EHS Specialist (APAC), (Proficiency in Mandarin), Contract

EHS Specialist (APAC), (Proficiency in Mandarin), Contract

Role & Responsibilities:

. Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations in a variety of APAC locations regarding occupational health of our associates.

. Develop, maintain, and support environmental, health, and safety programs, policies, and procedures with structured audits and consultation to ensure regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.

. Provide leadership and direction to internal stakeholders and associates to evaluate, identify, and reduce the risk of loss through the application of health, safety, and environmental principles and knowledge of laws and regulations.

. Conduct or coordinate reviews of follow-up expectations and activities as appropriate track corrective items on agreed-upon timelines to closure.

. Guide prevention and risk reduction programs to improve safety and health programs.

. Provide periodic communication to management on the direction and effectiveness of health and safety programs through operational metrics

. Benchmark other company health and safety practices, planning, interpersonal, and written and verbal communication skills

. Excellent understanding of a variety of geographical environmental health and safety regulatory compliance areas.

. Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and train subject matter experts in safety practices and processes.

. Ability to work on issues where analysis of situations or data requires deep knowledge of organizational objectives.

. Experience establishing and assuring adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.

. Demonstrated ability to work with company-sensitive or confidential information and materials.

. Comprehensive understanding of the principle of operating in a need-to-know environment and the ramifications of mishandling company-sensitive or confidential information.

. Willingness to travel globally.

. Liaise (verbally & in writing) in Mandarin with non-English speaking colleagues and business associates based in APAC and China to address issues/queries pertaining to HSSE.

Requirements:

. 4-year degree or international equivalent in an area of study relevant to this position

. 3+ years of experience working in multicultural companies within various geographical regions.

. Demonstrated experience and familiarity with the APAC regional safety arena.

. Business proficiency (written and spoken) - either in Mandarin (Min. B3 in O levels Chinese or equivalent certifications) to liaise with local non-English speaking colleagues and business partners in APAC and China.

. Excellent organizational, programs, and structures and review other available techniques and programs to ensure continuous improvement of health and safety programs.