Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist

Country

United States of America

generated inline style * /

State / County

Massachusetts

generated inline style * /

City

North Grafton

generated inline style * /

Division

Wyman Gordon

generated inline style * /

Company

Grafton

generated inline style * /

Function

Environmental, Health, and Safety

generated inline style * /

Workplace Type

On-Site

generated inline style * /

Position type

Full Time

generated inline style * /

generated inline style * /

generated inline style * /

generated inline style * /

Opportunity ID

15048

generated inline style * /

Company Profile

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications.

In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications;

commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries.

With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

generated inline style * /

Job Description

PURPOSE :

The Safety Specialist is responsible for the overall management and supervision of the company's programs and procedures to protect its employees from occupational safety and health hazards.

The goal of this position is to minimize the risks posed by these hazards to its employees and to the company by developing and implementing appropriate hazard control systems and programs.

This position has oversight at the North Grafton, MA facility.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

• Establishing systems to identify, evaluate and control occupational safety and health hazards
• Developing policies, programs and projects to abate hazards
• Identifying hazard priorities and tracking the plant's progress in addressing these priorities.
• Establishing oversight and working relationships with the supervisors, operations managers and plant manager regarding the control of occupational safety and health hazards
• Maintaining state of the art knowledge regarding the recognition, evaluation and control of occupational safety and health hazards through ongoing training and research
• Maintaining an expert level awareness of current OSHA and other applicable safety and health regulations
• Managing and supervising the use of contracted, outside safety and industrial hygiene consultants to ensure that they provide quality service at costs consistent with the company's requirements
• Chairing the Safety Committee in order to help coordinate resources and track the abatement of plant safety and health hazards
• Conducting his / her work in a manner that strives to reduce costs while accomplishing the program's goals and objectives

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS :

• Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Safety, engineering, chemistry, biology or a related science. Master's Degree in Industrial Hygiene preferred
• Five plus years' experience in the field of Safety and Industrial Hygiene in a manufacturing environment.
• Certified Industrial Hygienist and / or Certifies Safety Professional designation preferred or in process.

SPECIAL SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS :

• Superior communication, persuasion and motivation skills.
• Team building skills.
• Planning and managerial skills.
• Solid understanding of safety, industrial hygiene and engineering principals and the ability to apply to the company's operation.
• Ability to look at the plant's current position regarding occupational safety and health and compliance issues, to identify strengths and weaknesses and to select and promote an appropriate course of action to resolve outstanding issues in order to protect employees and to foster the company's success.
• The ability to perform in a matrix organization.

generated inline style * /

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

generated inline style * /

Relocation

Relocation is authorized for this position.

generated inline style * /

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.

S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)).

To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency.

The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e.

Green Card Holder'), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.

generated inline style * /

generated inline style * /