Job Description

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Looking for an experienced EHS professional to lead the Health and Safety department to ensure the site is achieving its objectives. This position will work with the Corporate EHS team and Operations Leaders at the site to develop and implement improvement plans that will improve culture while reducing overall health and safety risk.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Lead the site industrial hygiene program by leading a comprehensive sampling strategy to protect worker health, safety and the environment.
• Assist facility leadership with the execution of beryllium exposure reduction programs, policies, procedures and regulations.
• Develop and assist in the execution of the EHS long range improvement plans and provide council and leadership to site strategic and tactical EHS teams on industrial hygiene, exposure assessment and beryllium exposure mitigation.
• Responsible for assisting the facility in complying with all other aspects of health and safety including ergonomics, noise exposure, indoor air quality and ventilation controls. Understands the basic tenets of ventilation and air pollution control device design, parametric monitoring and operation. Prepares and delivers detailed reports and findings related to program specifics to all levels of the organization.
• Work directly with Corp. EHS and Product Stewardship groups to facilitate change and improvements regarding the site industrial hygiene and safety goals.
• Monitor technology advancements and potential for improvement in performance for programs of responsibility.
• Ensure site is in compliance with all Materion and regulatory health and safety requirements.
• Maintain current efforts and drive improvement in EHS related topics.
• Help site efforts to incorporate human and organizational performance.

REQUIREMENTS: ​

• Required: BS in an EHS field and 10+ years of experience or a Master’s degree and 4 years of experience.
• Preferred: A MS degree in a relevant EHS field

• Required: Experience designing and implementing control strategies in alignment with best practices. Also includes experience assessing and understanding occupational safety in a metals manufacturing environment – preferred.
• Years of Experience: 5+ for MS and 10+ with a BS

• Required: Knowledge of all relevant industrial hygiene regulations

• Develops policies and procedures based on OSHA regulatory requirements and corporate guidelines.

• Makes recommendations to improve Beryllium Management Plan performance based on interpretations and professional practices.

• Proficient in data verification, correlation, and preparation of EHS reports

• Performs calculations, data entry, data analysis, field monitoring and report writing.

• Acts a technical advisor to a number of Performance Materials locations.

• Develops and conducts training.

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion’s business requirements.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Materion’s Veteran Employee Resource group supports veterans and promotes the benefits of hiring veterans in the workplace. We honor all those who have served and are a military friendly company. Veterans are encouraged to apply and military experience and skills are transferrable to Materion careers.

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