Health & Safety Engineer

Howmet Aerospace has an immediate opening for an EHS Engineer in our Whitehall Operations, located in Whitehall, MI. Our passionate commitment to EHS provides the successful candidate with an excellent environment in which to work and the leadership commitment and support to deliver results. This position is a key member of the location's EHS team and is a highly visible position in the plant and Business Unit. The position provides an excellent platform for potential future growth to the successful candidate. 

Job Roles 

• Systems thinker--sees the business and its operation holistically; understands actions and reactions; considers multiple pathways of potential effect before decisions; thinks strategically about interventions with an eye toward scale
• Optimizer--constantly challenging the organization to work smarter; supports others to ensure they have what they need to do their work successfully
• Anticipation--looks ahead to minimize potential issues and maximize advantages; prepares others for what comes next
• Operational accelerator--drives continuous improvement; understands ramifications of automation and other advances; advocates for safety, ergonomics and scalable solutions
• Organization and structure--works within existing structures while striving to improve and standardize them; provides accurate information; galvanizes others toward common goals
• Influence--leverages knowledge, relationship, data and perspective to persuade, educate and navigate; gains buy in and adoption of ideas and practices at scale; interacts with a variety of stakeholders
• Data informed--focused on things that drive quantifiable business outcomes; evaluates based on quantitative feedback; knows and explains the “why” behind actions
• Prioritized reaction--handles the unexpected without losing sight of important objectives; reacts where greatest leverage points exist
• Relationship--connects individually and with teams across shifts and practices; builds rapport and commonality; creates a “win together” ethic; serves as liaison between shop floor and engineering; keeps the pulse of the floor; helps people feel heard

Job Responsibilities:

• Work in conjunction with other members of the EHS Department to coordinate safety-related activities, detecting and monitoring plant conditions that may adversely affect the safety and health of employees and/or violate applicable laws.
• Completes plant audits and program assessments, recommends corrective measures and prepares written reports on findings.
• Participates in incident investigations to determine the "root cause", provides recommendations to address identified gaps and ensure the implementation of appropriate changes to prevent future occurrences
• Conduct employee training programs.
• Assess and monitor site compliance with all applicable local, State and Federal environmental regulations and work with plant personnel to ensure compliance.
• Assist with location fatality prevention efforts including helping to lead deployment and execution of key fatality prevention elements and coaching location leaders.
• Partner with location leadership to deliver EHS objectives.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in safety or occupational health, industrial hygiene or related field discipline from an accredited institution
• 3 years of health and safety and environmental experience in manufacturing or similar environment
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.  Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.  Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional certification preferred (GSP Graduate or CSP)
• Masters degree from an accredited institution
• Must have a good working knowledge of applicable laws and regulations regarding workplace safety, health and industrial hygiene
• Strong communication skills (written and oral)
• Good PC skills with a good working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.
• Good program management skills
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram or schedule form