HSE Engineer

Overview

The Environmental Health and Safety Engineer will be responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, and managing a variety of the Site’s environmental and safety programs to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for all employees. This will be achieved by providing support to foster optimal environmental protection and preventing injury to employees along with preventing damage to property and equipment. This is an onsite role with site presence required all 5 days of the week.

The successful candidate must be able to communicate effectively with other departments and managers to provide support to the overall operation as this position will interface with almost every area of the operations.  This includes working closely with Production, Quality, Facilities to ensure the best business solutions.  Individual must foster a positive, encouraging, and team environment and communicate proactively any issues/concerns

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance to environmental and safety standards through inspections of operating areas, audits, operation readiness reviews, and review of and approval of operating procedures. Coordinate and support waste disposal and other environmental activities.
• Advise and actively participate in risk hazard evaluations of existing processes, equipment and all new capital investments. Participates in annual audits of the Safety and Environmental Management Systems.
• Provide timely resolutions of identified safety concerns/issues by determining the underlying root causal factors, establishing action plans and priorities, expediting repair and providing technical assistance.
• Promote safety consciousness among employees by providing accurate and informative data, conducting safety meetings and training, giving timely feedback on safety suggestions and visibly supporting the plant safety program.
• Routinely audit all PSM (Process Safety Management) elements to ensure compliance and identify improvements and best practices. Identifies/secures necessary resources needed and leads the effort to close gaps.
• Leads the Hazardous Energy Control Program for the Site
• Conducts LDAR functions as part of overall equipment program under EPA Regulations.
• Leads, facilitates or participates in site incident investigations to determine root causes of incidents.
• Work within ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Management Systems. Participate in audits and work to close corrective actions as well as close gaps as identified.
• Conducts inspections and audits as related to ISO programs, LDAR inspections, LOTO inspections, weekly and monthly inspections of emergency equipment as well as others as assigned.
• Supports the operation of the Wastewater Treatment Facility.
• Support the Site HSE Manager for site specific safety tasks to support Regional and Global safety objectives.
• Other safety tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety or technical field of study required
• Minimum 3 years’ experience managing safety and environmental program in chemical, or manufacturing industry required
• Wastewater Treatment Operator license preferred (II or greater). If not, must be able to get it within first year of employment
• Experience in implementing training and EH&S programs
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• RCRA, Hazwoper, DOT certification preferred
• Knowledge and expertise in EPA, DEP Regulations, OSHA, ISO 14001 and 45001, HAZOP, TSCA NFPA, and PSM.
• Knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local Environmental, Health, and Safety regulations.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600 passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Salary : $68,500 - $114,000