Environmental Health and Safety Associate
industrial_energy_operations › Environmental Health & Safety · P1 — P1 — Entry-Level Professional · Individual contributor
An entry-level professional who supports workplace safety and environmental compliance activities under close guidance.
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$59,152 USD
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pay@2 · 2026-07
What this role is
An entry-level professional who supports workplace safety and environmental compliance activities under close guidance. At the Entry-Level Professional (P1) level, the role owns own tasks within a defined component, routine problems with known solutions, and drives own deliverables. None — building the craft.
What this level does
- Conduct routine safety checks and inspections of workplace equipment, environments, and practices to confirm compliance with established safety standards and government regulations under close supervision.
- Collect samples and maintain safety-monitoring equipment, assisting senior staff with the execution of existing safety programs.
- Maintain records of safety training sessions, inspections, and incidents to satisfy legal recordkeeping requirements.
- Assist in delivering safety-awareness training to employees using pre-built modules covering health and safety regulations and precautions.
- Knowledge applied
- Applies foundational occupational-safety and environmental-health knowledge and basic familiarity with OSHA/EPA-type standards to routine inspection and sampling tasks.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Handles routine problems with standard answers, following detailed instruction and escalating anything unfamiliar.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Works within stable internal relationships, chiefly supporting senior EHS staff.
- Typical experience
- 0–2 years; new grad, intern, or EHS Technician.
Skills at this level
- Occupational Safety & Environmental Health Foundation
- — Combines technical and scientific knowledge of workplace safety and environmental health to identify, assess, and control physical, chemical, and ergonomic hazards affecting workers and the environment.
- Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement
- — Interprets and enforces health, safety, and environmental regulations such as OSHA and EPA standards, applying them to inspections, permit renewals, and compliance-verification duties across facilities.
- Safety Inspection & Hazard Assessment
- — Inspects and evaluates workplace environments, equipment, and practices to confirm compliance with safety standards and detect hazards before they cause harm.
- Incident Investigation & Root-Cause Analysis
- — Investigates workplace incidents to determine root causes and drives corrective and preventive actions that stop recurrence, documenting findings for compliance and learning.
- EHS Recordkeeping & Documentation
- — Maintains legally required records of safety training, inspections, sampling, and incidents so the organization can demonstrate regulatory compliance on demand.
- Safety Training & Awareness Program Delivery
- — Creates and delivers safety-awareness training programs and modules that educate employees on health and safety regulations, precautions, and workplace-specific hazards.
- Sampling & Environmental Monitoring
- — Collects samples and operates safety-monitoring and industrial-hygiene equipment to measure exposures and environmental conditions against permissible limits.
- Specialized Program Management
- — Owns discrete EHS programs such as respiratory protection, waste-disposal compliance, or emergency-response planning, running them end to end within regulatory requirements.
- Hazard-Prevention System Design
- — Designs systems and controls that prevent hazards across facilities or business units, balancing worker protection with operational efficiency and cost.
- Emergency Response & Contingency Planning
- — Establishes incident-response protocols and emergency-response plans so facilities can react safely to and recover quickly from significant safety or environmental events.
- Environmental Sustainability Initiatives
- — Drives programs that reduce waste, energy use, and emissions across the organization to meet environmental objectives and regulatory expectations.
- EHS Strategy & Executive Advisory
- — Crafts the organization-wide EHS vision and advises senior leadership, translating intricate regulations into actionable enterprise strategy and reporting performance to executives.
- Cross-Facility Team & Budget Leadership
- — Manages EHS teams across multiple sites and justifies safety investments within budget constraints while fostering a safety-first culture organization-wide.
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