Nippon Paint Automotive Americas, Inc Hiring for Health & Safety Specialist Job at Lansing, IL Full Time

Nippon Paint Automotive Americas Inc. (NPAA) offers employees a generous earned bonus structure including monthly hourly attendance bonuses, merit increases and a mid-year/annual bonus incentive plan. Employees receive 11 paid holidays per year, earn paid time off, can enroll in comprehensive health and welfare plans and a 401K plan with an exceptional company match. We provide employee recognition programs, tuition reimbursement and much more. When you join our team, you are part of our NPAA family. We hold several events throughout the year for our employees to show our appreciation for their hard work and dedication. Come join a great team!

This position develops and maintains environmental, occupational health, and safety programs to promote a safe working environment, and ensures compliance with applicable regulations and standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Embeds a Process Safety Management culture in our EHS Management System at the facilities and develop local knowledge

• Ensures regulatory compliance in assigned environmental, occupational health, and safety programs.
• Creates and maintains policies and procedures for environmental, occupational health, and safety programs.
• Responds to deviations and unexpected events, including emergency responses.
• Develops and presents EHS training and educational programs.
• Executes internal audit program according to schedule, related to EHS programs.
• Completes and submits environmental and safety reports to regulatory agencies.
• Identifies, analyzes, and reports on EHS metrics as required, with appropriate recommendations.
• Investigate accidents and environmental incidents to identify causes and to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.
• Ensures all follow up actions are completed in a timely manner for required activities.
• Supports organizational projects from an EHS perspective and completes assigned tasks in timely manner.
• Acts as consultant/resource for EHS programs.
• Partners effectively with internal departments to identify and implement process improvements for EHS programs.
• Participates in development of EHS annual plans, including identifying potential programs to enhance employee safety at NPAA.
• Promotes organizational culture to be one that embraces and fosters individual commitment to EHS.
• Conduct environmental health and safety training and education programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment.
• Conduct safety hazard and safety culture assessments, coach employees and management teams on the development and maintenance of a strong safety culture
• Investigate accidents and environmental incidents to identify causes and to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene, environmental sciences, or related field preferred
• Alternate: Associates Degree and 7+ years equivalent work experience with emphasis in Environmental, Health & Safety.
• 5+ years of training experience preferred
• Professional safety certification preferred such as CHMM (Certified Hazardous Materials Manager), CHSP (Certified Healthcare Safety Professional), CSP(Certified Safety Professional), CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist), CPE (Certified Professional Ergonomist) or similar years of environmental, chemical or safety experience required
• Personal computer and database experience required.

Nippon Paint Automotive Americas Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.