Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist

Our Jabil site in Memphis, TN, is looking to add an experienced Environmental Health Safety (EHS) Specialist to the team!

This role is ONSITE and will work a 4 day x10 hour shift - The days are: Sunday - Wednesday, 6AM start time.

The EHS Specialist promotes a safe, healthy, and accident-free workplace while ensuring compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations. This role develops and maintains safety policies, procedures, and employee communications and trains employees in safe work practices.
 

• Develops and implements general safety policies and procedures in accordance with company requirements to be followed by site personnel in compliance with local, state, regional, and national environmental, health and safety regulations.
• Consults with all departments on design and use of equipment, fire prevention and safety programs, and any applicable environmental permits or compliance requirements.
• Partners with operations, engineering, work cell leaders, and operators in the completion of risk assessments.
• Supports the layout of manufacturing workspace to optimize a safe working environment.
• Participate in new product integration and other management of changes projects.
• Formulates appropriate safety policies and guidelines.
• Inspects or tours facilities to detect existing or potential accidents, incidents, and health hazards.
• Recommends corrective or preventative measures where indicated.
• Keeps managers and employees alerted as to the hazards of working with toxic fumes, chemicals, and any other hazardous substances.
• Develops training programs and communications to increase proficiency in safe practices and promote safety consciousness.
• Participates in accident/injury investigations.
• Maintains safety files and records.
• May report to management on health and safety issues and concerns.
• Supports all company safety and quality programs and initiatives.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by EHS Manager.
   

• Develops and implements general EHS policies and procedures to be followed by company personnel in compliance with local, state, regional, and national regulations.
• Requires working knowledge of US-OSHA and EPA compliance requirements associated with manufacturing operations.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to build working relationships with individual employees, site leaders, regional EHS team, and site contractors.
• The ability to prioritize tasks with a focus on completing tasks in a managed approach with attention to technical accuracy and within established timelines.
• Knowledge of incident investigations and root cause analysis.
• Familiar with new equipment introduction and validation processes.
• Maintains safety files and records.
• May report to management on health and safety issues and concerns.
• Support company EHS programs and initiatives.
• Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and e-mail skills are required.
• Other responsibilities may be assigned from time to time as needed, based on the evolution of the company and the requirements of the department/position.

• A minimum of (3)years of experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Preference given to candidates with education and/or training specific to EHS in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of Responsible Business Alliance, ISO14001& ISO45001 is preferred.

• Knowledge of powered industrial trucks, autonomous mobile robots, hoists, cranes, and rigging operations are preferred.
• Preference given to candidates with knowledge of sustainability programs and UL Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL) requirements or certification processes.
• Successful candidates will demonstrate creativity in developing solutions that support customer and operational goals while ensuring compliance with EHS requirements.