EHS Specialist-Environmental

Job Description

The EHS Specialist manages the plant’s environmental program, providing technical and regulatory expertise to proactively address environmental issues and ensure continued compliance with applicable laws and regulations. This role tracks environmental metrics, communicates progress to management, maintains policies and procedures in accordance with Department of Environmental Quality requirements, participates in audits, and manages records to support compliance with environmental certifications.

What you can look forward to as the EHS Specialist- Environmental:

• Implement and maintain environmental policies, procedures, and compliance practices in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, including EGLE, SARA, MAERS, air permits, and ISO 14001.
• Administer environmental compliance reporting for air, water, solid waste, hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste, permits, inventories, surveys, and related documentation.
• Conduct and support facility inspections and audits to identify environmental concerns, correct non-compliance, and drive continuous improvement.
• Serve as the liaison with federal, state, local, and LEPC environmental authorities, and communicate regulatory requirements and corrective actions to management.
• Maintain required environmental plans and systems, including SPCC, SWPPP, chemical management, recycling, waste processing, and environmental management system records.
• Prepare, review, approve, and submit routine environmental reports, permit applications, records, monitoring data, and documentation to regulatory agencies.
• Manage hazardous and non-hazardous waste records, manifests, disposal documentation, requisitions, audits, costs, accountability, and off-site disposal requirements.
• Support safety-related activities, audits, training, LOTO assistance, TS 16949 requirements, ISO 14001 certification processes, and other duties as assigned.

Your profile as EHS Specialist- Environmental:

• Associate Degree and 3+ years of experience, experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Strong MS Office skills, communication skills, both oral and written
• Must be able to perform work on multiple projects concurrently. 
• Must be authorized to work in the United States now, and in the future, without company sponsorship. 
• Bachelor of Science with a concentration in Chemical, Natural, or Environmental science or equivalent experience. (preferred)
• HAZWOPER Incident Commander 40-hour training (preferred)
• RCRA Training (preferred)
• DOT Manifests (preferred)
• Hands on experience implementing ISO 14001 processes and requirements through to certification (preferred)
• Automotive manufacturing plant experience (preferred)

What We Offer:

• A supportive collaborative team environment
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation
• Personal Time
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities

Physical demands and work environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously required to employ manual dexterity, handle or feel objects/controls, and speak or hear clearly.  The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:  While performing the duties of the job, the associate is exposed to an office atmosphere as well as the manufacturing floor.