EHS Compliance & Safety Leader

MENTOR Technical Group Corporation; Cidra, Northern (PR, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mentor Technical Group in Puerto Rico is seeking an experienced EHS professional to lead environmental, health and safety programs at client sites. You will develop and implement compliance initiatives, conduct inspections, and coordinate training.

The role requires knowledge of OSHA/CAL/OSHA, EPA, and waste management, with strong incident investigation skills and cross-functional collaboration across operations and management.

Qualifications

• AD, Engineering or Science
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Industrial Hygiene or Social Science related field.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accountability, transparency, cross-functionally and effective communication within the EHS Department while ensuring that information is timely, clear and accurate.
• Investigate and prepare required reports of EHS system performance including investigation reports, injury reports, insurance claims, performance metric reports.
• Take necessary steps to ensure a safe work environment for all employees.
• Participate in the investigation of incidents, near misses and property damage incidents.
• Ensure follow-up is done to minimize future exposure and proper records/documents are maintained.
• Conduct, coordinate and track various training to support company programs.
• Conduct routine safety observations to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies, company environmental, health, and safety policies, procedures and practices.
• Maintain internal and regulatory reporting including data collection and reporting including air, storm water and surface water discharge.
• Ensure the company meets all its legislative compliance obligations with OSHA, CAL/OSHA, EPA, AQMD, ADA, and fire codes.
• Serve as primary contact for all regulatory agencies for inspections, permitting, reporting (air, water, waste).
• Maintain compliance with permits, government regulations and other industry practices.
• Keep abreast of any safety and environmental law or regulation changes that impact the client.
• Participate in manufacturing meetings to discuss workplace safety and regulatory concerns and opportunities.
• Actively role model all company and assigned client environmental, health and safety standards.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with Operations, Managers, Supervisors and employees.
• Assist in the oversight of the Worker’s Compensation program.
• Promote excellent relationship with MENTOR clients, encouraging an open dialog and trustful communication between both parties demonstrating a professional conduct at all times and proudly represent MTG at all levels and places.
• Alerts management when problems are identified and make recommendations for improvements.
• Must be a team player committed to developing and working in a quality environment.
• Complies with MENTOR’s administrative requirements timely and consistently in areas such as: weekly reports, updating of CV’s, yearly updates of medical/training records, attendance to work, etc.
• Other duties and participation on special projects as required or assigned by manager, upper management or by the client. Implement and maintain a management of change process (MOC) to ensure that business, operational and/or administrative changes that may create adverse effects on people, property or the environment are anticipated, evaluated and controlled early in the process for continual compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and standards.
• Ensure compliance of Waste Management Programs as Hazardous Waste, Non Hazardous Waste General Trash, Biohazard and Recycling.
• Prepare Hazardous Waste Manifests Reports.
• Ensure compliance and update the EHS programs documentation.
• Prepare Regulatory Reports to the Governing Agencies: ADS Trimester Reports, Biennial Reports, Waste Report and Waste Monthly Data Gathering.
• Coordinate and supervise all the activities perform of recycling Program.
• Prepare all the Waste shipments report and documentation of different suppliers.
• Ensure and verify that all the areas, manages waste are in compliance with client standards and with Regulatory Agencies.
• Audit EHS Programs Inspections and Follow-up of correctives actions in the Inspection Action Plan.
• Conduct inspections training.
• Prepare monthly Inspection.
• (e-tool software) related with ergonomic program.
• Conduct ergonomic, lifting and carrying techniques training.
• Maintain and file the Near Miss, Management of Change forms and nonconformance's report, Ergo Assessments.
• Participate in Near Miss, Incident and Accident Investigations

Skills

EHS Management

Regulatory Compliance

Incident Investigation

Training Delivery

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

AD, Engineering or Science

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Industrial Hygiene or Social Science related field

Tools

e-tool software

Regulatory reporting tools

Job description

Mentor Technical Group in Puerto Rico is seeking an experienced EHS professional to lead environmental, health and safety programs at client sites. You will develop and implement compliance initiatives, conduct inspections, and coordinate training.

The role requires knowledge of OSHA/CAL/OSHA, EPA, and waste management, with strong incident investigation skills and cross-functional collaboration across operations and management.