Environmental and Safety Professional

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SUMMARY:
The Environmental and Safety Professional is responsible for the implementation and execution of the environmental management system for the PTM Plant including the areas of air emissions, hazardous waste, operator certification, asbestos management, spill response, auditing, SARA, stormwater, PCB management, environmental file maintenance, and associate training. The EHS professional is responsible for being knowledgeable of the regulations applicable to the location and for staying abreast of state-of-the-art treatment and abatement technologies. The EHS professional is responsible for participating in programs for the minimization and elimination of waste streams to all media (land, air, and water).

General Environmental:
• Will be responsible for the renewal and reporting of the following permits: Air Quality, Water Quality (city of Cleveland)
• Will conduct monthly, quarterly, and annual inspections of Stormwater (SWPPP) / Utility Water
• Will conduct ESP cleans (scheduled 1 Sunday/month)
• Haz/Non-Haz Waste – waste tracking and disposal
• SARA tracking and reporting
• Environmental Incidents tracking and reporting including Enablon activities

Health/Safety:
In addition to the Environmental responsibilities, this role includes emphasis on Health and Safety for the entire facility.
• Safety compliance including but not limited to industrial hygiene and new chemical/change management process.
• Enablon incident reporting, follow up and completion
• Entering safety hours and Entropy data in Enablon

Training:
• Maintain the environmental training process including but not limited to annual environmental training, DOT training, and waste disposal training for engineering
Other job expectations:
• Be responsive to any community concerns, bring any such concerns to the attention of location management, and consult with Corporate Environmental for advice
• Bring any matter thought to be of regulatory interest to the immediate attention of location management
• Perform other assignments as requested by management
• Work with Process Improvement, Production Management, and Engineering Services to ensure environmental compliance and waste reduction

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: FREQUENCY, AMOUNT, OR DESCRIPTION
1) Standing: Ability to stand operating equipment: 25% of day
2) Sitting: Ability to sit down for a meeting or work at a computer 20% of day
3) Moving: Ability to move throughout plant: 100% of day
4) Lifting: Ability to lift up to 50lbs: 50% of day
5) Climbing: Ability to climb machine catwalks and stairs, etc. while walking in plant 70% of day
6) Push/Pull/Reach: Ability to push/pull cabinet drawers, reach for documents 10% of day
7) Bending: Ability to pick up objects from the floor 50% of day
8) Visual Acuity: Ability to read documents, computer screens, and SPIs 100% of day

Milliken is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, including but not limited to lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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