Health, Safety, and Environmental Supervisor Fellow
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Job Description
About Company:
IPS collaborates with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to offer the IPS SkillBridge Health, Safety, and Environmental Fellowship Program. IPS is committed to fostering veteran talent by providing career pathways aligned with service members’ skills and facilitating a smooth transition to civilian employment. The company aims to onboard fellows as full-time employees upon successful program completion.
Job Description:
The IPS SkillBridge Health, Safety, and Environmental Supervisor Fellowship Program offers transitioning service members the opportunity to gain civilian work experience within 180 days of separation from military service. This unpaid training program, under the DoD SkillBridge framework, provides hands-on training and industry-specific certifications to bridge the gap between military and civilian careers. During the fellowship, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the responsibilities of a Health, Safety, and Environmental Supervisor.
Position Responsibilities:
As an IPS SkillBridge Fellow, you will:
• Learn the administration of environmental and government reporting programs, ensuring the location meets the highest standards of awareness, disposals, and conscious purchasing.
• Learn and manage performance indicators and HSE dashboards, guaranteeing data quality and communicating information (risk mapping, significant events) appropriately.
• Inspect facilities to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards, noncompliance, and recommend corrective or preventative measures.
• Learn, utilize, and promote lean tools such as 6s, Visual Management, Value Stream Maps, etc.
• Learn, update, develop, and own continuous improvement processes, metrics, and associated tools.
• Attend trainings discussing new regulations and safe practices.
• Coordinate and maintain OSHA and EPA compliance programs.
• Develop and implement all safety, emergency, and security programs with related training.
• Lead efforts to achieve scorecard/targets within the facility.
Qualifications We Prefer:
• 4-8 years in applicable military experience (Degree in Health, Environmental, or Engineering a plus)
• Strong project management skills and process orientation
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite tools
• Ability to be innovative, creative and a proven self-motivated, team-oriented attitude
• Attentive and active listening skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, such as the ability to effectively communicate to all levels within the organization and within the presentation setting
• Experience balancing strategy and execution, ability to get “hands-on” with the business while understanding the processes needed to deliver results
• Ability to perform audits, write and submit reports
• Experience working in lean manufacturing environment while practicing continuous improvement methodologies
