Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Job Description

Position Purpose :

Responsible for administering designated environmental, health, and safety programs and related policies and procedures affecting the company’s existing environmental, health and safety issues. Acts in a liaison capacity with management personnel regarding interpretation of all policies and procedures pertaining to technical support and guidance on industrial hygiene, reactive and explosive, OHSA, substance abuse testing, accident prevention, etc. On an as needed basis assists in the training of emergency response techniques, safety management, risk assessment, etc. to maintain appropriate safety standards throughout the facility.

Primary Duties / Responsibilities :

• Administer programs pertaining to OHSA, medical surveillance, substance abuse testing to avoid potential liabilities to maintain a viable workforce at the facility.
• Coordinate worker’s compensation, accident, and injury management programs to determine adverse trends and administer meaningful productive standards resulting in cost effective operations.
• Administer industrial hygiene programs as well as modifying existing plans to meet the needs of the facility.
• Participates on an improvement team pertaining to all environmental, health, and safety programs. Makes appropriate recommendations to facilitate the needs at various facilities.
• Provides guidance to all levels of management within the facility regarding utilization of appropriate practices in conjunction with regulatory requirements and changes, if necessary.
• Provides training in environmental, site remediation, reactive chemical operations, emergency response, etc. as needed or requested by the facility.
• Provides appropriate research and analysis to support the development of existing and / or potential new EH&S policies as determined by facility management or required by federal, state, or local governmental agencies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

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Additional Information

Benefits : Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer : The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.