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The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist is responsible for inspecting and evaluating the workplace, equipment, and practices for adherence to the Environmental, Safety and Health Program and government health and safety standards and regulations. The EHS specialist should encourage and facilitate ownership of a safe work culture by front line workers and management and provide collaborative peer to peer support for team members.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities/Duties

• Instills a safety-first mentality within respective work areas and a culture that achieves low accident rates and minimal lost time injuries.

• Perform incident investigations to include root cause analysis and provide assistance with developing and implementing appropriate corrective actions.

• Provide or coordinate safety training for employees as required. Develop and lead safety toolbox talks on relevant EHS material.

• Develop and maintain the safety, health and environmental program recordkeeping and reporting system. Support the development, implementation and data capture for leading and lagging indicators to include corrective actions resulting from workplace inspections, process improvements, employee observations, EHS related incidents/injuries/near misses, etc.

• Assist site Working Groups with the development of Safe Work Procedures, task hazards analysis, safe work method statements (SWMS), and other risk assessments. Provide coaching, mentoring and advising to all levels of the workforce to promote a safe work culture.

• Conduct and document periodic workplace inspections to identify hazardous conditions and regulatory non-compliance issues. Work with relevant working groups to resolve issues identified.

• Keep abreast of pending regulatory developments through reference sources; obtains insight on legislative agendas at state and federal levels. Advise administration on appropriate risk management policies, procedures, and issues of safety.

• Coordinate with external vendors for various EHS related site visits including equipment inspections, waste removal, and site surveys as required.

• Develop plans, procedures, and policies to continuously improve the EHS program.

• Assist with the successful implementation of the Health and Safety Representative (HSR) program.

• Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Essential

• Diploma in safety or related field, or equivalent.

• 1 to 3 years’ experience in occupational safety.

• Must possess working knowledge of the Australian Work Health Safety Act 2011.

• Must have working knowledge of MS Office programs to include; Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook.

• Must have excellent interpersonal, problem solving, and oral and written communication skills.

• Must be able to work efficiently alone and as a team member.

• Must be able to exercise discretion and good judgment.

Desirable

• Bachelor’s Degree in safety or related field, or equivalent ·

• Certificate IV – Workplace Training and Assessment

TICKETS AND LICENCES

Minimum Essential

• Drivers Licence

Desirable

Construction Induction – White Card

Working at Heights

High Risk Work Licence(s) · ICAM – Investigation and Incident Cause Analysis Method training.

EXPERIENCE – Minimum Essential

• 1 to 3 years – in a similar role

• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, and the public.

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT

It is a condition of employment that employees obtain and retain the appropriate level of security clearance and medical clearance applicable to each role. The employee will require a Top-Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) Department of Defence Security Clearance (Australian) or TS/SCI (U.S.) clearance.

STATEMENT OF WORK REQUIREMENTS

All personnel assigned to work at JDFPG shall be:

· At least 18 years of age.

· Able to fluently read, write and speak English

EHS REQUIREMENT

All Amentum personnel are responsible for understanding and complying with all sites environmental, health and safety requirements. While Amentum is responsible for providing a safe workplace and is responsible for ensuring compliance with requirements of the Handbook, each person is responsible for:

· Completing work tasks in a safe manner

· Reporting any unsafe acts or conditions to their supervisor and/or PMO/EHS Manager

· Continuous adherence to the environmental, health and safety procedures outlined in the Handbook during the performance of their work

· Red-Carding a Job - Employee right and responsibility to “STOP WORK” if a job is unsafe or possess a danger to the environment

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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