Careers

Description:

As an Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Analyst, you will lead the site environmental, health and safety initiatives. You will be responsible for assisting site leadership with establishing site-specific policies and standards to ensure compliance with regulatory and JELD-WEN Global EH&S requirements, prevent injuries & illnesses, reduce workers’ compensation costs, and help create a strong EH&S culture. You will report directly to the Office Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying environmental, health & safety risks and hazards in the workplace and implementing prevention programs
• Advising site leaders and employees on how to minimize risks and hazards in the workplace and improve environmental, health & safety performance.
• Assisting the site in complying with applicable environmental, health & safety requirements
• Training site employees on environmental, health & safety requirements and the EH&S management system
• Training line managers to recognize hazards and risks and leading the line organization in identifying and controlling hazards and risks.
• Conducting environmental, health & safety inspections in the workplace
• Managing emergency procedures (such as fire alarm drills)
• Offering general environmental, health & safety advice to all employees
• Reporting injuries, illnesses and near misses to the corporate environmental, health & safety department and business leaders
• Establishing site specific EH&S reports and communicating performance with the site leadership
• Maintaining accurate EH&S records applicable for the site, e.g., OSHA injury & illness logs, environmental permits and testing, training documentation, equipment inspection records, etc.
• Tracking environmental, health & safety inspection and audit findings to closure
• Assisting the plant manager with establishing and maintaining a site environmental, health & safety council
• Sharing environmental, health & safety lessons learned and encourage a learning culture on environmental, health & safety.
• Partnering closely with all site leaders to create, maintain and improve our safety environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills/Eligibility:

Required Qualifications

• Associates or BS Degree in Safety Engineering, Safety Sciences, Engineering or similar
• 3-4 years of environmental, health & safety experience in a manufacturing organization
• Significant knowledge of U.S. Environmental, Safety & Health laws (OSHA & EPA) required
• Experience using web-based systems to support EH&S, e.g. Process Map, Enablon, Gen-Suite, or similar
• Strong communication, presentation, training and facilitation, project management skills are essential

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) preferred
• Proficiency in LEAN and Continuous Improvement manufacturing principles
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Process safety management experience desired
• Exemplary customer service skills and attention to detail
• Advanced skills using the Microsoft suite, including Excel, PowerPoint and Access databases
• Strong analytical skills to analyze safety & health data