Environmental, Health & Safety Engineer - Aerospace / Manufacturing

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Salary: $100,000 - $120,000 per year

A bit about us:

The Environmental Health & Safety Engineer III will plan, development, and guide implementation of various environmental, health, and safety programs and systems (compliance/best practices).

Why join us?

• Amazing Company Culture
• 100% covered Tuition / Continued Education Reimbursement (Book cost included!!)
• Family Owned Business
• Promote Work life Balance

Job Details

In this role, you'll spearhead initiatives to safeguard our workplace and environment, ensuring all practices adhere to legal standards and company policies. You'll collaborate closely with our teams to foster a culture of safety and environmental stewardship.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Environmental Management: Develop and enforce environmental policies to minimize our ecological footprint, focusing on waste management, stormwater, SPCC, resource conservation, and pollution prevention. Prepares and submits reports and obtains required operating permits. Includes significant participation and administration of the company's ISO 14001 EMS program.
Safety Leadership: Design and implement safety and industrial hygiene protocols to prevent injury/illness incidents. Conduct regular risk assessments.
Compliance Assurance: Ensure all operations comply with federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations. Keep abreast of legislative changes and adapt our practices accordingly.
Incident Management: Lead investigations into environmental incidents and workplace mishaps, devising strategies to prevent future occurrences. Coordinate with Carson City Fire Department on various fire protection issues.
Program Development: Craft and manage comprehensive EHS programs, integrating best practices in environmental protection and occupational safety.
Training and Awareness: Conduct EHS training sessions for employees, promoting awareness and understanding of environmental and safety issues.
Emergency Response: Coordinate response plans for environmental and safety emergencies, including spill management and first aid response.
Performance Monitoring: Track, analyze, and report on EHS performance metrics, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a key liaison with regulatory agencies, community organizations, and internal teams on EHS matters. May oversee vendor/supplier activities.
Fiscal: Develop cost estimates, capital expense requests, and purchase orders as required for achieving objectives of EHS projects.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Position is also expected to perform administrative tasks, filing, and reporting.
• Report immediately all suspicious and hazardous conditions to a supervisor.
• Understand and observe all safety guidelines and assure quality and safety by complying with all appropriate policies and procedures.
• Assist in maintaining clean, orderly and hazard-free work areas.
• Able to work with minimal supervision, be a self-starter and be detail oriented.
• Performs additional tasks as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Deep knowledge of environmental and safety regulations (OSHA, EPA, State, local), with a strong ability to apply them in a manufacturing context.
• Proven experience in managing environmental programs (e.g., waste management, air and water quality) alongside occupational health and safety initiatives.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to develop practical, cost-effective solutions.
• Strong communication and training abilities, capable of engaging diverse audiences.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as aerospace procedures, engineering requirements, technical procedures, safety rules, and quality assurance manual.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage's, draw and interpret graphs.
• Algebra, descriptive statistics, engineering/science calculations.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, and PowerBi.
• CAD knowledge a plus.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering/Science, Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of practical experience in environmental and safety roles, with a preference for backgrounds in aerospace or manufacturing.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• Relevant OSHA Certification: e.g. OSHA 30-hr, Certified Forklift Trainer, Arc-Flash NFPA 70e, 40-hr HAZWOPER, or previous Firefighter/EMT certification highly desirable.
• First Responder qualified CPR/First Aid/AED a plus.
• ASP/CSP, IHIT/CIH, RS, RM, CHMM, FE/ElT, PE strong plus.

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