Environmental Health Safety Specialist

Job Title: Health, Safety and Environment Consultant/Specialist

Location: Ashburn, VA 20147

Duration: 3 Months contract (with possible extension/conversion as an FTE)

Hours: M-F 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM (Can be a little flexible)

About the Role:

As a Health, Safety and Environment Consultant, you will assist in the management of Environmental Health and Safety programs relating to a specific account or market area.

This job is part of the Environment Health and Safety function. They are responsible for organizational programs and procedures to safeguard employees and surrounding communities

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What You'll Do

• Assist with identifying what programs meet regulatory requirements and client needs
• Evaluate existing programs to assess suitability and the need for changes
• Aid in maintaining specific plans, playbooks, and procedures for the assigned account or market area, making certain playbooks are current, complete, and implemented
• Function as an Environmental Health and Safety resource to staff and internal customers
• Observe opportunities to reduce costs while enhancing the quality of services
• Apply in-depth knowledge of standard principles and techniques/procedures to accomplish complex assignments and provide innovative solutions.
• Coach others and share in-depth knowledge of own job discipline and broad knowledge of several job disciplines within the function.
• Impact a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities within own team and other related teams
• Work within broad guidelines and policies
• Explain difficult or sensitive information

Must Have:

Must have some sort of electrical knowledge or experience

Nice to have skills:

Would expect that EHS people can train, would be able to run a CPR class, a first aid class- if they haven't done it that is okay, but they need to be willing to do that. May need to travel for these classes, travel will be limited

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5-8 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered
• Certifications as required by local government
• Ability to exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
• Willingness to take a new perspective on existing solutions
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset
• Sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate mildly complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations