Safety Engineer - Join a Market Leader

Job Description:

• Direct and manage contracts which support the ESH organization, including hazardous waste management and disposal, environmental assessments, permitting, and emergency response activities.
• Ensure compliance to US EPA TSCA 5(e) regulations for the commercialization of new chemicals.
• Manage safety testing of new chemicals through international regulatory processes.
• Manage site's safety committee and its safety-related approvals, investigations, and initiatives.
• Promote ESH culture by driving various ESH performance improvement initiatives and employee engagement activities.
• Build effective relationships and trust with key stakeholders and business partners to drive program enhancements and support the development and reporting of metrics and performance data.
• Manage the site's ESH management system elements and support development and reporting of metrics and performance data.
• Assure compliance with applicable ESH regulatory, corporate, and customer requirements.
• Coordinate implementation of MFC and Corporate ESH assessment and recordkeeping programs.
• Support emergency and response operations through assistance and oversight to staff during response activities, driving post-incident investigation and corrective action activities, and as a member of the Emergency Operations Command team.
• Support management of the ESH organization's expense and capital budgets.
• Coordinate with other MFC locations and represent the facility in working groups or new initiatives.
• Work independently and as part of a functional team to resolve issues.
• Support review of existing process and facilities to identify EHS issues.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree, or similar related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education

Desired Skills:

• Experience reporting to and interfacing with Massachusetts and Federal environmental and safety regulatory agencies.
• Previously demonstrated leadership experience of a small group or team.
• Previous experience planning and allocating tasks and workload across a team.
• Ability to make difficult decisions, solve complex issues and influence ESH cultural improvement.
• Ability to respond to internal and external issues to maintain regulatory compliance and enhance the employee experience.
• Experience in change management and planning activities as they relate to ESH integration and considerations.
• Application of continuous improvement tools and techniques knowledge including thorough root cause analysis and mistake-proofing processes.