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EHS Specialist 4/5

Develops strategies and directs the integration of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) programs and management systems to support multiple sites, business unit programs or the enterprise. Leads independent reviews of EHS programs, processes and practices to identify improvement opportunities. Leads interface with regulatory agencies. Conducts information exchanges to improve EHS processes. Evaluates new technologies and processes to develop strategies and tactics for reducing workplace hazards and environmental impacts. Develops education and training materials to support regulatory and business requirements. Reviews and approves complex regulatory reports, permit applications, proposals and contracts and EHS risk analyses. Direct and provide oversight of vendor, contractor and supplier activities for EHS compliance for site processes and program goals. Leads program reviews, investigates incidents and provides corrective action to prevent recurrence of incidents.


Competencies



General


Communication
Consistently clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Consistently keeps the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames even complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used; attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Advises fellow project leads and other internal employees in effective communication techniques.

Decision Making
Consistently recognizes a wide range of complex, specialized issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed. Steadily identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities. Regularly integrates complex information from a wide variety of sources; detects complex trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships. Consistently creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. Formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. Consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time. Regularly includes fellow project leads, employees across the organization, and external customers in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.

Establish Strategic Direction
Contributes to identifying the need for additional information and helps obtain it by clearly describing what needs to be known and the means to obtain it; asks relevant and specific questions of fellow team leaders, managers, internal employees and customers to verify facts and obtain additional information. Helps organize qualitative information and data to identify/explain trends, problems, and their causes; compares, contrasts, and combines information to identify underlying issues; sees associations between seemingly independent problems or events to recognize trends, problems, and possible cause-effect relationships. Helps organizes and manipulates quantitative data to identify/explain trends and problems and their causes.

Managing Work
Consistently identifies highly critical and less critical activities and tasks amidst a large number of competing demands; adjusts priorities when appropriate. Consistently ensures that required equipment and/or materials are in appropriate locations so that own and others' work can be done effectively. Effectively allocates own time to complete work; coordinates own and others' schedules to avoid conflicts. Consistently takes advantage of available resources (individuals, processes, departments, and tools) to complete work efficiently. Uses time effectively and prevents irrelevant issues or distractions from interfering with work completion.

Project Management
Extensive experience in creating comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules for significant Business Unit projects; identifies time frames for key project milestones and ensure alignment of sub tier activities for overall project visibility, tracking and completion. Directs and manages very complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi regional or international activities. Independently identifies project resource requirements, integrate and direct multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Collaborates with others on the most complex projects assigned. Ability to direct, delegate and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of the overall large scale and complex projects. Identifies and resolves any issues and provide solutions and or recommendations to ensure the successful completion of the project. Technical


Analytical Skills
Basic - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources with clients, customers and/or suppliers.
Preferred - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources at the business unit level.

Applied Health/Safety Science
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of occupational health and safety sciences (e.g. radiation physics, toxicology, industrial hygiene) to analyze and communicate data and develop safety and health strategy.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge of occupational health and safety sciences (e.g. radiation physics, toxicology, industrial hygiene) to benchmark safety and health data and to develop new health and safety strategies.

Boeing Knowledge
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of Boeing's organizations, processes, program plans, policies and procedures, and products required to effectively perform functional responsibilities of the occupation.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge of Boeing's organizations, processes, program plans, policies and procedures, and products required to effectively perform functional responsibilities of the occupation.

Environ/Occ Risk Assessment
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of strategies and methodology for conducting preliminary risk assessments for chemical, physical, biological and environmental hazards using established protocols.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge of strategies and methodology for conducting preliminary risk assessments for chemical, physical, biological and environmental hazards using established protocols.

Government Laws/Regulations
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of relevant government laws and regulations impacting the functional responsibilities of the occupation.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge of relevant government laws and regulations impacting the functional responsibilities of the occupation.

Typical Education/Experience



Level 4 - Bachelor's degree and related work experience, a Master's degree and related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Level 5 - Bachelor's degree and related work experience, a Master's degree and related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.


Other Job related information



Position will reside at a major IDS location with a GS&S presence. Position requires support of bid & proposal activities, mergers & acquisitions, and site environmental assessments. Experience with analysis of injury data/metrics, managing initiatives and implementing common processes/tools are key. Job entails support, assistance and mentoring of site EHS professionals, and may include both US based and international locations.


*** Please note that depending on the specific position, you may be required to pass additional medical tests, credit checks, and/or other requirements. These additional items are required for the Company to comply with various laws and regulatory rules.***

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