EHS Safety & Compliance Specialist

Sims Metal; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Sims Metal is seeking an EHS Assistant to support policy rollout and daily safety operations at our Jersey City site. You will partner with supervisors and workers to apply EHS standards, assist with risk assessments, and help manage data in the company's systems.

This role emphasizes training support, incident investigation, and proactive safety improvements. Applicants should be pursuing or have a bachelor’s degree in an EHS field, with up to two years of industrial experience and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an EHS field or related certifications.
• Up to 2 years of experience in an industrial environment focusing on Health, Safety or Environment.
• Supervisory and training experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and operational understanding of EHS policy, standards, and processes.
• Partner with front-line supervisors and workers to understand how work is done and how variability and context impact safe operations.
• Work with operations on the effective use of EHS tools such as Risk Assessment and Critical Control Verification.
• Assist front-line teams as they identify and manage risk.
• Provide improvement guidance and support corrective action development and continuous improvement opportunities and recording findings/actions in the data management system.
• Participate in daily safety talks, discussing site hazards and risks, and facilitating the use of the data management system.
• Support the investigation of significant EHS non-conformances or incidents and identify and communicate corrective actions.
• Provide feedback to supervision on EHS related communications and opportunities to improve.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal & written communication

Time management

Detail oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in EHS or related cert

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Data management systems

Job description

Sims Metal is seeking an EHS Assistant to support policy rollout and daily safety operations at our Jersey City site. You will partner with supervisors and workers to apply EHS standards, assist with risk assessments, and help manage data in the company's systems.

This role emphasizes training support, incident investigation, and proactive safety improvements. Applicants should be pursuing or have a bachelor’s degree in an EHS field, with up to two years of industrial experience and a