Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Engineer - Mesa, AZ

DSM - Bright Science. Brighter Living.™
Royal DSM is a global, purpose-led, science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living. DSM's purpose is to create brighter lives for all. DSM addresses with its products and solutions some of the world's biggest challenges while simultaneously creating economic, environmental and societal value for all its stakeholders - customers, employees, shareholders, and society at large. DSM delivers innovative solutions for human nutrition, animal nutrition, personal care and aroma, medical devices, green products and applications, and new mobility and connectivity. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 23,000 employees. The company was founded in 1902 and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
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The Challenge
Provides guidance and ensures compliance with all applicable safety, industrial hygiene, and security-related governmental regulations, corporate standards, and site policy standards enabling the site to minimize risk and meet all regulatory and legal obligations. Provides technical expertise to the department and serves as an expert to the organization. Develops and carries out improvement activities for the Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Operations department. Provides technical and environmental management services as well as permitting, environmental reporting, manages regulatory equipment, systems and documentation and leads environmental improvement projects. Lead environmental improvement efforts to assure compliance and success. Assists/leads incident investigations and risk assessments as needed. Communicates about matters regards incident reporting and investigations.
The Position
- Must strive to behave in line with DSM Dyneema Values, supporting and encouraging colleagues in their alignment with our Values. Aspires to demonstrate exemplary behavior with respect to the DSM Dyneema values inside and outside DSM Dyneema.
- Ensures all work is conducted in a safe and effective manner and all applicable procedures and policies are followed. Takes action to correct unsafe acts, systems, and procedures.
- Ensures regulatory compliance and provides guidance enabling the site to minimize risk and meet all corporate, regulatory and legal obligations, such as OSHA standards, permissible exposure limits, etc. Ensures compliance to all applicable environmental regulations and permits. Proactively interprets environmental requirements, including but not limited to Title V air quality, RCRA hazardous waste, waste water, etc. Establish and maintain compliance systems.
- Develops, implements/coordinates and monitors safety, industrial hygiene and security programs (exposure assessments, incident investigations and reduction, safety/health/industrial hygiene/security awareness, behavior based safety, etc.) that enable the site to continuously improve in safety, health and security performance, and address all exposures issues such as chemical, noise, thermal, physical/ergonomic, etc. Works with staff (all levels, with production operations focus) to minimize risks to employees.
- Develops safety/health/security policies and procedures to instill a "Total compliance Culture" in accordance with appropriate regulations: OSHA, Corporate SHE and Security requirements, etc. Develops, revises and implements Standard Operating Procedures. Actively participates in risk management at site utilizing tools such as Process Hazard Analyses, Risk Assessments, and Root Cause Analyses. Assists with or leads investigation of incidents to ascertain causes, recommend preventative measures to prevent reoccurrence, and effectively communicate learning points to staff.
- Analyzes and maintains data on safety, industrial hygiene and security performance (via Compliance Tracking Database, incident trending, etc.) Responsible for report issuance as required. Monitors occupational injury cases in conjunction with Site Occupational Health Services
- Performs other routine audits as assigned (procedural, SHE Req., Security Req., etc.) to ensure effectiveness of programs and communicates/resolves findings as required. Provides support for emergency response preparedness as applicable to site. Coordinates drill reporting and necessary improvement actions.
- Maintains current knowledge of the safety, health and security issues in the external environment, evaluating its application to the site. Assists in the evaluation of new regulations to determine impact/liability to the site. Networks with plant, corporate, and professional safety, health and security organizations. Represents site safety, health and security interests with the community and professional organizations. Interacts with government officials and other visitors as required.
- Manage and maintain MSDS/SDS information for DSM Dyneema site and conduct audits, as needed, to ensure that information is current. This area of responsibility includes the creation and maintenance of chemicals containing equipment labelling for the site.
The Ideal
- BS degree in Safety, Safety Engineering, Industrial Hygiene or related field required. A minimum of 3-6 years relevant experience, preferably in a chemical or textiles industry or AA/AS in Engineering with 7 years relevant experience. Technical knowledge to perform responsibilities with minimal supervision is required.
- Self-starter with high attention to detail, e xcellent interpersonal skills and conflict resolution.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently.
- Ability to analyze data and identify trends; good problem solving skills. Demonstrated experience in a safety related field, process hazard analysis and root cause analysis.
- Experience in chemical, noise and physical/ergonomic exposure.
The Reward
Working for DSM means the opportunity to really contribute to improve people's lives and solving the challenges of today's world. Challenging jobs, career opportunities and an inspiring environment allow you to enhance your personal development. DSM recognizes that the on-going success of the company depends on the continued development and engagement of our employees and pursues a fair and competitive remuneration policy, recognizing individual and team competencies and performance.
Procedure & Contact
Interested in this position? Please apply online via the career portal (https://jobs.dsm.com/).
Pre-employment screening procedures are part of the DSM Recruitment & Selection Process. You will be contacted when further information is required.
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Royal DSM is an equal employment opportunity and
affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.