EHS Specialist

Your Job

Guardian Glass is looking for an EHS Specialist to join our team in DeWitt, IA!

Are you passionate about protecting people, understanding how work gets done, and creating safer and more reliable workplaces? In this role, you will be a key resource for health and safety at our manufacturing facility, working directly with employees, supervisors, engineers, maintenance, and plant leadership to identify risk, improve critical safety systems, and build health and safety capability throughout the organization.

This position will have a strong emphasis on Health & Safety, while also providing exposure to and occasional support of environmental activities.

If you thrive in a dynamic manufacturing environment and are motivated by making a meaningful impact on the well-being of others, we want you on our team!

Our Team

We are a principled based company that relies heavily on teamwork and ingenuity.

We pride ourselves on being the partner of choice for our internal and external customers.

What You Will Do



* Spend meaningful time in the field developing an understanding of plant processes, employee tasks, and how work is actually performed.


* Help implement and sustain compliance with OSHA requirements and other applicable EHS regulations by partnering with operations, maintenance, engineering, and leadership.


* Support and continuously improve critical health and safety programs, including areas such as hazardous energy control/LOTO, machine safety, fall protection, confined space, hot work, electrical safety, PPE, industrial hygiene, respiratory protection, mobile equipment, and contractor safety.


* Facilitate and improve risk assessments for routine and non-routine work, equipment, projects, and changes.


* Support incident, near-miss, and high-potential event investigations with an emphasis on learning, understanding contributing factors, and developing effective corrective actions.


* Develop and deliver practical EHS training for employees, operations, and supervisory staff.


* Partner with employees, supervisors, and leaders to build health and safety capability, strengthen ownership, and support continuous improvement throughout the facility.


* Participate in field observations, audits, inspections, employee engagement, and other proactive risk-reduction activities.


* Support EHS considerations for new equipment, process changes, engineering projects, and contractor activities.


* Develop, maintain, and continuously improve EHS programs, procedures, documentation, and compliance systems.


* Stay current with evolving EHS regulations, standards, and industry practices and help translate requirements into practical solutions for the facility.


* Provide support for environmental compliance activities as needed, including inspections, recordkeeping, environmental training, waste management, and other air, water, or waste-related activities.


* Collaborate with the broader EHS ...