HSE Technician - Keokuk, United States - Roquette Frères

Description

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

What We Offer:

• Enjoy a highly collaborative team environment with ample room for exponential career growth.
• Competitive pay, annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, 6.2% company retirement contribution, and professional development opportunities.
• Generous paid time off and 12 annual paid company holidays.
• Paid maternity leave, and paid parental leave (including adoption/surrogacy/foster care leave) for non-birthing parents. Student loan repayment assistance and tuition reimbursement program.
• Annual wellness benefit and wellness centered programs.

The Role:

The Health, Safety and Environmental Technician is responsible for performing facility equipment inspections for safety and environmental compliance with internal policies, OSHA and government regulations under the direction of the Head of HSE. This position works with outside agencies for compliance issues and will work directly with managers and employees to facilitate safety and environmental improvements and activities.

What You'll Do:

• Follow procedures to monitor health, safety and environmental compliance
• Assist line management in assessing the effectiveness of the department safety and environmental programs and provide recommendations for maintaining/improving their effectiveness
• Know, apply and document state, OSHA and federal regulations and identify problems and recommend remedies
• Monitor and train personnel in safe work practices Develop and disseminate manuals and documentation around health, safety and environmental issues.
• Assist line management with the identification and evaluation of high risk hazards and development of measures for their control
• Develop and maintain a high level of professional competence in the environmental safety and health field
• Conduct safety audits and ensure training Assist with HSE audits and reviews
• Ensure that HSE records are properly managed in a data management system.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

What You'll Have:

• Bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety or other relevant field or equivalent relevant experience.
• 1-3 years' experience as a safety technician, safety professional or other related field desired.
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, and HSE software system; Enviance desired.
• Knowledge of federal, state safety regulations desired.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• Ability to establish written procedures needed to implement safety procedures.

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Work Environment

This job spends approximately 50% of the time in an office environment and 50% of the time in the Plant environment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb stairs, use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms; work in hot, cold and loud environments. Employee must be able to wear a respirator.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full time position which may require working flexible non-traditional hours/shift work.

Disclaimer
This job description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation. As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Roquette is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

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