Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist
LOCATION: Hanover / Pennsylvania (US-PA), United States | BRAND: Sheppard | REQUISITION ID: 7292 | JOB GRADE: 14
| ON-SITE/REMOTE: On-site
Founded in 1937, R.H. Sheppard Co. Inc. has a rich history of innovative design and American manufacturing excellence. Headquartered in Hanover, Pa., our dedicated team of over 700 employees supply components for the trucking and transportation industry worldwide. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and a proud member of Knorr-Bremse.
Whatever your career path – whether it’s product innovation through engineering, working directly with our customers, manufacturing quality products or supporting our business in some other way, Sheppard – a Bendix CVS Company – delivers. Visit us online at www.rhsheppard.com/careers
JOB DESCRIPTION:
POSITION SUMMARY:
This position is accountable for supporting and maintaining the Health, Safety and Environmental ("HSE") programs, activities, and control measures for the site, as well as coordinating these efforts with various compliance programs, to protect all personnel and physical assets. This position helps ensure compliance with all occupational health, safety, and environmental requirements under federal, state, and local law and regulations and business policies.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
• Develop and initiate programs and processes in partnership with site management to reduce frequency and severity of occupational injuries, illnesses, and property losses.
• Evaluation of HSE Hazards, Risks and Impacts.
• Maintain incident management systems and processes, including change procedures and documentation, and safety observation and hazard tracking systems.
• Plan, coordinate, and lead all site HSE training programs for production, maintenance, and salaried positions.
• Plan, coordinate, and lead all ergonomic evaluations and training.
• Design and provide hazard analysis required for Standardized Work Instructions and related forms.
• Conduct HSE audits and evaluations, perform job safety analysis (JSA), prepare reports, and conduct follow-up on actions.
• Record and analyze incident records and make recommendations regarding corrective action, emphasizing proactive intervention.
• Assist Managers and Production Team Leaders (PTL) in incident investigation/prevention follow up.
• Monitoring implementation of corrective actions.
• Participate in internal/external audits as needed.
• Understands and adhere to current health, safety, and environmental policies. Is empowered to identify, stop, and communicate or escalate appropriate action regarding health, safety, and environmental concerns.
• Foster a positive safety culture through professional and proactive interactions with employees and maintaining a strong shopfloor presence.
• Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
• Action oriented: Demonstrates ability to act and lead by example. Enthusiastically demonstrates sense of urgency.
• Self-Motivated: Demonstrates ability to take initiative and drive to achieve results.
• Accountability: Demonstrates ability to take responsibility and maintains sense of ownership and follow through on commitments. Sets high standards of performance.
• Communication: Demonstrates ability to convey and distribute information effectively and encompass strong speaking, presentation, written and listening skills. Ability to create an environment for open communication.
• Teamwork: Demonstrates ability to work well with others to accomplish common goals and build a positive climate and trusting relationships within teams.
• Leadership: Demonstrates ability to give direction, motivate, manage, and reward performance, provide constructive feedback, and foster individual professional development
• Reliability: Demonstrates dependability, accountability, and trust. Follows processes and meets commitments.
• Decision-making: Demonstrates ability to discover opportunities in challenges, seek profit and sustainable growth, make courageous while sound decisions and demonstrate a good business understanding
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
This position has supervisory responsibilities as it relates to workflow. This role is not responsible for management of personnel but will be competent in basic conflict resolution and problem solving.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree: in Health, Safety, Environmental or related area preferred.
• 5-7 years’ experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree may be considered.
• 3-5 years’ experience working in a Health, Safety, Environmental role, manufacturing.
• Have completed formal training in and/or have at least one (1) year of work experience applying continuous improvement tools such as Six Sigma, 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, Transactional Lean, etc.
• Have prior work experience conducting training and/or developing training materials.
• BCSP certification(s) either possess or working towards: CIH, CSP, ASP, GSP, OHST, CHST.
What does Sheppard have to offer you?
- Work/life balance that includes Paid Vacation & Holiday Paid Time Off
- 401k Plan with Company matching
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Educational Assistance Program (Tuition Reimbursement)
- Wellness Program and incentives
- On-site Health Clinic/Healthcare
- Health and Welfare Insurance Benefits that start on your 1st day of employment:
- Company-Paid Benefits:
- Basic Life Insurance
- Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Business Travel Accident Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Voluntary Employee-Paid Benefits:
- Medical and Prescription insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance Plans
- Supplemental AD&D insurance for Employee and Family
- Long Term Disability
- Accident Plan
- Critical Illness Plan
- Hospital Indemnity Plan
- Legal
- Identity Theft and Fraud Protection
- Company-Paid Benefits:
R.H. Sheppard Co. Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.