Staff EHS Specialist
Redwood MaterialsPosted February 25, 2025
Ridgeville, South Carolina
Electric VehiclesFull Time
Job Description
The Staff Health Safety Specialist will support health and safety operations within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, focusing on developing and implementing EHS policies, conducting audits, and leading safety initiatives to ensure compliance and promote a culture of safety.
Responsibilities
- •Develop and implement core EHS policies and programs
- •Manage EHS projects and programs at the Charleston, SC campus
- •Conduct safety and compliance audits
- •Lead investigations into injuries and illnesses and develop corrective actions
- •Work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure program compliance and promote safety
- •Write and maintain reports including EHS inspections and incident investigation reports
- •Support leadership in communicating safety and health concerns
- •Lead site EHS-related teams such as Safety Committee and Emergency Response
- •Create and implement training programs for safety policies and procedures
- •Represent EHS in engineering risk assessments on new projects
Requirements
- •8 years of experience as an EHS professional in manufacturing or chemical processing industries.
- •4-year degree in Safety, Environmental Engineering Science, Biology, Chemistry or similar sciences.
- •Strong background in OSHA compliance, and independent standards organizations and certification programs.
- •Technical knowledge of fall protection systems, electrical safety, confined spaces, industrial hygiene, load handling equipment, scaffolding, lockout tagout, hazard communication, and incident investigation.
- •Ability to successfully complete a respiratory fit test and respiratory medical evaluation.
- •Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment physical including a metals sensitization evaluation and biological metals burden analysis.
- •Ability to wear a full-face respirator when required.
- •Ability to work for extended periods, including up to a full shift, while wearing Tyvek suits, Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR), and other personal protective equipment (PPE).
- •Must be able to lift up to 15lbs 10% of the time.
- •Must be able to lift over 15lbs 10% of the time.
- •Must be able to stand or move within the work area 50% of the time.
- •Must be able to bend, reach, twist, and stoop 10% of the time.
- •Must be able to sit at a work station 70% of the time.
- •Must be able to work and operate a computer terminal 60% of the time.
- •Vision is required to analyze and process work and to work on computer terminal machine centers.
- •Hearing is essential for safety reasons and to communicate with employees, supervisors, managers, vendors, suppliers, and customers via conversation, group meetings, and/or phone conferences.
- •Ability to work in challenging working conditions which may include exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes, while protected by PPE.
- •Travel required 4 times per year.
Benefits
- •Compensation will be commensurate with experience
- •Full-time position
- •Ability to work in diverse environments, both indoors and outdoors, year-round
- •Travel required 4 times per year
- •May require the ability to occasionally work weekends, nights, or on-call shifts
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