Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) Specialist

Washington Penn is a subsidiary of the Audia Group, a global plastics leader that serves customers in the thermoplastics market worldwide.

The Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Specialist supporting the Washington, PA sites leads The Audia Safety Way (our vision) through a strong floor presence to engage and coach coworkers by influencing positive behaviors and conditions in our facilities. This role is responsible for proactively seeking process improvements and safer working techniques for operations. The HSE Specialist will educate and build knowledge of best practices in HSE and capabilities across the teams such that each individual is compelled to protect themselves, others, the plant, and products. This key role supports the site leadership in cultivating a culture of care where safety is a value and demonstrated through daily actions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach others at the facility who have responsibilities for safety programs, safe work practices, and safety teams; assist with evaluation of risk and employee safety recommendations and complaints; assist with the identification and application of acceptable corrective measures.
• Lead compliance/risk programs by developing, implementing, reviewing, and governing procedures and programs.
• Observes workers and work practices, guide and promotes safe work performance by developing and preparing JSAs or safety operating procedures and identifying equipment to be utilized based on regulatory compliance and corporate standards and implement accordingly.
• Conducting and/or coordinating industrial hygiene testing (and other testing as required) according to regulatory standards. Maintain exposure records. Create sampling reports and action plans as directed.
• Assist and coordinate compliance and maintenance of the environmental, safety and health management systems and 3rd party certifications.
• Apply knowledge and experience to improve site HSE performance.
• Assist with identification, prioritization, and communication of site HSE risks including inspecting and evaluating the environment, equipment, and processes and developing controls to eliminate or reduce the risk and facilitate compliance with government regulations and industry standards.
• Actively engage and assist with Operational changes to assess HSE impacts of change and communicate requirements to appropriate project teams.
• Ensure effective development and delivery of HSE training.
• Assist with maintenance and coordination of the facilities' HSE performance metrics, support preparation of reports to ensure that performance data is communicated to all applicable parties, internal and external.
• Assist with coordinating responses to internal and external inquiries and concerns related to HSE.
• Assist with generating environmental reports and maintaining permits as per state and federal regulations.
• Acts as liaison with government agencies, insurance carrier inspectors, serves as site environmental representative in case of inquiries and inspections to correct deficiencies and to minimize citations and fines for noncompliance.
• Periodically assess dust collection systems through system checks, monitoring of maintenance activities (e.g. preventive maintenance inspections), and where appropriate recommend repairs or improvements to dust and fume collection systems.
• Support completion of incident investigations, root cause analyses, developing action plans and maintaining records of closure of corrective actions;
• Assist with maintaining the site's OSHA recordkeeping and worker’s compensation injuries and return to work programs.
• Be an active member of the plant leadership team and global HSE team.

Preferred Experience, Education and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree Environmental Health & Safety, Engineering or other related fields with emphasis in industrial safety programs or equivalent
• 2-5 years related HSE manufacturing experience
• Demonstrated behavioral competencies to collaborate, motivate others, drive action, and get results.
• Flexibility to transition to other shifts as needed for HSE activities such as training, observation, exposure assessments, employee concerns, etc.
• Knowledge of environmental regulations and experience with regulatory reporting
• Ability to travel for training, audits, etc.