EHS Specialist
American Battery Solutions Inc.
Michigan
Job Summary The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist will provide health, safety, and environmental accountability & leadership for our dynamic and rapidly growing facility. This position will be charged with creating and continuing a safety culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and ownership. This key role will work as an onsite team of one responsible for evaluating working conditions, and leading the health, safety programs, and environmental initiatives of the site, while ensuring compliance with government and company regulations across all American Battery Solutions facilities. Responsibilities
- Prepare and submit Tier II Reports.
- Responsible for the management of the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System. Must be able to write and update Environmental Operating Procedures.
- Responsible for developing policies, procedures, programs, training, and implementation tools to maintain a safe work environment and good environmental stewardship.
- Maintain OSHA logs, medical records, training records, and all other safety and environmental records.
- Maintain and ensure compliance with corporate EHS requirements.
- Track, monitor, and revise organizational and facility specific EHS KPIs.
- Lead and facilitate injury case management striving to attain both adequate care and positive outcome for the facility.
- Inspect operations and equipment to determine hazards, recommend proper controls and implement corrections.
- Lead and facilitate safety incident/mishap investigations to ensure root causes are identified and corrective actions are implemented.
- Facilitate with EHS Manager and safety committees all required medical monitoring and testing.
- Work in partnership with leadership teams to ensure all safety control measures and regulations are included in capital projects.
- Lead and facilitate safety communication actions for plant-wide distribution.
- Provide strategic direction for accomplishing an injury-free culture.
- Lead and facilitate contractor safety expectations and training.
- Lead the LOTO evaluations, hazard assessments, new equipment safety assessments, and review work instructions to establish effective safety controls.
- Provide effective and appropriate guidance to the leadership team and safety committees.
- Support the production operator.
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment.
- Adhere to corporate, federal, and state employment policies.
- Adhere to all company policies.
- Ability to travel to our OH Production facility (20%).
- Other duties as assigned.
- Predictable and reliable attendance.
- Bachelor’s Degree in EHS and/or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in the Environmental Health and Safety field.
- Experience with Lithium-ion batteries is a plus.
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team and manage multiple projects and prioritize workload.
- Results-driven individual who has demonstrated the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Displays a customer-focused work ethic with the ability to interact with all levels of employees.
- Experience with NFPA 70E and electrical safety standards
- Ability to perform audits and hazard assessments of all areas including but not limited to the facility, manufacturing, testing, and build areas.
- Able to perform classroom and on-the-job training for EHS topics.
- Working knowledge of Safety, Environmental, and Quality Management systems including OHSAS 18001, ISO14001, and TS16949.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required.
- Focuses on Quality: Drives work results with a quality focus on actions and results.
- Decision Making & Analysis: Makes sound decisions based upon a mixture of data-driven analysis, expertise, experience, and judgment; collects relevant information, seeking input from others, and identifies connections and/or root causes of problems.
- Continual Improvement: Displays a consistent orientation toward producing the highest quality products or services, while keeping a focus on sustainability. Constantly looking for incremental improvements in work processes and results.
- Takes Initiative: Exhibits strong drive for results and success; conveys a sense of urgency and drives issues to closure; persists despite obstacles and opposition.
- Working Safely: Demonstrates safe behaviors. Aware of potential risks and threats in the workplace.
- Delivers Results: Achievement-oriented, feeling a sense of urgency to reach goals on time, if not before.
- Teamwork: Works cooperatively with others to accomplish team goals and organizational objectives.
- Communications: Exchanges thoughts, feelings, and information effectively.
- Influences Others: Has personal and organizational impact built on mutual trust, fairness, and honesty. Flexes their style to direct, collaborate, or empower, as the situation requires.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Constantly operates a computer and other office equipment.
- Ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen.
- May need to lift and carry up to 30 pounds and/or position the body to reach items on the floor/below knee level or reach overhead.
- The person in this position needs to occasionally move about in industrial environments and on uneven terrain.
- Works in a temperature-controlled office environment, with occasional work in outdoor weather conditions, and in industrial environments.
- The noise level in the work environment can be moderately loud.
- May be required to travel to and navigate a variety of sites to fully understand material needs.
- Must be able to manipulate equipment for calibration and modification.
- Excellent depth perception and reaction time.
- Prolonged periods of standing, walking, bending, and stretching.
- Must be able to bend, lift, stretch, stoop, push, pull, stand, and carry as needed to inspect, service, and operate machinery, equipment, and gauges.
- May need to work overtime in emergencies or tight deadlines.
- Visual acuity to read instructions, operate machines and inspect parts produced.
- Must have good hand/eye coordination.
- Ability to maintain single-task focus and situational awareness.
- Must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and stand.
- The noise level in the work environment can be moderately loud.
- The ability to see and respond to dangerous situations.
- The ability to wear personal protective gear correctly most of the day.
- Paid time off includes 3 weeks vacation, up to 72 hours sick, 15 holidays, and parental leave.
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) offerings.
- Company provided 401K savings plan with immediately vested matching contributions to help you save for retirement.
- Voluntary benefits offerings.
- Tuition assistance.
- Employee Referral Program.
- Employee development and career growth opportunities.
Posted 2026-02-16
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