EHS Specialist

Company: Altra Industrial Motion Corporate
Location: East Aurora
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

API DELEVAN is an electronics manufacturer of Inductors, Radio Frequency coils, chokes, transformers, and resolvers with a strong brand for over 75 years, and the only manufacturer in the world with Mil-PRF-39010 Level 'S' accreditation. Global supplier of frameless, framed, and tandem resolvers to automation, commercial, industrial, and aerospace and defense industries. We form part of Regal Rexnord Corporation (NASDAQ: RRX) portfolio of product offerings, under the Operating Company of Thomson Linear Motion. For more information about API Delevan, Regal Rexnord and Thomson Linear, please visit our websites at www.delevan.com, , and U.S. citizen or permanent resident status is required due to ITAR restrictions. We are growing and are looking for an EHS Specialist who will be responsible for ensuring employees follow health and safety regulations and promote the wellbeing of their team at both the manufacturing facilities in East Aurora, NY and St. Kitts. Duties include using safety research to prevent and eliminate workplace hazards, documenting and investigating accidents in the workplace, and executing corrective actions and containment with a sense of urgency. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide support to the development, implementation, and management of safety programs to ensure compliance with OSHA and applicable environmental standards.
• Manage workers' compensation loss control program, which includes monitoring claim levels, reducing costs, and early return to work.
• Drives sustainability efforts to minimize hazardous/non-hazardous waste, water emissions, air emissions, energy consumption, and other related environmental compliance activities.
• Leads supervision to complete thorough and timely incident investigations that identify countermeasures to prevent reoccurrence.
• Partner with the site leadership to promote a proactive safety culture focused on incident prevention and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain, review and report EHS performance, identifying opportunities for improvement along with implementing preventative and corrective actions as required.
• Continuously monitoring and adapting safety procedures and operations to ensure a safe work environment.
• Conduct internal EHS audits to identify risks and implement corrective actions.
• Work with site leadership team to ensure all key EHS operational controls are in place and EHS action items are resolved on a timely basis.
• Deliver and/or coordinate all regulatory or company required testing and training.
• Administer and maintain site specific internal EHS systems and reporting tools.
• Manages compliance of all local, state, and federal EHS regulations, permitting, training, reporting, and corporate policies/procedures for assigned location. Critical Competencies
  • Effective leadership and management skills, including team facilitation.
  • Great attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Analytical problem solving and decision-making abilities.
  • Strong focus on results and continuous improvement, with a sense of urgency.Education and Experience Requirements
    • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in occupational safety, environmental science, or a closely related field. CSP certification or desire to achieve is preferred.
    • Attention to detail and capability to analyze data and make sound conclusions.
    • Strong aptitude for organization, prioritization and managing multiple tasks at the same time.
    • Must be hands-on with a desire to be on the plant floor working directly with employees.
    • Capability to patiently partner and teach legacy employees what good standards look like.
    • Ability to actively participate in team-oriented processes influence team engagement and to drive team decision making to conclusions/solutions.
    • Must possess a theoretical and practical knowledge of all state and federal regulatory standards.
    • Knowledge of current safety and loss control practices is essential.
    • 3 years of relevant EHS experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
    • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
    • Travel 10%EEO Statement: The company in which you have expressed employment interest is a subsidiary or affiliate of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. The subsidiary or affiliate is referred to as an ""Altra Company."" Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and all Altra Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. The ""EEO is the Law"" poster is available at: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf. If you have a disability and need assistance accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request assistance by sending an email to . The company in which you have expressed employment interest is a subsidiary or affiliate of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. The subsidiary or affiliate is referred to as an ""Altra Company."" Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and all Altra Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. The ""EEO is the Law"" poster is available at: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process will have the opportunity to request accommodation during the application process.

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