Environmental Heath and Safety Officer at INFOSYS NOVA HOLDINGS LLC, Cincinnati, OH

Environmental Heath and Safety Officer at INFOSYS NOVA HOLDINGS LLC in Cincinnati, OH. Est. up to $100k. Apply with swipeandhired.

The Environmental Health and Safety Officer will work directly with quality, operations, delivery, and management teams to evaluate safety compliance, identify opportunities for and implement safe practices, and monitor compliance with identified safety best practices.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Workplace Safety and EHS Program (35 %)

• Assess current engineering, laboratory, fabrication, shop, and manufacturing operations for workplace hazards and opportunities for improvement.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve practical safety policies, procedures, and work practices appropriate for Kaleidoscope's operations.
• Advise leadership on applicable OSHA requirements, recognized industry practices, and other relevant occupational safety requirements.
• Conduct routine workplace inspections and periodic formal safety audits.
• Identify unsafe conditions or practices and work with responsible stakeholders to establish corrective actions.
• Track significant safety findings and corrective actions through closure.
• Help establish appropriate safety metrics and periodically report safety status, trends, risks, and priorities to management.
• Support investigation of incidents, injuries, near misses, and significant safety observations, including identification of root causes and preventive actions.

Project & Process Hazard Review (25 %)

• Participate in the review of new or non-routine engineering, fabrication, testing, and manufacturing activities before work begins.
• Facilitate or support job hazard analyses (JHAs/JSA), process hazard assessments, equipment risk assessments, and other appropriate hazard-review methods.
• Evaluate hazards associated with machinery, tooling, fixtures, test equipment, pressure systems, electrical systems, chemicals, thermal processes, mechanical energy, lifting, material handling, and other operations relevant to Kaleidoscope's work.
• Review prototype and experimental test setups where conventional production safeguards may not yet exist.
• Recommend engineering controls, administrative controls, PPE, training, guarding, interlocks, procedures, or other mitigations appropriate to identified hazards.
• Establish criteria for determining when a formal safety review is required before a project or activity proceeds.
• Verify that significant project hazards have been adequately identified and controlled prior to commencement of higher-risk work.
• Escalate unresolved safety risks to appropriate leadership when project teams and the Safety Officer cannot reach agreement.

Equipment & Facility Safety (20 %)

• Review new, modified, relocated, or internally developed equipment for safety considerations prior to use.
• Advise on machine guarding, lockout/tagout, electrical safety, emergency stops, stored-energy hazards, compressed gases, pressure systems, ventilation, chemical handling, fire prevention, ergonomics, and related areas.
• Partner with Facilities and operational leaders on facility-level safety improvements.
• Assist in establishing inspection and maintenance requirements for safety-critical equipment and safeguards.
• Review contractor activities when they introduce material safety risks to Kaleidoscope personnel or facilities.

Procedures, Training & Documentation (20 %)

• Develop and maintain safety procedures that are appropriately scaled to a fast-moving engineering and manufacturing organization.
• Establish or improve programs as applicable for areas such as:

• Lockout/tagout and control of hazardous energy
• Machine and equipment safety
• Personal protective equipment
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