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Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing. We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit family atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences. Focus on our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviors of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

Red Wing Shoes is seeking an Environmental Health and Safety Specialist to join the Safety team. The EHS Specialist provides technical expertise and support in the administration of regulatory compliance, permitting, policy and program development and training for supply chain facilities and corporate offices.

Essential Duties:

• Provide technical support in EHS program and process execution, interpret current risk level, and provide recommendations for actions to make improvements.
• Support employee safety team initiatives.
• Partner with operations to conduct and participate in standardized inspections.
• Develop and present training on EHS related topics.
• Provide support on incident management and root cause analysis efforts.
• Participate in hazard/risk assessments for a variety of EHS initiatives and provide input on action plans to address any identified issues in partnership with the business.
• Provide technical and hands-on support for environmental permits and processes.
• Provide technical support for facility hazardous waste management.
• Track/analyze local regulatory changes and provide input on compliance issues.
• Function as the primary site administrator for the EHS Sharepoint site and the Red.e safety site.
• Function as the global system administrator for the EHS information management system and the primary company contact with the system vendor.
• Function as the global system administrator for electronic SDS system and the primary company contact with the system vendor.

High School Diploma with a minimum of 2 years related experience in a manufacturing environment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum of 2 years’ experience conducting EHS related inspections, preparing hazardous waste for shipping, collecting safety data for report submissions, and presenting safety training materials; 2-year degree in a related field, experience with database management, and experience managing Microsoft SharePoint are a plus.

Candidates should understand risk assessment and control methodologies; Basic knowledge of safety requirements in a manufacturing setting; Some knowledge of environmental reporting requirements for air permitting.

Red Wing Shoes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Individuals with disabilities needing assistance in completing an application may contact rwsc.recruitment@redwingshoes.com or call 651-388-8211.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP at https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory results of a background check and drug screen.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)