EHS Engineer

Menicon Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Kulim; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Menicon Malaysia Sdn Bhd is hiring an EHS Engineer to safeguard environmental health and safety in the workplace in Kedah. You will implement workplace inspections, develop HIRARC, review permits, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.

You will conduct training, drills, and drive continuous safety improvements across operations. The role requires a Diploma in Environment or Safety & Health, at least 5 years of EHS experience, and a valid SHO certificate.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Environment or Safety & Health required.
• Minimum 5 years in EHS roles.
• Holds Safety & Health Officer (DOSH/JKKP Green Book).
• Knowledge of EHS regulations and safety management.
• Strong reporting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement workplace inspections to identify unsafe acts and conditions and drive improvements.
• Review activities, develop HIRARC, and implement risk controls.
• Review and issue work permits; monitor vendors and permit closures.
• Maintain safety signage and ensure employee compliance.
• Ensure emergency preparedness with fire systems, PA, CCTV and first aid.
• Conduct emergency drills and act as incident commander when needed.
• Oversee machine safety through buy-off programs.
• Provide onboarding and refresher training on EHS topics.
• Renew EHS permits on time and liaise with authorities.
• Organize safety and health committee meetings and provide guidance.

Skills

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Good communication

Safety knowledge

Risk assessment

Education

Diploma in Environment or Safety & Health

Job description

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As EHS Engineer, you play a crucial role to ensure the environment, health, and safety of our workers in the workplace. You are entrusted to implement the workplace inspection, safety and health program and to ensure 100% compliance to all EHS related act and regulation.

Job Responsibilities

Empowering Safety

• Implement the workplace inspection to uncover the unsafe act and unsafe condition at the workplace and implement improvement to prevent accident at workplace.
• To review the work activities and develop the HIRARC and implement the risk control action.
• Review the work permit, issuance the work permit, monitor the work of vendor/contractor and closure of the permit.
• Review the visual control on the safety signages at workplace and monitor the employee compliance.
• Ensuring the emergency preparedness are in place such as fire fighting system, PA system, CCTV and first aid kit are in place.
• Provide emergency respond in any case of emergency arises and act as incident commander to normalize the situation.
• Plan and conduct emergency drill such as fire, chemical spillage and first aid drills.
• Ensuring the implementation machine safety by perform the machine buy off program.
• Provide orientation training to the newly join employee and refresher training related to EHS matter such as chemical safety, hearing conservation, emergency respond and etc.
• To ensure all the EHS related permit are renewed on time and work with authority officer to ensure all workplace inspection smoothly such as OSHWA, annual factory inspection and CF renewal.
• Organize and implement safety and health committee meeting and provide consultation to employee related to safety and health matter.
• Perform accident investigation, determine the root cause of the issue and implement the corrective action to prevent reoccurrence of the issue.
• Review and ensuring the company forklift drivers are competent and other related matter such as automatic guided vehicle are safe for operation.

2. Ensuring Health & Hygiene

• Assist in implementing health program such as CHRA, CEM, LEV monitoring, audiometric testing and health surveillance.
• Act as Hearing conservation administrator to ensure compliance to Noise Exposure Regulation 2019.
• Review the chemical imported are classified according to the CLASS 2013 regulation, review the SDS are maintained, and chemical label are according to the regulation.
• Perform monthly inspection on the LEV system and ensuring the LEV system is working in optimized condition.
• Be an expect in ergonomics matter and assist in conducting the ergonomics risk assessment and implement the risk mitigation action.
• Investigating any health-related issue related to working environment.
• Plan and implement the health promotional program.
• To assist to ensure the management of Scheduled waste in the plant are accordance to the Scheduled waste regulation.
• Assist in the sample collection of wastewater final discharge and report the result of the monitoring to the management and authority.
• Promote the environment conservation program such as recycling and waste minimization program.

4. Support and Documentation

• To support the company initiative in ISO 13485 and other management system.
• Maintain documentation for EHS related matter such as inspection record, monitoring record and training record.
• To 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 Experiences: Minimum 5 years and above in related field.
• Possess a valid Safety and Health Officer (SHO) Certificate of Competency (DOSH/JKKP Green Book).
• Capability: Observant, able to work independently , knowledge in EHS regulation and good communicator.
• Skills:Preparing report and presentation skills. Good problem solving skills.

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