EHS Specialist at CTR Recruiting

CTR Group is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Representative in the Ship Repair industry in the Norfolk, VA area. Immediate opening and urgently hiring!

Pay Range: $25 - $26 per hour and Excellent Benefits

What We Offer:

Weekly Pay – you receive a paycheck every week

Comprehensive Benefits Package

SUMMARY:

We are currently looking for an Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Representative. This position is accountable for maintaining internal contacts with Production, Repair, Maintenance, Medical, and Emergency Response personnel.

With minimum supervision, EHS Representative should be able to provide Health and Safety guidance and support to the workforce. Ensures that the Company maintains compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Conducts shipboard safety walk thru inspections for on and off site vessels as required daily.
• Safety walks of the facility grounds to ensure compliance of environmental and safety hazards.
• Inspects and maintains fire extinguishers, eye wash stations, and ear plug dispensing stations.
• Maintains MSDS/SDS sheets for contract availabilities in progress.
• Maintains lab analysis of paint and installation samples per assigned availabilities.
• Conduct breathing air surveillances.
• Inspect scaffolding systems daily prior to commencement of work.
• Conduct Grade D breathing air test.
• Conduct Industrial lift Equipment spot checks for licenses and ODCL (Operator Daily Check List) completion.
• Helps create and edit new work instructions, procedures or training materials and participates in training events (leading and attending).
• Learn safety codes and standards, accident prevention principles, and their application to industrial operations; to learn techniques of making field inspections, conducting investigations, and identifying hazards; and other relevant skills.
• Conduct daily inspections of assigned areas ensuring that all operations (including those of Sub-Contractors) are in compliance with Federal, State and local regulations and health and safety policies and procedures; identify health and safety hazards or deficiencies and initiates corrective action through production supervision.
• Prepare written reports on inspections, accident investigations, statistical information on injuries and illnesses, employee complaints or concerns.
• Review current literature and trade publications in order to remain current regarding all OSHA and other applicable health and safety standards and regulations.
• Establish a close working relationship and communicate with department/ship manager on a regular basis.
• Able to identify/locate various compartments on board vessels.

Additional requirements:

• Must be able to gain access to government facilities.
• Must have current driver’s license.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively in English in both oral and written applications in order to successfully interact with management and employees.
• Other responsibilities and duties as assigned.
• Regular, reliable onsite attendance is an essential function of this job.

Physical requirements:

• Must be able to access all Navy installations and other shipyards.
• Must be able to enter confined spaces, work at heights and in confining or restricted spaces aboard vessels under construction/repair.
• Daily inspections require entering confined spaces, climbing ladders, working at heights, walking on scaffolding, observing use of tools and operation of equipment/machinery.
• Physical dexterity must allow for bending, reaching, climbing, crawling, and working on ladders and scaffolding.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds of weight.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to vapors, gases, dust, welding/burning fumes, and smoke. Must be able to spend up to 90% of time in an outdoor shipyard environment in all climates.
• The noise level is usually moderate to extremely noisy 90% of the time, which may include sirens, horns, chipping, and hammering.

Vision requirements:

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

CTR Group has been a leader in its industry for over 30 years and is rated highly on Google, Indeed and Facebook for being a great company to work for. If you enjoy being a part of a great team, apply today and check out our website for more information.

CTR Group is an equal employment opportunity employer. Candidates are selected based on qualifications and defined requirements of the job, not on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other protected status. Further, CTR Group encourages United States' Veterans and persons with disabilities to apply for positions for which they are qualified.