Senior EHS Engineer

Howmet Aerospace has an immediate opening for a Senior EHS Engineer at our La Porte, IN location. Our passionate commitment to EHS provides the successful candidate with an excellent environment in which to work and the leadership commitment and support to deliver results. This position is a key member of the location's EHS team and is highly visible position in the plant and Business Unit. The position provides an excellent platform for potential future growth to the successful candidate.

Howmet Aerospace is a world leader in the investment casting of superalloys, aluminum and titanium primarily for jet aircraft and industrial gas turbine markets and a leading supplier of structural components for the aerospace, automotive, commercial transportation, and other industrial markets. Our La Porte location is on the front edge of our business and recently completed a plant expansion.

Key Responsibilities of this position include:

• Assist with location fatality and serious injury prevention efforts including helping to lead deployment and execution of key fatality and serious injury prevention elements and coaching location leaders.
• Analyze injury and incident data and assist line management in the implementation of focused injury reduction efforts. Provide expertise to proactively address injury reduction efforts. Lead injury and incident investigations to determine root causes and corrective and preventative actions.
• Provides oversight of the location's EHS self-assessment (audit) process and coaching of Single Point Accountable (SPAs) persons to maintain compliance with both regulatory and Howmet standards.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Maintenance and Operations teams to integrate EHS considerations into new equipment design, process changes and capital projects.
• Assist with the facility's industrial hygiene program including execution of IH sampling plans, the administration of IH databases and employee exposure records, hazardous material management, ergonomics oversight, radiation protection and health hazard elimination efforts.
• Assist with environmental compliance activities.
• Coach and counsel departmental leaders in the execution of their EHS accountabilities.
• Partner with location leadership to deliver EHS objectives. Champion the site's EHS culture, encouraging employee involvement and accountability at all levels.
• Demonstrated professional with passion for change and relentless focus on execution.
• Knowledge of applicable Federal and State EHS related regulations and procedures.
• Strong communication skills, analytical skills, problem solving and human relations skills.
• Ability to make difficult decisions with sometimes an incomplete set of data.
• Critical skills include execution, attention to detail, initiative, conflict resolution, customer focus, collaboration, building ownership and commitment, establishing a direction, drive for change, gaining organization support and tenacity.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution.
• At least 3 years of EHS related experience.
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS degree in safety, industrial hygiene or environmental topic.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.