EHS Specialist

BENTELER Group; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Match

Dental

Development

Educational Assistance

Flexible Work Schedules

Health Savings Accounts

Holidays

Life & Disability

Medical

Training

Vacation

Vision

Wealth Management Support

Job summary

BENTELER is seeking a Professional-level EHS specialist to assist the EHS Manager in leading all safety and environmental programs. The role focuses on ensuring a safe workplace and compliance with OSHA, EPA, DEQ, and company policies.

The candidate should have a BA/BS in Occupational Safety or related field with 5-10 years of experience in heavy industry, plus strong knowledge of risk assessment and continuous improvement. Strong SAP and MS Office skills are preferred.

Qualifications

• BA/BS Occupational Safety or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5-10 years of experience in risk control, health, safety, and environmental protection in heavy industry.
• Ability to analyze regulatory standards and determine best practices.
• Background in continuous improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of OSHA recordkeeping and safety metrics.

Responsibilities

• Assist the EHS Manager in leading all Environment Health and Safety (EHS) processes to provide a safe workplace and comply with regulations.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal regulations and company policies.
• Develop and implement safety programs and safety committees to meet OSHA regulations.
• Investigate accidents and injuries and establish corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Identify hazards and risks to mitigate environmental and workplace risks.
• Provide education, policies, and procedures to minimize incidents.
• Support compliance with EPA/DEQ and related environmental reporting.
• Coordinate training of subcontractors and enforce safety rules.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Continuous improvement

Safety program management

Education

BA/BS Occupational Safety or related field

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Division: BENTELER Steel/Tube
Functional Area: Safety/Health/Environment
Career Level: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time
Weekly Working Hours: 40.00
Required Languages: English
Requisition ID: 45878
Benefits: United States : 401(k) Match || United States : Dental || United States : Development || United States : Educational Assistance || United States : Flexible Work Schedules || United States : Health Savings Accounts || United States : Holidays || United States : Life & Disability || United States : Medical || United States : Training || United States : Vacation || United States : Vision || United States : Wealth Management Support
At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities—at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

Core Responsibilities

• Assist the EHS Manager in leading all Environment Health and Safety (EHS) processes in order to provide a safe workplace that protects and enhances the well-being of employees, guests, and outside contractors in order to comply with all governmental regulations.
• Assures compliance with state and federal regulations in addition to company policies and procedures.
• Consults, trains, directs, develops and implements safety programs and safety committees to promote overall health and safety and to meet OSHA regulations.
• Investigates work related accidents and injuries and establishes appropriate behavior modifications to prevent reoccurrence.
• Investigates potential safety hazards to eliminate risks of workplace injury and environmental hazards to mitigate the risk of pollution to the environment.
• Provides education, policies, and procedures to minimize and eliminate work related accidents.
• Works with EHS Manager and other personnel to ensure compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Quality.
• Establishes and coordinates an effective security process to protect all associates, property and visitors.
• Maintains all required OSHA, EPA, DEQ, and other compliance related reports and paperwork- such as OSHA logs, environmental permit reports, SDS (Safety Data Sheet) information.
• Creates, maintains, and monitors accident/incident/near miss/property damage statistics and reports to identify opportunity for improvement, risk areas/equipment and injury trends.
• Actively assists with safety, environmental, fire prevention, and housekeeping audits/gemba walks.
• Evaluates new equipment and processes and identifies areas of improvement by means of risk assessment methodology.
• Coordinates the training of subcontractors by means of training, enforcing rules, auditing, tracking compliance, etc.
• Assists in monitoring air and noise levels to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Works along with multiple departments to ensure all waste management paperwork and the subsequent reporting to government entities is handled properly and efficiently.
• Work with EHS Manager and co-workers to ensure the local and corporate prevention programs expands to every employee.

Job Requirements

• BA/BS Occupational Safety or related field – or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 5-10 year’s experience preferred with all risk control issues such as employee health, safety, fire protection and environmental protection, preferably in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
• Ability to analyze regulatory and non-regulatory standards to determine best practices.
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies preferred,
• Experience with medical procedures, protocols, processes, etc.
• OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements Knowledge and Safety Metric Calculations
• ASP, CSP, CHMM, EMT, or equivalent professional credential preferred
• SAP knowledge Preferred/Microsoft Office Suite Required.

Your contact

Samantha Ann Metoyer
BENTELER Human Resources
Phone: [phone]