Safety Specialist jobs in Decatur, AL

Overview

Responsible for helping manage overall control of safety, health and environmental legal compliance and ISO 14001.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with current Federal, State, and Local safety and environmental regulations. 

• Support planned and unplanned audits from legal compliance agencies. 

• Identify and promptly inform management of compliance issues and improvement opportunities through the conduct of daily, weekly and monthly audits.  

• Develop and maintain annual Environmental Action Plan utilizing TBA format to support Plan / Do / Check / Action cycle to achieve targets for 0 non-compliance, reduced C02 impact, reduced waste, and reduced water usage. 

• Maintain ISO 14001 system through following existing standards and policies.  Ensure internal ISO audits are completed on time throughout the year and ISO meetings are held.  Meet with external auditors as needed to prove continued conformance to standards. 

• Utilize TBAKI / TBJ improvement idea lists and known plant opportunities to develop project lists within the action plan with calculated benefits from each action.  Projects should be planned to achieve the targets for CO2, waste, and water usage.  

• Maintain accurate daily, weekly and monthly metrics reporting to onsite management teams, corporate based reporting systems, and legal agencies for air, water, and waste permits, as well as OSHA Safety logs. 

• Develop, implement and manage environmental programs and procedures that will ensure compliance with permits and all applicable laws.   

• Conduct training and coaching for management and team members on environmental issues pertaining to their specific position and job duties in support of appropriate laws utilizing TBA PE training materials.  

• Facilitate safety and environmental incident investigation process.  

• Perform weekly safety and environmental compliance audits for facility.  

• Support development of New Hire Orientation materials pertaining to environmental and safety. 

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Chemistry, or related field required; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience:

• Entry to 4 years of relevant experience working in a manufacturing plant.
• Chemistry experience preferred.

Personal/Technical Skills:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multicultural work environment.
• Excellent math skills.
• Ability to communicate and work well with all levels of the organization in a team environment.
• Ability to adapt available skills and equipment to respond to unforeseen demands and/or problems.
• Strong organization, time management, and planning skills and ability to manage multiple tasks with tight deadlines.
• Ability to compile effective and concise visual reports.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in matters involving security and/or personnel issues.
• Must be able to perform algebra and unit conversions accurately to calculate savings from energy, water, and waste projects based on provided engineering formulas and logical engineering assumptions. Must be able to convert savings from kWh to CO2 & dollars based on provided conversion factors. Must be able to properly calculate and confirm air permit numbers based on process engineering data provided for the process with limited support from TBA PE.
• Promote a positive commitment to corporate values, and integrity to ensure success of empowered culture.
• Demonstrate a personality that works in cooperation with other departments towards building a sense of company teamwork.
• Must be hands on helping to solve urgent problems.
• Willing to escalate as needed to management to ensure that KPI targets are achieved.

Language Skills:

• English, both written and oral, is required. Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese would be helpful

Computer/Software:

• Solid working knowledge and demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office and other computer-based applications (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet, etc.).