EHS Specialist

Eaton's FFD Fluid Filtration Division is seeking a highly skilled EHS Specialist to provide environmental, health, safety, and security leadership to the site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct EHS activities at the site, establishing objectives and targets, and ensuring compliance with national, area, and local regulatory requirements.
• Maintain site ISO/OHSAS certifications, assure accurate and complete EHS reporting, and close MESH and regulatory agency findings in a timely manner.
• Complete required training for EHS personnel, manage interfaces with the public and governmental authorities, and create a strong EHS culture that engages employees throughout the site.
• Support the development, maintenance, and achievement of goals in support of corporate and business group EHS strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate risk assessment at the location to identify critical EHS hazards and aspects, and work with the EHS leadership team to create targets and objectives based on key EHS risks.
• Track performance against targets and objectives, and support creation of EHS goals for the site manager and appropriate activity-based goals for the leadership team, functional managers, and front-line supervisors.
• Work to assign MESH element champions and facilitate their engagement in ownership of the MESH elements, and drive and promote a zero-incident EHS culture throughout the site.
• Create and facilitate EHS engagement through EHS teams and committees needed to accomplish the established targets and objectives for the year.
• Work with leadership team and MESH element champions to complete an annual evaluation of compliance for EHS country, state, and local regulations.
• Pursue third-party recognition for programs that establish the site and Eaton's EHS program as world-class.
• Use established EHS data processes to manage data such as injuries and illnesses, environmental metrics, risk assessments, EHS action items, and other pertinent information.
• Provide training for the compliance of the training matrix to ensure that all training is defined and tracked to completion.
• Work with site leadership team and facilities to ensure that all key EHS operational controls are in place, on a PM program, and that EHS action items are resolved on a timely basis.
• Perform activities according to the Quality and Environmental policies established by the business.
• Apply the Safety and Environment principles and methodology to prevent accidents.
• Attend training courses assigned by the Human Resources Department.
• Support and/or participate in Continuous Improvement Activities such as Kaizen, Ideas Programs, cost out, and/or demonstrate improvements in goals year over year in our processes or practices aligned to achieve or business goals and objectives.

Requirements:

• Environmental and Safety Engineering or similar degree.
• 1 to 3 years of experience as EHS Engineer in a manufacture industry.
• Knowledge of Mexican regulatory laws.
• Prior experience or education with an emphasis in environmental, bilingual Spanish-English.
• Adept at utilization of company-wide system for reporting EHS data and information.
• Strong team-building skills, strong organizational skills, ability to demonstrate managerial courage, and ability to support cross-functional EHS teams.