Job Description
About the role
The EHS Engineer supports a safe and compliant manufacturing environment by developing, implementing, and maintaining environmental, health, and safety programs. This role conducts risk assessments, ensures regulatory compliance, investigates incidents, and partners with Operations and HR to drive a culture of proactive safety and continuous improvement across the facility.
Compensation: $75,000-$85,000
What you will be doing - Responsible for leading, guiding and directing safety, health, environment, emergency response planning, security management, and fire protection for the plant as well as ensuring smooth and safe operations of the facility.
- Review safety incidents and coordinate root cause/corrective action. Maintain and submit records for OSHA reporting and facility performance on an annual basis. Provide continuous improvement plan to improve safety metrics year over year.
- Engage with regulatory and government agencies to ensure compliance with safety, health, environmental, security and fire protection laws and regulations. (EPA, DEC, OSHA, POTW). Maintain and submit performance records to appropriate agencies within the required timelines.
- Responsible for auditing and accountable for ensuring annual safety training, evacuation training, meetings and audits are complete.
- Lead and maintain ISO14001 certification. This includes leading EHS management review processes and maintaining monthly facility scorecard updates, ensuring key safety and environmental KPIs meet industry benchmarks.
- Responsible for safety onboarding, safety stand downs, first responders and ergonomics team.
About you - Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 3 - 5 yrs experience in safety, health and environmental management.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret complex technical requirements and regulations.
- Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints (verbal and written).
- Ability to apply principles of logic or scientific reasoning to practically approach a wide range of problems.
- Experience communicating to peers with formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.
- Capable of contributing to a technical team with health and safety as the goal.
- Conscious of health, safety and overall work environment.
- Well-versed in Microsoft Office.
How will we reward you - Competitive base pay
- Generous time off - starting at 3 weeks of annualized PTO (first year is prorated based on start date), 9 company holidays plus 2 floating holidays
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan - Company makes automatic 2% contribution of eligible pay plus matching contributions of 50% up to the first 6% of eligible pay you contribute.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan valued at approximately 4-6% of eligible earnings which includes dividend payments after 3 year vesting period
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) beginning first day of employment; company funds a portion of HSA for high deductible health plans
- Company paid Life & Disability Insurance including: Short term, Long Term, and Life
Information at a Glance
Southco is the leading global manufacturer of Engineered Access Hardware with manufacturing and engineering facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific regions. From quality and performance to aesthetics and ergonomics, we know small touches make a big difference. The people of Southco are passionate about connecting with our customers to create innovative engineered access hardware solutions aimed at enhancing the "touch points" of our customers' products. With unrivaled global supply and support, innovative products and dedicated people, Southco provides customers throughout the world with the broadest line of high quality Access Hardware Solutions on the market today for applications in the Networking, Telecommunications, Computer, Automotive, Aerospace, Mass Transit, Off-Highway/Construction, RV/Caravan, Industrial Machinery, Marine and HVAC industries.
Benefits we offer our employees:
• Generous time off - starting at 3 weeks of annualized PTO (first year is prorated based on start date), 9 company holidays plus 2 floating holidays
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan - Company makes automatic 2% contribution of eligible pay plus matching contributions of 50% up to the first 6% of eligible pay you contribute.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan valued at approximately 4-6% of eligible earnings which includes dividend payments after 3 year vesting period
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) beginning first day of employment; company funds a portion of HSA for high deductible health plans
• Company paid Life & Disability Insurance including: Short term, Long Term, and Life
• Great Tuition Reimbursement program to support undergraduate or graduate programs available to all employees
You may apply for this position online by selecting the Apply now button. Southco provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Southco complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Work at office, Local area, Flexible hours,