Safety Specialist

Job Description : Safety Specialist

Huntsman is seeking a Safety Specialist supporting the Environmental, Health & Safety Division located in The Woodlands, TX. This position will report to the EHS Manager.

Job Scope

This position exists to ensure the Environmental, Health and Safety programs are operating effectively by performing activities within all mandated governmental and Huntsman guidelines. This position will handle, package, and ship hazardous wastes and must be familiar with Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation regulations for transporting hazardous materials.

In summary, as the Safety Specialist, you will :

With minimum supervision and moderate decision-making :

• Coordinate and prepares activities to sample, identify, classify, profile, label, and manifest waste streams for proper disposal to off-site disposal facilities. Maintain documentation of the manifests along with weekly inspections. Manages contractors for proper waste disposal in accordance with State and Federal regulatory requirements. Control costs to avoid excessive fees and trip charge
• Promotes and manages the site-wide recycling program.
• Lead the Emergency Response Team (ERT) for the site. Schedule ERT training, prepare training materials, and direct training for the team. Schedule drills with the ERT and external response authorities to ensure readiness of the ERT. Maintains an active roster and trains floor captains to work with the ERT.
• Responsible for the general facility (common areas) first aid / AED / oxygen, fire extinguishers, eyewashes, and safety showers, EHS controlled equipment, along with Emergency Response Team safety equipment.
• Conduct regular inspections, maintenance, and repair of the environmental, health and safety equipment. Manages the contractor services and maintains documentation of the inspections.
• Schedule, setup and provide training for hot work and start work permits, including usage of monitoring equipment. Provide forklift training, testing and certifications.
• Responsible for the operation, monitoring, recording devices, instrumentation, and analyzers for the process wastewater system. Also conducts or coordinates preventative maintenance of the wastewater system by obtaining work authorizations and purchase orders to conduct periodic maintenance of the analyzers.
• Complete assigned tasks and communicate regularly to all levels within the organization where appropriate. These tasks will be carried out with a high level of quality, timeliness and accuracy such as documents, reports, time-attendance, shipments, inspections, audits and training

Other general responsibilities :

Qualifications

The candidate must have an unrestricted right to work for Huntsman in the United States.

Minimum Qualifications

Skills and knowledge

Preferred Qualifications

Huntsman is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation and / or expression or any other characteristic protected by law in every location in which we have facilities national or local.

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