EHS Coordinator Manufacturing

EHS Coordinator

Job Description

Job Title:                      EHS Coordinator

Department:                 EHS

Reports to:                   Plant Leader

Supervises:                  N/A

Date:                            2024

SUMMARY

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all Owens Corning employees are expected to conform to the following:

• Perform quality work with or without direct supervision.
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
• Interact professionally with other employees, suppliers, and customers.
• Perform tasks and duties with a mind toward safety for not only yourself but also those around you.

The EHS Coordinator is responsible for developing and implementing environmental health and safety policies, procedures, and programs within the organization, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations by conducting workplace inspections, identifying hazards, providing safety training to employees, and managing incident reports to maintain a safe work environment; essentially acting as the primary point of contact for all EHS matters within the organization.  This role is also responsible for the monitoring of all safety procedures and activities within the plant. The EHS Coordinator is required to assist with environmental compliance tasks to maintain plant records and inspections.  The EHS Coordinator must show up and be intentional, must exhibit a strong presence thru communication, coaching, training, guiding, and strong engagement with the production team and with every level at the site.  This role requires a strong and consistent presence on the production/warehouse floor engaging and coaching and identifying risk reduction opportunities.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Uses knowledge of plant operations, specific safety issues / known risks, regulations and Corporate practices to implement improvements to safety in the plant, approaching each task with a risk reduction mindset.
• Leads and participates in safety teams and programs as established within the plant to ensure completion of facility safety plan
• Acts as a resource and ensures employee’s ability to work safely and provides leadership during emergencies and special projects
• Owns the daily huddle safety communication including daily safety messages, safety alerts, escalated safety concerns, and corrective action status
• Monitors, follows up and ensures completion of corrective actions for entries into the Incident Reporting Systems
• Maintains existing safety programs, systems, processes and documentation; develops safety programs where none exist currently or improves upon
• Conducts safety and environmental audits and trend analysis, ensuring safety parameters are understood
• Conducts incident and near miss investigations with the assistance of the Rockford EHS Leader
• Provides safety training facilitation &/or method/procedure adherence
• Coordinates and communicates safety issues with any plant personnel and can perform safety equipment inspections and initiates repair processes as needed
• Ensures safety standards and regulations are being met and followed
• Ensures environmental standards and regulations are being met and followed; assists with plant leader directive of Zero Waste to Landfill
• Acts as management and a regulatory liaison
• Train-the-Trainer qualified in job specific areas as necessary to (forklift trainer, HRC, Lock/Tag/Try, etc.)
• Promotes the well-being of an injury-free life for all employees

• Complies with all plant rules, safety regulations and maintains a clean and orderly work area

• Complies with attendance policies
• Performs all other duties related to this position as assigned or needed
• Conducts environmental permit inspections to assist in maintaining all permit compliance
• Leads the plant inspection process and ensures all compliance inspections are performed on time

SKILLS AND ABILITIES**

The employee should hold the following abilities:

• Must be able to read, write, and speak English
• Must be able to understand verbal and written instructions
• Must possess strong communication and organizational skills
• Must have the ability to multi-task and must have a critical eye for inspections

• Must have strong internal and external customer service skills

• Must work well in team environment
• Must be able to work independently
• Must have to ability to do basic mathematical calculations
• Must be able to secure and maintain forklift driver’s license
• Must possess PC operational skills
• Must possess presentation skills and ability to train others
• Ability to travel 5-10%
• Must maintain a high level of ethicacy:  Can be trusted to do only the “right thing” for the employees, shareholders, and others.  Follows a balanced approach without compromising integrity.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

The employee should have the following:

• Preferred 3-5 years hands-on EH&S experience in a manufacturing environment
• Preferred: Bachelors Degree in Environmental Health and Safety; or similar degree
• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent is required
• Related experience and/or training in an industrial environment
• Must provide proof of valid authorization to work in the U.S.
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must be drug and alcohol free
• Familiarity with various Environmental regulations and requirements (SPCC, CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, CWA, CAA, EPCRA, and SARA).

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position requires:

• Ability to work flexible hours to cover multiple shifts and departments
• Regular attendance on site and the ability to work varying or rotating shifts

• Exposure to hot/cold temperature- continuously
• Exposure to noise- continuously
• Lifting/carrying/moving up to 50 pounds
• Twisting and Bending – occasionally
• Sitting- occasionally
• Walking – occasionally
• Hand/Eye Coordination– frequently
• Standing- frequently

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position.  Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties.  All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.  To perform this job successfully, the incumbents(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.  Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.  The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and ab