Sr. EH&S Specialist

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Supports the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company.
• Ensures all associates and contract personnel understand applicable Safety, Health and Environmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Develops and maintains facility safety and environmental procedures that support corporate and regulatory requirements. Assists line and staff management to understand regulations and standards.
• Keeps apprised of developments in federal, state, county and city safety laws likely to affect company.
• Responsible for industrial hygiene and medical monitoring programs for the plant.
• Ensures all incidents are reported to the required departments/agencies and all documents are distributed.
• Maintains facility safety files and records.
• Completes all local, state and federal environmental reports to ensure plant compliance.
• Develops and implements audit systems which focus on accountability and corrective actions.
• Develops programs to improve plant safety performance in order to meet plant goals.
• Prepares weekly and monthly EHS reports summarizing key statistics, data and activities.
• Conducts and document new employee safety training and existing employee refresher training.
• Monitors and report facility performance for key EHS areas. Make recommendations for improvement.
• Responsible for plant's chemical review process and associated activities.
• Develops and maintain HS&E training schedule for plant and ensure compliance.
• Provides safety support for all shifts. Respond to serious safety incidents or injuries, including accompanying injured employee(s) to clinic or hospital for diagnosis and treatment.
• Leads and actively participates in Safety Council and cross-plant teams as needed.
• Leads Board of Review for safety incidents and/or injuries in conjunction with line and staff personnel.
• Supervises evaluation, purchase and distribution of safety equipment and supplies.
• Manages all Worker's Compensation programs and guidelines.
• Performs Job Safety Analyses for new and existing processes where appropriate and develops hazard control practices and programs.
• Oversees installation, maintenance and auditing of all security, fire protection equipment and alarms.
• Escorts Avient Associates and/or visitors of all companies/agencies conducting EHS, fire, and physical security audits of the facility.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Develops implements and maintains associate training program.
• Analyzes training system effectiveness to identify and correct opportunities for improvement.
• Ensures training records are current and maintained as appropriate.
• Maintains training system to ensure that supervisors/managers are aware of training needs for employees.
• Participates in Board of Review where necessary as an opportunity to improve plant training system.
• Prepares weekly reports summarizing key training data, activities and upcoming needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical/Environ. Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job may include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud.

Scope

Manufacturing Plant.

• Supports the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company.
• Ensures all associates and contract personnel understand applicable Safety, Health and Environmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Develops and maintains facility safety and environmental procedures that support corporate and regulatory requirements. Assists line and staff management to understand regulations and standards.
• Keeps apprised of developments in federal, state, county and city safety laws likely to affect company.
• Responsible for industrial hygiene and medical monitoring programs for the plant.
• Ensures all incidents are reported to the required departments/agencies and all documents are distributed.
• Maintains facility safety files and records.
• Completes all local, state and federal environmental reports to ensure plant compliance.
• Develops and implements audit systems which focus on accountability and corrective actions.
• Develops programs to improve plant safety performance in order to meet plant goals.
• Prepares weekly and monthly EHS reports summarizing key statistics, data and activities.
• Conducts and document new employee safety training and existing employee refresher training.
• Monitors and report facility performance for key EHS areas. Make recommendations for improvement.
• Responsible for plant's chemical review process and associated activities.
• Develops and maintain HS&E training schedule for plant and ensure compliance.
• Provides safety support for all shifts. Respond to serious safety incidents or injuries, including accompanying injured employee(s) to clinic or hospital for diagnosis and treatment.
• Leads and actively participates in Safety Council and cross-plant teams as needed.
• Leads Board of Review for safety incidents and/or injuries in conjunction with line and staff personnel.
• Supervises evaluation, purchase and distribution of safety equipment and supplies.
• Manages all Worker's Compensation programs and guidelines.
• Performs Job Safety Analyses for new and existing processes where appropriate and develops hazard control practices and programs.
• Oversees installation, maintenance and auditing of all security, fire protection equipment and alarms.
• Escorts Avient Associates and/or visitors of all companies/agencies conducting EHS, fire, and physical security audits of the facility.
• Develops implements and maintains associate training program.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED

• Bachelor's Degree or equiv exp

Additional Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in EH&S

• 5 years' Safety Procedures

• 5 years' experience in Manufacturing Operations

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job may include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud.

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By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

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We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.