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Hitchiner Manufacturing · 1 month ago

Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

US Operations - Main Campus, 594 Elm Street, Milford, New Hampshire, United States of America

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Hitchiner Manufacturing, founded in 1946 and headquartered in Milford, New Hampshire, is a leader in high-volume, complex thin-wall investment castings. They are seeking an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist to drive safety and environmental excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, focusing on compliance with regulations and continuous improvement of safety performance.

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Responsibilities

Must be familiar with Federal, State and local environmental and safety regulations, have the ability to interpret them and then ensure necessary actions are taken to comply

Provides company-wide guidance and program support for confined space entry, lockout/tag out, electrical, ergonomic, industrial hygiene monitoring, personal protective equipment, hazard communication, and related health, safety and environmental programs

Assists in all related reporting, auditing and program maintenance tasks. Reviews processes, assists in regulation interpretation, analyzes trends, and refers issues to management, as appropriate, for effective and timely resolution

Conducts facility inspections/audits which effectively and efficiently detect existing or potential safety, health and environmental hazards and recommends corrective or preventative measures where indicated. Proactively analyzes data and trends and communicates findings and recommendations to other operations to ensure continuous improvement across the company. Prepares and analyzes audit reports utilizing established procedures

Provides incident investigation support to plant management as needed. Prepares clear and accurate documentation

Maintains the OSHA Log and calculates TRIR metrics for Hitchiner facilities

Emergency contact for Milford facilities

Performs job hazard assessments. Evaluates tasks and collaborates with internal personnel to determine required changes to process, protective equipment requirements, engineering controls etc

Tracks safety performance for each business unit including audit results and incident statistics and communicates performance to senior management. Provides comparison to similar industry incident rates highlights significant incident trends, monitors OSHA/EPA regulations to limit company exposure, etc

Manages and assists in the development, monitoring, updating, coordination and delivery of training programs designed to increase employee awareness and reduce environmental impact and/or personal injuries

Reviews and approves (or rejects) MSDSs and change management checklist submissions for the safety impact and potential compliance issues; Administrative responsibility for maintenance of MSDSOnline

Maintains up-to-date knowledge and safety regulations (EPA, OSHA, select DOL, etc.)

Acts as a liaison and technical resource supporting existing safety committees

Assist with facility inspections by outside agencies

Assists with writing and completion of routine environmental compliance and monitoring reports

Prepares regular, timely and informative content Safety section on eCast

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

OSHA regulationsEPA regulationsEnvironmental complianceIndustrial hygieneHazard communicationTraining program developmentComputer literacyMicrosoft OfficeWritten communicationVerbal communicationSelf-motivated

Required

BA/BS in safety/environmental related field of study

Minimum 3-4 years of experience working with OSHA/EPA regulations

Associate Safety Professional (ASP) status and/or Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM)

Must be self-motivated and possess excellent written and verbal communications skills

Must be computer literate

Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) software packages

Preferred

Prior experience in industrial hygiene and environmental waste management (highly desirable)

Benefits

Onsite state of the art Gym/Fitness Center, open 24/7 for all employees

Medical and Dental Insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Basic and Accidental Life Insurance (company paid)

Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance (company paid)

401K (pre-tax and ROTH) with Excellent Company Match and Immediate Vesting

Company Profit Sharing Plan

3 weeks’ Vacation to start; 4 weeks’ Vacation at 5 Years; 5 weeks’ Vacation at 10 years seniority

We set you up for success with our “Center for Excellence” onsite training center for new hires and existing employees to improve new learning and continuous growth

Training and Educational Assistance Programs

Company

Hitchiner Manufacturing

Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Milford, New Hampshire (USA), Hitchiner Manufacturing is the premier supplier of complete-to-print, high-volume, complex thin-wall investment castings and fully-finished casting-based subassemblies and components to industry.

Founded in 1946

Milford, Connecticut, USA

1001-5000 employees