Description:
5-6 months contract role ;
Title: Environment Health and Safety Specialist - II
Shift: Mo-Fr 7am – 4pm (estimated start/end)
Knowledge of building construction and demolition safety and environmental practices
Knowledge of current national and state safety and environmental legislation
Knowledge of the sustainable business practices, and the ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System standard
Specific education and experience requirements:
4 years of relevant experience and B.S degree in related field
Background in health and safety, chemistry, or environmental science. Construction and demolition background preferred.
A 2-year technical diploma in Health and Safety, Chemistry, or Biological Science and relevant experience may also be considered.
Specific job responsibilities:
• Provide day to day environmental and safety advice to key stakeholders associated with the decontamination and demolition of buildings and structures associated with operations.
• Conduct regular job safety walks and safety audits of workplace
• Approve , as required, work permits for non-routine high risk activities
• Review site safety plans
• Act as site EH&S contact for inspections by regulatory agencies
• Gathers data for the purposes of regulatory reporting and for monitoring, measuring, and communicating environmental performance; prepares report submissions
Develops and delivers safety training to relevant groups relating to management system conformance and regulatory compliance
Possesses working knowledge and understanding of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Access, and standard MS Office tools
• Maintains records relating to environmental management system initiatives and projects, records of regulatory filings and correspondence
• Utilizes established systems and practices to determine and develop approaches to routine problems of moderate complexity, based on analysis of situation or data
• Monitors and measures performance in relation to contractual obligations and project deadlines