EHS Specialist

Job Description Summary

Roles will typically be aligned to specific businesses or sectors. Individuals will generally either be located at, and only support, a specific site or project (including construction), or have a role that requires specific industry/business expertise or interaction with specific business customers. This category will include those EHS professionals involved in “designing for EHS” (NPI), individuals responsible for customer or industry engagement, and EHS professionals working at customer sites or projects (generally not managing teams of EHS professionals or regions).
Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team. Executes standard operational/technical tasks typically subject to instructions and work routines. There is latitude to rearrange the sequence to complete task/duties based on changing work situations.

GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities/essential functions include:

1. Maintain compliance of national and local environmental, health and safety regulation.

2. Implement and validate GEHC EHS frameworks.

3. Drive continuous improvement in organizational EHS culture, awareness, and accountability.

4. Manage EHS aspects at site as assigned, including but not limited to technical, regulatory/third party interface, reporting, permitting, compliance, administrative, etc. of GEHC site projects and permits in compliance with relevant regulatory programs and policies. Ensure appropriate management of consultants and legal counsel on all projects and coordinate efforts of other EHS team members on various projects as required.

5. Establish and enhance EHS programs site wide that support GEHC business goals and initiatives.

6. Continuously evaluate facility EHS conditions, assess risks and lead development of corrective action plans.

7. Provide EHS coaching and compliance support to site team to ensure compliance with regulatory and program requirements. Plan and participate in EHS compliance and site program audits, coordinate employee EHS training, and maintain site EHS records.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor Degree in Safety, Environmental, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Chemical Engineering, or related technical discipline

2. 3 to 5 years’ experience on managing EHS compliance, daily operations, and/or programs in multinational companies

3. Proven leadership, program and interpersonal skills

4. Proven project and program management skills

5. Self-driven, unafraid to experiment, and challenge status quo.

Characteristics:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Professional certifications.

2. Experience in managing projects

3. Team player with strong interpersonal skills, capable of working within a globally diverse, cross-functional, internal and external team across different time zones.

4. Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.

5. Strong will to influence and drive EHS culture in an environment with competing and dynamic priorities.

Inclusion and Diversity

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

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