Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY 

Responsible for supporting, coordinating, implementing and/or conducting environmental, safety, and health activities.  Assisting to ensure employees are trained in environmental, safety, and health policies and procedures.  Facilitates a proactive safety program that actively involves employees through safety teams and committees.  Ensures service centers are compliant with all local, state, and federal environmental and safety laws and regulations.  This position is accountable for supporting and assisting with the administration and maintaining all environmental and safety programs.  Provides support and direction for aspects of safety and environmental affairs. Responsible for implementation of corporate safety initiatives to minimize the number and reduce the severity of accidents and injuries while maintaining the efficiency of the jobsite and the well-being of employees. 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Responsible for driving the personal and/or team implementation of “WE LEAD WITH SAFETY”. 

• Promoting our safety culture and leading programs to improve the Company's overall safety culture. 

• Assist with maintaining and reporting of EHS metrics and records for the Electrical Reliability Services Business 

• Assist with improvements related to work hazards, safety training and safety audits. 

• Assist with the records and logs as required by OSHA. 

• Provide customer site support for safety issues and or problems. 

• Facilitation and involvement in Safety Committees.  

• Involvement with Fleet Safety Program, including vehicle incident management, trend analysis, and identifying initiatives to improve driver safety. 

• Measures and monitors environmental impacts in conformance with Electrical Reliability Services & Vertiv environmental policy and government regulations. 

• Review and assist with development of necessary plans, procedures and strategies implementation and ensures their consistency and adequacy.  

• Interface with all levels of the organization 

• Conduct accident investigation and analysis to determine improvements needed. 

• Have strong working knowledge of Electrical Safety and NFPA 70E. 

• Conducts safety audits and hazard assessments when appropriate in conjunction with applicable safety programs and/or regulations. 

• Work with the Workers’ Compensation program. 

 

QUALIFICATIONS 

Minimum Qualifications: (education, experience level, knowledge, skills, designations/certifications). 

• Bachelor’s degree desired, preferably in Electrical, Occupational Health and Safety or Safety Science. 

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Electrical work (low and medium voltage) and/or Construction 

• Strong organizational and research skills. 

• Strong analytical skills. 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

• Have excellent computer skills, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel. 

• Strong customer service skills.  

• Broad knowledge of environmental, health, safety, NFPA 70E, Electrical and DOT regulatory compliance requirements. 

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and staff. 

• Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to work with necessary levels of management in integrating safe and healthy behaviors in day-day operations. 

 

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS 

• Please list all physical and environmental demands that may performed on a regular basis.  

 

TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED 

• 40-50% travel required. 

 

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities. 

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety.  Integrity.  Respect.  Teamwork.  Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

•  High-Performance Culture

• Customer Focus

•  Operational Excellence

•  Innovation

•  Financial Strength

 

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication 

 

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs.  Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.   

 

Work Authorization

No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer

Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to help.join@vertiv.com.