Safety & Environmental Specialist (2nd Shift)

S&C Electric Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive plan

Job summary

S&C Electric Company in Chicago, IL is seeking a Safety and Environmental Specialist to join our Production & Facilities function. You will work with the corporate HSE team and provide technical consultation on safety and environmental matters to leadership and shop teams.

Reporting to the Switchgear Value Stream, you’ll support compliance activities, train staff, and drive safety programs to protect workers and the environment while supporting efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and/or Environmental, Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience as a Safety & Environmental professional in engineering/manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated communication and training design skills for leadership and teams.
• Willing to travel to other S&C locations within and outside the United States.
• Experience with safety and environmental compliance and data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Provide Safety & Environmental guidance for HSE programs (BBS, LERP, RCRA, Hazard Communication, LOTO, Confined Space, Ergonomics, PIV, OSHA compliance).
• Refine programs and procedures to improve effectiveness and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Train team members on requirements and assist site in HSE program adherence.
• Track Federal, State and Local safety & environmental regulations and their impact on operations.
• Coordinate facility audits, inspections, and corrective actions with Operations.
• Calibrate instrumentation and collect environmental samples as needed.

Skills

Safety & Environmental (HSE)

Strong communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety or environmental/engineering

Job description

As an S&C Electric team member, you’ll work on projects that have real-world impact. You’ll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We’re big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively.

Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner.

Hours

• 4:30 pm – 1:00 am - Monday-Friday Onsite (2nd Shift)

Compensation

At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members, and we are committed to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated annual base salary range for this position is $73,920 - $97,885. Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors, including performance, knowledge, job-related skills and experience, and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP), subject to eligibility criteria.

Join Our Team as a Safety and Environmental Specialist!

Are you passionate aboutSafety and Environmental Services?S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to join our Production & Facilities function. As a this position will work with the corporate HSE team and assists with company safety & environmentalactivitiestoassurecompliancewithlegalrequirementsutilizingeconomical,effective,andefficientconcepts. This position works closely with leadership to provide technical consultation, support, and guidance to leadership andteam members on safety & environmental matters,you’ll be crucial in ensuring smooth operations and supporting our diverse team.

Reporting to the Switchgear Value Stream , this position will work with the corporate HSE team and assists with company safety & environmental activities to assure compliance with legal requirements utilizing economical, effective, and efficient concepts. Safety and Environmental Specialist works closely with leadership to provide technical consultation, support, and guidance to leadership and team members on safety & environmental matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Safety & Environmental guidance and support for Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) programs, which include but not limited to: Behavior Based Safety (BBS) programs, Location Emergency Response Plan (LERP); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Hazard Communication, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Confined Space, Ergonomics, Powered Industrial Vehicles (PIV), industrial air and noise monitoring, sustainability and waste management compliance, Department of Transportation (DOT), as well as other applicable OSHA compliance to reduce workplace injury.
• Refine existing programs and procedures to improve effectiveness and efficiency or eliminate their need. Reviews and updates safety policies and procedures on a routine and as needed basis to assure compliance with applicable required federal, state, and local regulations and corporate standards.
• Provide active support to team members by training team members on requirements and assisting the site to ensure compliance with HSE programs and initiatives.
• Track Federal, State and Local safety & environmental regulations and evaluates their effects on company operations.
• Interface with various shareholders (e.g., Operations, technical support, etc.) to meet assigned safety & environmental objectives and drive action items to completion.
• Establish and coordinate facility audits, inspections, and observations to assure all facility operations are in compliance with Local, State, and Federal regulations; follow-up with Operations to ensure corrective actions are completed and documented; Conduct audits as needed and perform systematic review of audit data entry and analysis, track/trends for all audits.
• Prepare, calibrate, and use instrumentation to collect and analyze environmental, chemical, etc.; samples and other monitoring as needed.
• Develop suitable safety and environmental training content and delivery mode, in line with global, regional, and legal requirements, conduct gap assessment to identify competence needs, adjust curriculum to reflect site-specific demand and organize and provide appropriate training using a Learning Management System
• Perform virtual and physical ergonomic assessments and recommendations using standard ergonomic analysis tools and/or Digital Human Modeling to identify and prioritize ergonomic risk factors to comply with corporate guidelines and standards to improve operator efficiency, quality, reduce cost, improve safety and eliminate operator injury.
• Collaborate with cross-functional organizations within S&C to drive environmental initiatives including – but not limited to – waste reduction, reuse, recycling, resource conservation, circularity, recyclable contents, and materials, etc.

What you’ll Need To Succeed

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and/or Environmental, Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience as a Safety & Environmental professional, or equivalent experience inan engineering and manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated sustained high-level performance in safety & environmental functions with strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to simultaneously handle a variety of safety & environmental projects and assignments and to bring an effective approach to the solution of technical objectives.
• Proven ability to design and deliver training.
• Incident Investigation proficiency including risk assessment and root cause analysis, countermeasure development, and PDCA measures.
• Willing to travel to other S&C locations within and outside United States.
• Experience with chemical manufacturing or heavy manufacturing environment.
• Experience in data analytics and finding correlations in data.
• Must be able to work flexible shifts as needed.

Major Physical Demands

• This job may require periodic travel by car and/or airline to S&C locations and perform in-person inspectionsand investigations in a wide variety of factory and office environments or attend off site seminars andtraining activities for continued safety and/or environmental development. 5% or less.
• Activities such as standing, extensive walking, climbing stairs / ladders, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling,bending, reaching, handling and may be exposed to hot/cold temperatures will occasionally be required.Frequent use of computers and office equipment is required.
• Ability to travel occasionally to other facilities and flexibility to work non-traditional business hours as needed.

S&C Electric is committed to equal-opportunity employment. All employees and applicants will be considered without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application, please email us at [e-mail].

No fixed deadline