EHS Technician

The EH&S Technician plays a key role in fostering a safe and compliant work environment within a 24/5 industrial setting. This position supports the facility’s Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) and will help drive the safety culture in Milan, as well as provide full administrative support for the EHS Manager. Will lead the Safety Committee as well.

Your Day to Day:

• Supports and promotes safe practices and environmental commitments in alignment with company commitments, policies, compliance requirements, and facility “Safety Vision”.
• Assist in managing safety culture and ergonomics initiatives and their respective working platforms in a 24/5 environment.
• Always use safe work practices, follows all safety rules and procedures, immediately reports any hazardous conditions, and fully participate in safety programs.
• Participate and provide leadership for the Plant Safety committee to drive engagement from all shifts and all departments within the plant.
• Act as an EHS liaison for facility department managers in the absence of the facility EHS Manager.
• Daily plant walk-throughs and initiate corrective actions when necessary.
• Lead and support root-cause analysis.
• Follow up and assist with injury cases and significant near misses.
• Assist in analyzing incident trend data to determine initiatives or goals.
• Conduct safety orientations for new hires, temporary employees, outside contractors and visitors.
• Assist with computer-based training for safety and environmental under current learning management systems.
• Support EHS manager manage safety vendors and contractors, including invoicing, quotes for services, showing safety training video, ETC.
• Any other duties assigned by plant management.

What You Bring to the Team:

• Associate Degree is preferred.
• 2 or more years of experience in a safety and/or environmental role in an industrial setting. Comfortable working in a plant environment.
• Prior Safety Specific Training (OSHA 30 Hour, Confined Space, lockout tagout, etc.) preferred
• Leadership skills to direct personnel, implement initiatives, supervising teams, and performing follow-up activities.
• Passionate about working safely.
• Public speaking or training experience
• Excellent communication, training, and organizational skills.
• Analytical ability to assess complex situations and apply problem solving strategies.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Ability to use a variety of software applications to analyze, monitor data, create reports, and presentations.
• Ability to work independently.

Please Keep in Mind

If you do not meet 100% of these requirements, we at JM still want to hear from you. So, if you are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply so we can learn how your skills and talents can contribute to our team.

Benefits

Johns Manville (JM) offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid. Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance. JM sponsors a 401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match. JM offers paid vacation and also provides paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.

Additionally, Johns Manville provides basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage. Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well. The company also offers a variety of tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account. JM also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.

Diversity & Inclusion

Johns Manville believes diversity and inclusion in our workplace is critical for the long-term success of our company. We are committed to retaining, developing and attracting a diverse workforce that fosters an inclusive work environment in which all employees are treated with dignity and respect. This is the right thing to do for our employees, our company and our communities.

Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.