Alltrista - Sr. EHS Specialist

Alltrista Plastics LLC, a subsidiary of Jadex Inc., is a leading manufacturer of high-volume, precision injection molded parts. The company designs and manufactures with proprietary engineering processes and extensive manufacturing capabilities from five locations worldwide.

The company's core markets include Consumer Products, Medical / Healthcare, Personal Care, Health & Beauty, Caps & Closures, and Packaging.

Position Summary

The EHS Specialist is responsible for directing the development, implementation, and evaluation of critical Safety processes, programs, and procedures to achieve goals, objectives, and continuous improvement related to safety and health at the Greer, SC facilities.

The EHS Specialist has the responsibility to engage the site leadership teams to ensure safety and health excellence, as well as provide information and guidance for activities relating to the site-wide safety objectives and to ensure that safety site goals are aligned with relevant business unit and corporate EHS goals.

Essential Functions

• Facilitate site-specific health and safety management systems designed to reduce employee injuries and illnesses.
• Ensure that occupational illnesses and injuries are immediately reported, thoroughly investigated, and promptly addressed, consistent with established standards.
• Recommends, develops, and implements improvements in policies, procedures, and equipment to prevent incidents and injuries.
• Lead the safety committee.
• Assist in and support compliance with site regulatory environmental permits and provide compliance direction for environmental programs and permits, as needed.
• Responsible for recordkeeping and reporting requirements under permitted environmental processes.
• Manages all environmental related matters, regulatory agency contacts, and enforcement actions, under the oversight of Jadex Inc. corporate.
• Operate, enhance, and maintain the environmental, health and safety management systems for the site in accordance with all state and federal guidelines.
• Tracks and reports EHS corrective actions from incident investigations and external evaluations.
• Provides and directs plant environmental & safety training and annual compliance auditing.
• Participate in the site capital planning including EHS review of capital projects, safety design reviews and environmental evaluations of process / equipment's changes at the site.
• Implement wellness programs to meet site needs.
• Provides support to the plants' culture of continuous improvement.
• Actively participates as a member of the Leadership Team.
• Provides 24-hour on-call response for medical and environmental emergencies.
• Inspects facility processes to detect existing or potential environmental, safety and health hazards, determines corrective or preventive measures and follows up to ensure measures have been implemented.
• Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the Corporation and the community.

Required Competencies and Skills

Required Education

Required Experience

Jadex Inc and its Businesses do not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

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