Job Description:
Environmental Health and Safety Engineer
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As an Environmental Health and Safety Engineer you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Leading EHS programs, emphasis on environmental planning to maintain compliance to all applicable environmental standards and regulations, and conformance to all 3M environmental, health and safety expectations.
- Interpreting and rationalizing federal, state and local environmental standards for applicability and implementation at the site.
- Completing and/or reviewing and submitting applicable permits and reports.
- Leading environmental performance improvement projects.
- Assessing new and changing processes, equipment and chemistry.
- Interacting with internal auditors and regulatory agencies.
- Serve as site environmental expert on environmental projects and communicating project status.
- Participating in or leading initiatives aimed at enhancing EHS culture, behaviors, and
accountability within all levels of the workforce.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science, engineering, environmental, health or safety discipline (completed and verified prior to start).
- Five (5) years of experience working in an environmental, health or safety role in a manufacturing environment in a private, public, government or military environment.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Master’s degree or higher in a science, engineering, environmental, health or safety discipline from an accredited institution.
- Eight (8) or more years of experience working in an environmental, health or safety role in a manufacturing environment.
- Professional certification(s) primarily being Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP), Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or Certified Safety Professional (CSP).
- Strong project management skills and ability to set objectives and deliver results.
- Experience implementing comprehensive EHS management systems.
- Strong communication skills (oral, written and presentation).
Work location: Alexandria, MN
Travel: May include up to 10% domestic
Relocation: May be Authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.
To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.
The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.
