Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Specialist - Occupational Health

Arrow Specialties USA, LLC is a global leader in advanced materials and protective solutions. Our Aramids -Nomex® and Kevlar® - product portfolios, delivers high-performance innovations across industrial sectors, enabling safety, reliability, and efficiency in demanding environments.

The Aramids manufacturing site in Richmond, VA, has an immediate opening for an Occupational Health Specialist who will be an integral part of the Site Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) team.  The successful candidate will provide Occupational Health (OH) and Industrial Hygiene (IH) competency, oversight, guidance, and leadership and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and company standards.  Monitors, audits, leads and provides consulting for maintaining a proactive lant specific program to achieve Plant EH&S goals and objectives.  Jointly accountable to the Kevlar® and Nomex® Unit Operations Leaders and the EH&S Leader.  Provides hands-on Occupational Health / Industrial Hygiene activities for the Aramids manufacturing site.

The Aramids’ site is a large, complex manufacturing and R&D site that produces NOMEX® and KEVLAR®.  There are many highly hazardous processes on the site, which are governed by OSHA, EPA, DEQ, and NFPA regulations.

Qualifications:

BS degree in industrial hygiene, a related technical field, or other equivalent experience required.

> 2 years of industrial hygiene / occupational health work experience (>5 years preferred) in a manufacturing facility (chemical industry preferred).

Credentialed as a certified industrial hygienist (CIH) under the Board of Global EHS Credentialing/American Board of Industrial Hygiene. If not currently credentialed, progressing toward credential. 

Experience as a Radiation Safety Officer preferred

Experience in workplace risk assessments required

Responsibilities:

Oversee the site industrial hygiene programs (including biological monitoring) and implement detailed, task level, day to day Occupational Health / Industrial Hygiene programs, utilizing the OH / IH work process, standards and procedures.

Acts as the Plant resource for related OH/ IH information on procedures, guidelines and standards to promote a safe and healthy workplace and minimize the potential for exposure to physical, chemical and biological hazards.

Provide guidance as a subject-matter expert for OH / IH issues.

Perform and document employee exposure risk assessments for chemicals, noise, ergonomics, radiation, and other OH / IH - related items.

Develop corrective measures to control health hazards by either eliminating or reducing the exposure.

Coach teams and individuals on OH / IH related tasks and activities.

Assists in developing and achieving area or plant OH / IH goals.

Ensure compliance with regulatory and corporate OH/IH policy requirements.

Performs / coordinates certain OH / IH routine and non-routine monitoring (with assistance from the plant aligned H&S Coordinator for scheduling and identifying non-routine), including monitoring strategy, data collection, analyzing and reporting for the Plant.

Responsible for managing OH / IH monitoring equipment and returning it in a timely manner.

Coordinates, schedule and lead first-party audits in the OH / IH affected areas

As required leads / participates in and documents investigations of OH / IH incidents and ensures follow up actions to prevent re-occurrences are addressed

Coordinates with OH / IH Experts and Health Services to assign medical surveillance requirements to affected employees.

Ensure compliance with radiation safety requirements as Site Radiation Safey Officer

Provide support for Workers Compensation cases when needed.

Capabilities Required for this Role (Knowledge Skills & Abilities):

Knowledge of appropriate standards, protocols, and systems. ( e.g. Cority)

Microsoft Office knowledge and skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).

Provide strong influence leadership to achieve strong, sustained systems and processes that support compliance.

Communicate effectively, orally (public speaking) and in writing to audiences at all levels within DuPont and sometimes to external agencies.

Knowledge of Occupational Health / Industrial Hygiene principles, work processes and analytical methods.

Experience in coaching, training, networking and facilitation.

The ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.

Behaviors Required for this Role:

Accountable - Takes responsibility for actions; communicates with transparency; recovers from mistakes; owns their impact

Playing to win - Just won’t give up; finds a way when others find excuses; will not let obstacles get in the way; goes beyond “tolerating” complexity and grey zones

Inspiring trust - Earns the respect of others; follows through on commitments; authentic; open to feedback; acknowledges and affirms contributions of others

Collaborating with others - Empowers purposeful engagement; “servant leader”; engages individuals/team to achieve superior results

Additional Information:

Infrequent travel (< 10%)

Required to wear PPE (safety glasses, gloves, safety shoes, and respiratory protection) on an as-needed basis.

This is a full-time on-site position (not hybrid or work-from-home). This job may periodically require ability to work non-standard hours.

Arrow Specialties US, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please contact our Talent Acquisition team for additional information.