Staff EHS Specialist

Ethicon Inc is recruiting for a Staff EHS Specialist in Cornelia, GA!

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.

Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal.

Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.

Under the direction of the Environmental, Health & Safety Manager, the Staff EHS Specialist provides technical expertise on safety, ergonomics, and occupational health matters.

Will assist with the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of robust processes to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and control risk at workplace and environment.

Evaluate, plan, and implement appropriate occupational safety, ergonomics, and occupational health program components, including development and delivery of training materials.

Manages all safety, health and ergo matters at the plant.

Support managing of OHSAS 18001 and ISO14001 Certification processes as requested.

Drives progress of management action plans completion, providing technical support to ensure corporate, business franchise and the site goals are delivered.

Assures all EHS related records and equipment is properly maintained, prepared, and submitted in a timely manner.

Support EHS audits and inspections, recommendations, and process improvements.

Support Occupational Health and Human Resources for Case Management Process to ensure proper response and recordkeeping requirements set by OSHA and J&J are met.
Key Responsibilities:


* Lead a comprehensive fire and explosion hazard identification/risk assessment - open flame processes and classified areas including inspection, testing and maintenance programs for critical fire safety equipment including container integrity, air-monitoring instruments, bonding and grounding devices, alarms and sprinkler systems, and portable fire extinguishers.


* Establish, implement, and maintain a process for conducting a risk assessment for machine guarding to ensure that the performance of safety controls for newly acquired machinery is proportional to the risks as determined by use of the risk graph provided in ISO's Safety of Machinery standard, #13849-1:2015.


* Establish, implement, and maintain a written Hazardous Energy Control Program to protect personnel from unexpected startup, dangerous movement of machinery or equipment during service, maintenance, cleaning, or repair.


* Establish, implement, and maintain appropriate electrical safe work practices in accordance with local requirements to utilize insulated tools and require electrical personal protective equipment based on the electrical hazards and risks at the facility.


* Lead a Fall Prevent...