Senior EHS Specialist

USA Donaldson Company Inc.; City of Auburn (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Donaldson Company, Inc. in Auburn, AL seeks a Senior EHS Specialist to apply health and safety laws to laboratory environments and lead site targets aligned with our EHS strategy. You will act as liaison to the global EHS team and deliver information and tools to keep operations compliant and incident-free.

The role requires 3+ years in EHS, a Bachelor’s degree, and on-site work at the Auburn facility. OSHA knowledge is preferred and accessible training is provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in EHS/safety space.
• Experience with OSHA standards (30 or 511) would be beneficial.
• Any safety/EHS certifications are beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Utilize EHS risk assessment tools to identify exposures and hazards.
• Support the creation of site-level EHS targets and objectives.
• Facilitate execution of action-based EHS goals with leadership and supervisors.
• Implement operational controls to manage identified exposures.
• Maintain site compliance assurance processes and complete training obligations.
• Conduct employee training and support preventive maintenance for EHS equipment.
• Coordinate with global EHS organization and lab leadership.

Skills

EHS experience

Safety training

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Donaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.

The Senior EHS Specialist role will have a strong understanding of applicable health and safety laws and guidelines and is able to apply them to varied laboratory environments. In this role, you will be the liaison to our global Environmental Health & Safety organization and will lead execution of site-specific targets and objectives aligned with Donaldson’s overall environmental, health and safety strategies. Although this role requires functional and technical knowledge, success is more dependent on providing information and tools that people need to do their jobs in a compliant, incident-free manner. Qualified candidates must be able to work an on-site schedule at our Auburn, AL facility.

Role Responsibilities:

• Utilizes environmental, health and safety risk assessment tools to identify exposures to health and safety hazards or environmental aspects that can result in harm to people, property, or the environment.
• Supports the creation of site-level annual, environmental, health and safety targets and objectives
• Facilitates the execution of action-based EHS goals for leadership team members and supervisors to support achievement of site-specific EHS targets and objectives.
• Support on implementation of operational controls required to manage exposures identified through the site’s risk assessment processes. Examples include development of equipment-specific lockout procedures, completion of hot work permits, and management of hazardous wastes.
• Maintains site-specific compliance assurance processes to facilitate the timely completion of EHS-related compliance, training and preventive maintenance obligations.
• Conducts employee training as outlined on the site’s EHS Compliance Calendar.
• Supports completion of preventive maintenance for EHS-critical equipment and processes.
• Conducts sampling and data collection required to demonstrate compliance with the site’s environmental regulatory requirements.
• Maintains EHS systems (Examples include action log, equipment identification, and asset inspection tools)
• Supports implementation of new equipment or procedures utilizing change management process.
• Liaison to global EHS organization and global lab leadership team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree 3+ year of experience in the EHS/safety space, including prior work experience, internship/co-op, or collegiate-focused coursework.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with OSHA 30 or OSHA 511 standards would be beneficial for this role.
• Any safety or EHS certifications would be beneficial

Relocation:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

Immigration Sponsorship Not Available:

Applicants for this position must be currently and legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship (e.g., H-1B, J-1, F-1, CPT, OPT, etc.). Donaldson will not offer immigration sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa for this position. International relocation or remote work arrangements outside of the U.S. will not be considered.

Donaldson only accepts online applications through our Careers | Donaldson Company, Inc. website and any communication from a Donaldson recruiter would be sent using a donaldson.com email address. If you have any questions about the legitimacy of an employment opportunity, please reach out to [e-mail] to verify that the communication is from Donaldson.

Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law.

Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world’s most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more. Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents.

The filtration market continues to grow. Customers’ needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand. Learn more at www.donaldson.com.