Hse Specialist

**Title: HSE Specialist**

**Location: Kankakee, IL**

**Type: FT**

**Department: Health and Safety**

**WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?**
- Competitive salary
- Competitive health and benefit plan
- Competitive matched retirement savings program
- The opportunity to join a continuously growing organization with focus on Diversity and Inclusion
- The opportunity to work with an industry leader in manufacturing

**WHEN YOU JOIN US YOU WILL BE;**
- Implementing safe working techniques and reinforce the safety policies, guidelines and procedures as set out by IKO and all regulatory agencies. Provide daily guidance and direction in EHS programs.
- A Team player able to build and maintain relationships, communicate and function well within his/her peer group. Must have excellent communication skills throughout all levels of the organization.
- Actively coaches peers, salaried and hourly employees on expected and acceptable safety behaviors and activities on the shop floor to improve and attain a goal of zero incidents.
- Providing advice, assist, and audit line management to ensure that EH&S policies and procedures are implemented and working as intended.
- Anticipating, identifying, evaluating, and working to implement solutions to hazardous conditions and practices.
- Responsible for investigations of possible losses; evaluating the risk in such loss exposure; developing and implementing a plan to correct or prevent a loss and audit the plan to ensure its effectiveness. Focal point for Corporate H&S, Environmental, and Loss Prevention Audits.
- Responsible for preparing and maintaining all plant environmental and regulator records. Ensuring that reports are completed on time and ready for the PlantManager’s review and signature.
- Responsible for ensuring that the Plant Manager is immediately informed of any regulatory compliance issues with the Plant.
- Collaborating with Plant and Process Engineers to identify and track engineered safety solutions to eliminate unsafe conditions.
- Providing hands-on guidance to Plant leadership & Supervisors regarding incident reporting/investigation program to ensure company standards and processes are met.

**OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE;**
- Minimum of a BA/BS degree in occupational safety, science, engineering or related discipline.
- Three to five years prior experience in a manufacturing setting working in a Health & Safety Role
- Professional EHS certification desired
- Proven Leadership skills in a manufacturing environment.
- A team player who can lead by example and influence.
- Sound, Comprehensive knowledge of occupational health, and safety regulations
- Detailed understanding of general industry standards and knowledge of basic health and safety concepts such as hazard & risk assessment, behavior based safety, machine/ equipment safety etc.
- The ability to chair management/employee meetings and presentations
- Above average communication skills to enable the transfer of clear and concise information at all levels of the organization.
- The ability to facilitate the process of learning amongst supervisors and the shop floor

IKO Industries Ltd.'s, quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you

**Benefits of Employment**: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its

employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.

Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees.
A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.

**Experience**:

- EHS: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person