Environmental Health Safety Coordinator

Job Summary

The Environmental, Heath, and Safety Coordinator role will be responsible for providing full time EHS support to all of Mearthane Product locations to ensure compliance with applicable policy and regulatory requirements. The individual in this position will support the development and coordination of training programs to establish and promote the maintenance of a safe, accident free, and healthy workplace.

Responsibilities

• Conducts safety meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective action, and implement follow up assessments.
• Facilitate, conduct, and advise on training initiatives, including the development of effective training materials.
• Take charge of investigating all actual/potential incidents and overseeing the root cause and corrective action processes.
• Ensure compliance with relevant local EHS legal and regulatory requirements, as well as any company-specific standards that surpass regulatory mandates.
• Serve as the technical expert and champion of our corporate EHS policies and processes, supporting compliance activities, tracking and reporting EHS performance metrics.
• Provide support for medical and industrial hygiene programs, collaborating closely with Human Resources and Operations teams on pre-employment fitness for duty and return-to-work evaluations.
• Manage the site's environmental program, including permits, waste management as per the Environmental Aspects and Impacts register, SPCC/Emergency response, regulatory reports, inspections, and more.
• Work closely with internal and external resources to proactively identify and address loss prevention issues, ensuring the implementation of recommendations from site assessments.
• Supervise EHS consultants and contractors hired with specialized services such as industrial hygiene testing, fit testing, ventilation systems design/testing, sample collection, and other EHS-related activities.
• Collaborates with management to develop an Emergency Action Plan and serve as primary contact for site injury and incident notification, investigation, and case management. Maintains a written log of safety inspection activities, reports, and correspondence.
• Owner of the Learning Management and Training Process for MPC locations.
• Supporting the development of OHS policies and programs.
• Advising and instructing on various safety-related topics (noise levels, use of machinery etc.)
• Conducting risk assessment and enforcing preventative measures.

Required Competencies:

• Risk assessment/management
• Administrate and maintain policies and procedures
• Conceptual planning ability
• Conflict management and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of people and different levels of the organization.
• Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities.
• Ability to foster a cooperative business environment.
• Ability to gather data, compile information and prepare reports. Familiarity with conducting data analysis and reporting statistics
• Demonstrate proficiency by quickly adapting to new technology and readily acquiring new technical skills.
• Proficient in all Microsoft suite applications including Word, Excel, as well as OneDrive and network locations
• Salary is commensurate of education, years of experience, and market

Preferred Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational / Industrial Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, Environmental Science, or other EHS related field preferred; other four-year degrees will be considered
• Prior experience within a company’s health and safety program
• In-depth knowledge of legislation (e.g., OSHA/EPA) and procedures
• Knowledge of potentially hazardous materials or practices
• Possess strong ability to recognize department needs and ways to improve.

Physical Requirements

·      Prolonged sitting

·      Physically able to conduct inspections and carry equipment used for inspections

·      Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at a time

Travel Requirements

Main work location Cranston, Rhode Island, must have reliable transportation to travel to other sites and a good driving record

Travel to other MPC sites, 10% of time

MPC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

MPC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an email to kkilby@mearthane.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.