EHS Specialist

Company Overview

Vibrantz Technologies is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance, and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose.

Serving over 13,000 customers, Vibrantz's technologies are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications and consumer products. Our key competencies in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology enable product benefits we all know and value, like more durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has 65 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents, and we employ 5,000 individuals. We are building a strong, shared culture that is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages not only employees' heads and hands and - uniquely - their hearts.

Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai.

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Job Function

The Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist is primarily responsible for providing expertise and support, reporting to the site Plant Manager with a dotted line to the EHS Director as well as advising other key members of the SH&E community of applicable safety, regulatory and legal requirements for the supported site(s).

The EHS Specialist will support our King of Prussia, PA facility. This position will be responsible for standards and functions to reduce and prevent employee injuries, accidents, occupational illnesses, and exposure to long-term health hazards. The prime objective is to protect and enhance the safety of our employees and achieving best in class performance through prevention and promoting a culture where safety, health, and environment are core values. Review, evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, and biological agents or ergonomic factors.

Responsibilities

• Lead, foster, and develop a culture where safety, health, and environment are ingrained as core values with all employees and where everyone is actively engaged in working safely and preventing at-risk behaviors.
• Partner with plant leadership teams to drive Health & Safety performance improvement.
• Ensure sites maintain continuous compliance with company policies and procedures as well as applicable local, state, and federal regulatory requirements.
• Drive key effective, sustainable implementation of Safety & Health initiatives, strategies, programs, and procedures via hands-on leadership, coaching, and teamwork.
• Recommend measures to help workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials
• Prepare reports and maintain records. Collect data to produce trends and metrics.
• Participate in plant Safety Committee meetings, Root Cause Analysis', and other relevant safety activities.
• Participate in and administer weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual inspections/audits to discover potential gaps in our safety and health system and correct them in a judicious manner.
• Build and deliver required training to new hires and current employees.
• Leads the investigation of all incidents, and injuries from initial report to closure

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Health & Safety, or other relevant fields
• 5+ years of professional safety experience in an OSHA-regulated manufacturing environment

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, paid vacation, and 401K.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands 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.

Vibrantz Technologies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

Location

King of Prussia, PA
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