EHS Engineer

What’s Upstate; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Paid parental leave

Continuing education assistance

Job summary

A leading semiconductor firm in North Carolina is seeking an EHSS Engineer to manage environmental health and safety programs. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with regulations and driving a strong safety culture. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, 3-5 years of relevant experience, and knowledge of OSHA and EPA standards. You will be involved in developing programs, conducting training, and managing incident investigations within a complex industrial environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in an industrial setting.
• In-depth knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations.
• Comfortable with personal protective equipment.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement in safety culture.
• Ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
• Conduct incident investigations.

Skills

Implementation of environmental health and safety programs

Chemical safety knowledge

Effective communication

Ability to manage multiple projects

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Chemistry, Science

Tools

SharePoint

MS Teams

MS Office

Job description

At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way.

We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work.

• Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do.
• Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them.
• Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave.
• Student? We offer continuing education assistance.
• Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.

Here’s the Gist:

Wolfspeed is seeking an environmental, health, safety, and sustainability (EHSS) engineer to manage EHSS programs at the North Carolina facilities. The EHSS Engineer is directly responsible for activities related to ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health and safety regulations. This position works closely with internal business partners to find effective, efficient solutions to environmental health and safety program implementation.

Reporting to the Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager, this position develops, implements, and monitors company environmental health and safety programs and policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations. The primary focus of the EHSS Engineer will be to implement environmental health and safety programs in a semiconductor manufacturing environment with significant chemical usage.

The Day-to-Day:

• Drive continuous improvement in Wolfspeed "Protect the Pack" safety culture
• Develop and implement EHSS programs, procedures, associated training, guidance documents, and job aids
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and environmental permits
• Support department / business unit implementation of environmental health and safety programs (serve as EHSS Point-of-Contact)
• Maintains EHSS equipment inventory
• Directs hazardous waste removal process including generating waste profiles, managing vendors, and improving recycling efforts; may assist in consolidating hazardous wastes (chemical, radioactive, and/or medical)
• Delivers safety and/or environmental trainings, and maintains associated records in EHSS learning management system
• Perform Job Hazards Analysis (JHA) and provide recommendations on controls and mitigation
• Conduct incident investigations with business units, determine root causes using structured problem solving, and drive corrective actions
• Coordinate ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 activities related to internal and external assessments and audits

This Job is Right for You if You Have (Minimum Requirements):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Chemistry, Science, or other 4-year related degrees.
• 3-5 years of experience implementing environmental health and safety programs in an industrial setting
• In depth knowledge of chemical safety, ergonomics, and industrial hygiene
• Ability to effectively interpret federal and state regulations (i.e. OSHA and EPA)
• Ability to manage multiple programs/projects simultaneously and ability to effectively implement the programs/projects in a complex environment.
• Experience with SharePoint, MS Teams, MS Office
• Must be comfortable wearing personal protective equipment or PPE (i.e. lightweight cleanroom suit, eye protection, gloves, etc.)
• Occasional ability to lift up to 50lbs.
• Occasional on-call responsibility to respond to on site emergencies

Preferred skills and certifications:

• Semiconductor / chemical industry experience
• Experience working in Process Safety Management (PSM) covered facility
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP) accreditation, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)
• Applicable knowledge of SEMI, IBC, FM Global, and NFPA standards and regulations

This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.