EHS Technician

Job Title: EHS Technician

Reports To: EHS Manager

FLSA Status & EEO Code: Non-Exempt/Technician

Division/Department: GHM/Operations

Level of Work: Level I

Position Summary: We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive EHS Technician to support and promote a safe, healthy, and environmentally compliant workplace in our welding and fabrication operations. The EHS Technician plays a key role in ensuring regulatory compliance, promoting safety culture, and reducing risk through daily oversight, inspections, training, and incident response.

Level I: Quality – Complete and accurate work performed efficiently

Production quality and efficiency using appropriate tools and equipment, qualified to perform special processes as needed

• Consistently meets customer’s quality requirements and expectations.

Follow instructions – oral and/or written

• Performs other duties as assigned by the EHS Manager, or his/her designate.

Safety & housekeeping

• Work may require use of scaffold, ladders, forklift, and/or scissor lift.
• Maintains a clean work area with no clutter.
• Practices safety at all times while at work.
• Follows safety policies and procedures and speaks up when others are non-compliant.
• Wears all safety equipment for area of work.

Continual Improvement suggestions

• Keeps an open mind to others continuous improvement suggestions
• Bring continuous improvement suggestions to the appropriate team member.

Professional Development

• Demonstrates initiative, positive attitude, and enthusiasm for the job
• Will follow up with supervisor on professional development goals and opportunities
• Takes an interest and lets it be known that they have a desire to grow with the company

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience and abilities required.

Education and Training

• Associate’s Degree or certification in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, or related filed (Bachelor’s degree a plus).

Experience:

• 1-3 years of experience in EHS roles, preferably in manufacturing, welding or fabrication environments.

Other:

• Must be willing to work overtime as required.
• Minimal travel may be required

Preferred Qualification:

• OSHA 10 or 30 certification.
• First Aid/CPR certification.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and local environmental regulations.
• Familiarity with safety equipment, PPE, Lockout/Tagout, Confined Space Entry & Hot work Permits.

Skills:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Must have proficiency in MS office applications including spreadsheet, enterprise resource planning, database, and specialized application software.
• Must have proficiency in EHS tracking/reporting systems.
• Ability and willingness to abide by set policies and/or safety programs established by GHM, our clients, and/or regulatory agencies which govern our performance and behavior in the normal course of our work while on GHM or the client’s property or job site.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to successfully plan and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules.
• Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels.
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with company values.
• Ability to work independently, with minimal direction as a highly motivated self-starter and within a team oriented culture.
• Exhibits polite and professional communication via phone, e-mail and mail.
• Maintain strict confidentiality regarding company matters.
• Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Obtains support and cooperation from others and reciprocates; demonstrates positive behaviors, displaying tact, respect, and understanding when dealing with others; proactively engages and confronts issues to achieve continual improvement.
• Identifies opportunities and changes that benefit GHM; sets and achieves challenging goals; exhibits confidence in self and others; motivates other to perform well; effectively influences actions and opinions of others; displays passion and optimism; mobilizes self and others to fulfill the organizations goals, policies and procedures.
• Identifies and addresses potential safety issues including product testing related hazards at customer facilities, which are related to equipment and office area safety.
• Ability and willingness to abide by set company policy.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Adheres to safety and regulatory program requirements, policies, and procedures; promptly reports safety/health concerns; utilizes personal protective equipment as required; maintains organized, clean work environment.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills are a must.
• Ability to solve practical problems in a timely manner whilst dealing with a level of ambiguity.
• Must be detail oriented with ability to maintain a strategic outlook.
• Develops strategies to achieve organization goals; prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.
• High degree of accountability to meet commitments.
• Ability to write detailed reports and correspondence.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Strong mentor/coaching capability to team members and across departments.
• Ability to thrive in a team environment.

Physical and Mental Demands

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is primarily required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, and bend. Required to speak and communicate clearly with others.
• Mental demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is required to read, write, analyze data and reports, exercise judgment, develop plans, procedures and goals, present information to others and work under pressure.
• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent will be in an industrial welding and fabrication environments. The incumbent is exposed to high level of manufacturing and equipment noise. Duties are performed indoors in a manufacturing environment with temperature changes. Exposure to hazardous materials, fumes or airborne particles and moving mechanical parts with vibration.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be able to work in the U.S without sponsorship.

This job description is not all inclusive but rather serves as a general guideline of the current needs of the position and can be modified at the discretion of management to meet current business needs. Experience and education requirements are the primary basis for awarding this position, however substitutions that are essentially equivalent may be made as they relate to the essential functions, duties, and responsibilities of this position