Sr. Environmental Health and Safety Commercial Specialist

Plymouth, MI, United States

About Us:

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Role Summary:

EHS Team Member responsible for supporting a region of Service, Sales, parts distribution, and remanufacturing operations. This individual directly reports to the Sr. manager, Safety (Commercial) and is an integral part of the EHS Team. They work collaboratively with multiple internal departments, including Security, Operations, Maintenance, Procurement, and Sustainability, among other functions. The Sr. Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist becomes a conduit of support and fosters communications for sustainability, safety and environmental matters and is essential to successful employee engagement to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for employees.

Responsibilities:

Stay Open and Seek to understand the unique risks of each function and location
Complete the necessary inspections of properties, and operations are carried out to ensure that EHS risk and opportunities are escalated and mitigated appropriately.
Assure compliance with all applicable OSHA, RCRA, NPDES, EPA, federal, state, local and health regulation requirements at multiple locations.
Act as primary Trainer
Ensure Emergency Response plans remain current
Ensure adequate recordkeeping and document management is maintained at the site level according to regulations and/ or to the extent deemed necessary by the organization in order to demonstrate fulfillment of regulatory requirements and/ or the needs and expectations of interested parties.
Coordinate Waste Management Activity and Compliance, Communicate, implement, and maintain EHS processes and programs to ensure that all applicable safety, occupational health, and environmental compliance programs are in place and functioning properly.
Ensure all Blind spot, near miss, incident, injury, and illness information is captured and that investigations are conducted to discover root causes and develop corrective actions to prevent further incidents.
Must collaborate effectively cross functionally.
Willingness to work extended or non-standard shifts.
Ability to Educate others on hazard identification and control solutions.
Establish high quality relationships with operations teams at multiple locations
Lead work restriction and return to work planning
Articulates and lives the Rivian culture by being present in the workplace, sets an example by modeling appropriate safety behaviors, and holds others accountable for their actions by identifying and acting on behavior which is inconsistent with safety standards.
Ensure new sites are opened in compliance and a safe working environment is able to be maintained during full scale operation.
Participates in Regulatory Agency inspections.

Qualifications:

Working knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations (primary), with a working knowledge of DOT, substance abuse, and workers’ compensation programs. Strong leadership, emotional intelligence, and management skills required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Must be self-motivated and organized

Required:

Demonstrated prior work experience relevant to this position

Preferred:

Associates Degree in EHS or similar related area of study and/ or Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or similar relevant industry professional certification or specialization.

Travel:35-40%

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Company Statements:

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at candidateaccommodations@rivian.com.

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

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