Job DescriptionThe EHS Specialist will serve as the primary EHS person for the facility, with responsibility for executing site-level long-term environmental, health, and safety strategies, ensuring robust compliance with California's complex regulatory requirements, and partnering with Operations and Corporate EHS to drive sustainable improvements.
What Will Your Typical Day Look Like?
Essential Responsibilities
- Daily Oversight & Execution of EHS activities
- Support the execution of the site EHS strategic and operating plans aligned with corporate and California regulatory expectations.
- Drive a proactive EHS culture through engagement, communication, and visible leadership.
- In collaboration with Corporate and Site Management, establish annual EHS goals, metrics, and leading indicators.
- Partner with Operations to embed EHS into daily management systems.
- Responsible for maintaining compliance with all Federal, State, Local and Business Best Practice EHS regulations and standards.
- Provide tactical leadership of site performance in meeting EHS goals and objectives
- Lead the validation of health, safety, and environmental Wabtec management systems to ensure 100% compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements
- Develop a systematic approach to dealing with organizational changes throughout site
- Work closely with operations teams to identify and address EHS related concerns with site operations.
- Perform necessary administrative activities associated with effective management of shop operations.
- Maintain site EHS metrics and work cooperatively with EHS HQ on various projects and initiatives, and culture change.
- Ensure site personnel understand and comply with all environmental certifications, permits and regulations. Implement solutions that drive compliance.
- Develop and maintain digital management information systems for demonstrating compliance with air permit requirements
- Implement and audit team member requirements for site permits and regulator expectations
- Ensure full implementation and execution of site IIPP, HIPP and WPV Plans
- Ensure documentation of compliance with all regulatory permitting
- Work to follow up on regulatory compliance items identified for follow up
- Updating and delivering regulatory compliance training
- Implement all other environmental programs for site
Regulatory Compliance - California Focus
- Ensure full compliance with Cal/OSHA, Title 8 CCR, IIPP, Heat Illness, LOTO, machine guarding, and CAL OSHA-specific requirements.
- Manage environmental programs within accordance with local and federal EPA regulations
- Lead agency interactions and maintain compliance documentation.
Program Ownership & Continuous Improvement
- Support and maintain ISO-aligned EHS management system elements, where applicable.
- Validate compliance with air, water, wastewater, hazardous waste, and stormwater permits.
- Lead risk assessments, IH monitoring, and corrective actions.
Training & Culture Development
- Oversee development and delivery of regulatory compliance training.
- Coach leaders and team members on safe work practices.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Influence leadership teams through data-driven insights.
- Provide informal guidance and support to site EHS contributors, as applicable.
- Support corporate initiatives, audits, and benchmarking.
What Do We Want to Know About You?
Qualifications / Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, safety engineering, health sciences, or related field.
• 5-8+ years of progressive EHS leadership experience in manufacturing.
• Deep knowledge of California EHS regulations.
• Proven ability to influence and partner across operations.
Desired Characteristics
• Experience in manufacturing or assembly-based environments.
• ISO management systems experience.
• Strong analytical and leadership skills.
What About the Physical Requirements of the Job?
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this class, an employee is regularly required to operate a variety of automated office machines which includes a computer, printer, facsimile machine, copy machine, calculator, telephone, etc. Must be able to use body members to work, move or carry objects or materials. Must be able to exert up to twenty pounds of force occasionally and up to ten pounds of force frequently. Physical demand requirements are at levels of those for sedentary work.
Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an indoor manufacturing environment. The employee will work in areas exposed to production activities to include but not limited to production machinery, assembly operations, overhead cranes usage, and forklift traffic. The employee will be required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to workplace hazards.
Mental Demands: While performing the duties of this class, the employee is regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve problems; use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn, apply and teach new information or skills; and interact with other employees, customers and vendors.
Additional InformationOur job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is currently $[redacted]0. The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.
