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L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

About L3Harris Technologies:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking an Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist supporting two sites, Millersville, and Hanover.

The EHS Specialist drives the development, organization, administration, enforcement, and continuous improvement of EHS programs to ensure compliance with federal, state, county, local, and customer requirements. The EHS Specialist will support both locations’ performance toward meeting their injury rate and environmental sustainability goals, as well as continuous improvement and validation of their EHS compliance requirements.

This role:

• Oversees Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) at two locations.

• Serves as the subject matter expert in EHS to the Operations, Engineering, and Program Management/Development organizations.

• Reports to the Operation leads for both facilities.

• Supported by a network of EHS professionals and corporate leadership within L3Harris.

• Works in environments that are a mix of manufacturing, assembly, repair, engineering, program development, and office activities.

• Expected to rotate onsite support across the two locations, and works on a 9-80 schedule, with availability to support additional shifts or programs as required.

  Essential Functions:

• Supports all aspects of EHS performance, including injury reduction and avoidance, environmental sustainability initiatives, and meeting EHS regulatory and company requirements.

• Conducts workplace surveys, safety audits, risks assessments, etc. and advises management of conditions requiring corrective action and tracks resolutions to an effective closure.

• Focuses on continuous improvement and management of change of EHS programs in processes, systems, and products. Focus areas: Ergonomics, Chemical management, Hazard and Risk Assessments, and Hazardous Waste Small Quantity Generator.

• Supports incident investigations and data/trend analysis to determine root cause, produces and maintains necessary documentation and ensures that all applicable reporting requirements are performed accurately and in a timely manner.

• Ensure dissemination of ownership responsibilities for regulatory, corporate, and internal obligations throughout all business functions. Develop written programs to define and training programs to disseminate these responsibilities. Audit work practices to ensure adherence by employees and enforcement by management.

• Regularly briefs the site operations and leadership teams on programs, trends, and action plans.

• Remains current with all applicable regulations and company policies.

• Establishes and maintains necessary contacts with city, county, state, federal regulatory agencies.

• Maintains required records in accordance with regulatory and L3Harris requirements, to include but not limited to site permits and licenses, training, certifications, inspections, audits, etc.

• Supports the standardization of EHS processes across the two locations.

• Responsible for monitoring and driving sustainability initiatives.

• Performs related duties or special projects as directed.

  Qualifications:

• Requires proficient knowledge of job area.

• May have practical knowledge of project management.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.

• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

• Practical experience developing, training, and implementing EHS programs and trainings.

• Ability to research technical information as required.

• Ability to manage time and projects across multiple sites or programs.

• Demonstrated ability to work under general, consultative direction and manage programs independently.

• Experience managing a budget with vendors and consultants for EHS compliance.

• Strong communication skills (written, verbal, presentation).

• Competent computer skills related to Microsoft office, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• United States citizen.

  Preferred Additional Skills:

• EHS-related professional accreditations: Certified Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Professional Engineer, etc.

• Involvement in high performance programs: VPP, ISO 45001, 14001

• Strong root cause analysis skills

• Experience using and leveraging EHS common systems, such as Gensuite

• Strong teamwork, interpersonal, problem-solving, and analysis skills

• Exhibits sound judgment and professionalism in all situations.

• Ability to use data visualization tools such as PowerBI to analyze data for use in developing forward plans.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.