Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Role Summary

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Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

This is an ONSITE role based in Rosemount, MN.

The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist plays a critical role in creating a safe, healthy, and sustainable workplace by leading initiatives that protect employees, operations, products, and the environment. This role partners across the organization to implement impactful safety programs, identify and mitigate risks, ensure regulatory compliance, and foster a culture where safety is a shared responsibility.

As a trusted advisor to business leaders, you'll provide expert guidance on safety, ergonomics, and regulatory requirements, helping teams successfully implement new processes and improvements while keeping employee well-being at the forefront.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to strengthen workplace safety and reduce risk.
• Develop and deliver engaging safety training programs, new hire orientation, and awareness initiatives that foster a strong safety culture.
• Partner with leaders across operations to ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental, and safety regulations.
• Conduct site audits, identify hazards, and drive corrective actions to maintain a safe and compliant workplace.
• Lead Safety Committee activities, emergency response planning, and preparedness drills.
• Manage regulatory reporting, safety metrics, and documentation, including OSHA, SARA, and SDS requirements.
• Support and reinforce key safety programs, including PPE, Lockout/Tagout, Fall Protection, Hazard Communication, and Ergonomics.
• Stay up to date on regulatory changes and proactively implement improvements that protect employees, operations, and the environment.

Requirements

What It Takes

• 4-year degree in relevant area of study with 2 years of applicable experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 2 years of e xperience conducting EHS inspections, risk assessments and promoting and monitoring workplace safety and environmental compliance.
• Strong knowledge of current and relevant Federal and State EHS regulations and best practices.
• Strong verbal, written, analytical, and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of Engineering, Operations, and Management.

Physical Demands

While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use a computer keyboard, monitor and mouse, telephone and printer; reach with hands, and arms, talk, see and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop or kneel and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary and total rewards package
• We offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:

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• Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan

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• Flexible Spending Accounts

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• Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)

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• Dental and Vision

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• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance

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• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

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• Paid caregiver leave
• You will receive at least 3 weeks of PTO + Wellness + Holiday Pay + Volunteer Hours
• 401k with company match and immediate vest
• Employee Stock Purchase Program at a discounted rate
• Matching grants through Protolabs foundation
• And More!

Proto Labs maintains ITAR-compliant operations in all of our United States based facilities. Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status. Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.

Proto Labs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Indoors (A/C); nonsmoking; the majority of this job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. However, there may be job duties that require the employee to spend time in the manufacturing areas exposed to machinery and noise; eye protection occasionally required. Occasionally works in outside weather conditions. Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.