EHS Specialist

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

As an EHS Engineer in Process Safety Management you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Actively supporting EHS Cultural Excellence through personal responsibility for safety, health, and environment, promoting a culture to address incidents, near-misses and potential hazards.
• Applying scientific, engineering principles and behavioral based systems to drive EHS risk reduction efforts and compliance activities.
• Taking primary ownership of laboratory EHS programs & training as assigned but with initial emphasis on Life Critical Standards, Process Safety Management/Process Hazard Management, and Management of Change. 
  • As part of the lab EHS team, sharing ownership of EHS programs & training including but not limited to: Fall Protection, LOTO, Machine Guarding, Ergonomics, Chemical Safety, Site Emergency Coordination, and Respirators/PPE.
• Investigating workplace incidents and completing root cause analyses to determine appropriate corrective actions and conducting assessments of high hazard processes in order to reduce risk.
• Analyze EHS data and report trends and recommending plans for correction of gaps.
• Provide EHS input to address changes (e.g., equipment, process, organizational) in the site’s business plan through the Management of Change process.
• Participating and/or leading portions of EHS self-assessments and/or audits.
• Interactions/Communications:  Providing EHS knowledge and services on existing and new programs; communicating project or program status and results to management.
• Communicating effectively in written and oral forms with peers and others at varying levels within the organization.  Presenting ideas well one on one, in small groups, and to larger audiences.  Having the ability to convey the meaning and importance of EHS topics to non-EHS personnel and to influence others to take appropriate action based on such information.  Actively seeking to continually improve communication and presentation skills.
• Providing technical assistance and guidance to lab by leading or assisting in safety committee teams and meetings, including EHS regulatory interpretations.
• Providing EHS support in the design and installation of new or modified equipment, industrial automation, and management of change processes. 

• Work location:

This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

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To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

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