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Senior Environmental, Health, and Safety Specialist

at Stryker in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more:US Stryker employee benefits. (https://d25zu39ynyitwy.cloudfront.net/oms/000000/document/2024/6/SMVZW\_USStrykerEmployeebenefits/USStrykerEmployeebenefits.pdf)

Who we want -

+ Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.

+ Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

+ Goal-oriented developers. Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.

What you will do:

This individual will implement, monitor, improve and develop Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) programs at the Stryker Cary, IL location. This position will help ensure compliance with federal, state, and local EHS regulations as well as promote a safe work culture dedicated to identifying and eliminating hazards, managing risks, educating and improving the overall safety and health of our employees.

Additional Responsibilities:

+ Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to environment and safety.

+ Maintain and improve environment, health, and safety programs (i.e. Emergency management, Lockout tagout, Hazardous communication, Ergonomics, Illness and injury prevention).

+ Conducting EH&S assessments to evaluate EHS risks.

+ Develop EHS procedures for new process’s, equipment, chemicals, tasks, etc.

+ Conduct incident investigations and developing corrective and preventive actions to reduce potential for re-occurrence and prevent future incidents.

+ Oversee hazardous waste disposal and waste handling.

+ Provide technical support to manufacturing, engineering, facilities, Labs and R&D.

+ Help lead and support EHS teams- EHS committee, ergonomics team, MERT).

+ Chemical review and hazard communication.

+ Develops and executes company training programs for employees in areas such as HazCom, incident reporting and investigation, Emergency preparedness, lab safety, ergonomics, etc.

+ Collect and maintaining EHS data and metrics for site KPIs.

+ Manages the site’s Emergency Action Plan (EAP).

What you need-

+ Bachelor’s degree required

+ A minimum of 2 years of related work experience required

+ Experience using a EHS management system software (SAP, Intelex) for EH&S recordkeeping and compliance data -preferred

+ Experience in a manufacturing or similar industry -preferred

+ Experience managing consultants, contractors, and vendors – preferred

+ Advanced certification (GSP or ASP)- preferred

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.

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Job Posting: JC263100503

Posted On: Jul 25, 2024

Updated On: Jul 30, 2024

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