Environmental Engineer Jobs at Veolia with Visa Sponsorship

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Job Description

Position Purpose: The Environmental, Health and Safety manager supports the EHS Program for Veolia Jackson, MS and surrounding Projects, under direction of the Project Leader and Central Region EHS Director, to ensure compliance with all Veolia EHS&S policies, internally established business metrics, training program requirements, injury and incident prevention, and development & implementation of site-specific EHS&S programs. A critical aspect of this position is responsibility for managing the EHS&S Training Program, including training delivery.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

- Under limited direction, this role plans, organizes, coordinates and implements the EHS&S programs for the Laurel (and Satellite) Projects; takes action to ensure compliance with Veolia EHS&S requirements, including OSHA General Industry and Construction standards; advises operations leaders on safe work methods and practices and the elimination of hazards; investigates accidents, near misses, and chemical spill/release incidents, and prepares necessary reports to ensure proper reporting requirements are met to all internal departments, as well as external regulatory agencies.
- Interfaces with corporate EHS teams to implement corporate initiatives at the local level.
- Review, implements, and manages company EHS policies and procedures.
- Supports plant management in safety compliance initiatives, accident prevention, workers’ compensation management, incident analysis, safety and environmental auditing, and EHS training.
- Monitors, tracks, and conducts EHS training for employees, contractors and visitors as required.
- Manages accident reporting, investigations, and reviews. Analyze data and propose intervention strategies and follow-up on the preventive/corrective actions.
- Support workers’ compensation claims management and interacts with corporate WC resources to reduce case costs.
- Serves as a mentor/resource for project staff on EHS related matters.
- Assists in the development of EHS&S budgets and EHS goal setting.
- Develop and support implementation of site-specific EHS programs and policies and procedures.
- Monitors safety requirements, industry consensus safety standards, and industry safety statistics.
- Completes monthly EHS reports to project management and regional or corporate EHS leadership on progress against established HS&S Metrics.
- Develops, implements, and manages injury reduction programs to reduce accidents and avoidable events.
- Directs and supports efforts to improve supervisor and employee safety culture.
- Provides or coordinates industrial hygiene related support to protect employee’s health through hazard controls in the work environment.

Work Environment:

- This position has many different physical locations within the community and includes wastewater treatment plants, water treatment plants, well houses, lift stations, administrative offices, and the wastewater collection and water distribution system.
- While performing the duties of this position, the employee is both inside and outside with exposure to all kinds of weather conditions.
- The Incumbent may work occasionally on slippery/uneven surfaces, around machinery with moving parts, moving objects/vehicles, and ladder/scaffolding, below ground and may be exposed to water and other liquids, chemicals, and sludges.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

- Bachelor’s degree in Health & Safety Management or equivalent (years of experience).
- 5+ years of experience in Safety Management and Training (relating to water and wastewater treatment industry is a plus, industrial/manufacturing settings are acceptable).
- 5+ years of experience with EHS training delivery and training program management.
- Experience with Process Safety Management, Risk Management, Traffic Control and Excavation Trenching and Heavy Equipment Operations will be a plus.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

- Working knowledge of Federal OSHA and security (DHS), and any corresponding regulations.
- Working knowledge of wastewater treatment would be an advantage.
- Strong organizational, oral, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives, adapt to frequent re-prioritization with a drive for results.
- Ability to interact with all levels of Veolia management and staff to achieve required EHS Metrics.
- Ability to train, coach, and influence employee behavior on safe work practices and environmental compliance excellence to achieve required EHS Metrics.
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite or Google Suite (or demonstrated ability to be proficient in the latter).
- Maintain specialized knowledge of safety and environmental regulations and industry consensus safety and environmental guidelines.
- Willingness and ability to work outside of core business hours as may be required to meet business needs and respond to emergencies.
- Ability to develop and effectively present employee training classes.
- Proficiency with MS Office and Google products.

Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

- Desired, but not required, certifications include:
- Authorization by the OSHA Training Institute as an authorized instructor on OSHA Standards for construction and general industry.
- CSP (Certified Safety Professional) or working toward CSP.
- CHMM (Certified Hazardous Materials Manager) Certifications issued by IHMM (Institute of Hazardous Materials Management) and other recognized industrial safety organizations on topics relevant to conducting specific safety training courses and responding to hazardous materials handling operations and chemical spill/release incidents.
- Trained in, and ability to deliver training AED/CPR, First Aid is desirable. Ability to obtain certain Trainer designations.

Additional Information

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.