Safety/Environmental Assistant

Job Description
Position Summary

The Environmental/Safety Assistant will have an important role in maintaining Environmental/Safety compliance throughout Miller Castings. The opportunity will allow the individual to gain knowledge and skills in the environmental/safety field.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Help maintain and manage the EHS programs, policies and procedures that comply with federal, state and local rules and regulations.
• Work collaboratively with different departments to ensure the workplace safety
• Constantly walk through the production floor to ensure that safety protocols are followed by employees
• Facilitate Environmental/Safety manager to hold safety meetings on a monthly basis
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in all areas of safety
• Conduct inspections of equipment and facilities to ensure environmental and safety compliance requirements.
• Address safety or environmental concerns with Environmental/Safety Manager immediately.
• Develop a strong relationship with employees and facilitate employee-led behavior-based safety process in a team-based environment
• Perform other duties assigned.
• Maintain records and databases in compliance with environmental/safety compliance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Environmental/Safety experience or a related field preferred
• Microsoft Office Skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills along with computer skills. (MS Word and Excel)
• Excellent organization and time management skills, flexibility, and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

The role of the Environmental/Safety assistant will require that the individual is able-bodied to perform various physical task which include walking, climbing, pushing, pulling, and lifting object up to 35 lbs.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.