems.
• Maintain documentation for EHS related matters such as inspection record, monitoring record and training record.
• Assist superior on any arising matter and other roles assigned from superior from time to time.

Qualifications

• Education level: Minimum Diploma holder in Environment or Safety & Health or related field.
• Year of experience: Minimum 2 years and above in related field.
• Capability: Observant, able to work independently, knowledge in EHS regulation and good communicator.
• Skills: Preparing report and presentation skills. Good problem solving skills.