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Company Overview
Founded in 2012, Valliscor is a growing smart chemical manufacturing company located in Corvallis, Oregon - specializing in organofluorine compounds. Valliscor maintains a fast-paced, collaborative work environment and prides itself on a customer and employee-first focus. Valliscor offers competitive compensation and benefits packages for its employees - including medical/dental/vision insurance and a 401K with up to 6% company match (after 3-month waiting period). Our state-of-the-art facilities include multiple manufacturing suites as well as R&D space supported by a wide variety of analytical equipment including HPLC, GC, GC/MS and NMR on site.
Additionally, Valliscor is constructing a brand new manufacturing facility on a 12+ acre Greenfield site in neighboring Albany, Oregon to significantly expand is capacity - including the production of etchants for the semiconductor industry. This safety & regulatory affairs position would be an integral part of the development of the safety aspects for the new site.
Position Summary
As a Safety and Regulatory Affairs Lead at Valliscor, you will play a vital role in the environmental health and safety (EHS) for our employees. The Regulatory Affairs Lead will play a pivotal role in ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while guiding our innovative projects through the regulatory landscape. The successful candidate must work well as part of a dynamic, fast paced & diverse team including interacting with all other employees, customers and other business contacts in a professional and respectful manner.
Select Responsibilities
- Develop, implement and manage process safety regulations in compliance with Oregon OSHA’s process safety management (PSM) requirements.
- Liaison with regulatory agencies such as EPA on TSCA, Stratospheric protection division, PFAS and other relevant environmental regulations.
- Previous experience preparing environment reports such as CDR, TRI, EPCRA Tier II, e-GGRT reporting and OSHA 300 log.
- Managing storage and handling of high hazard chemical inventory according to NFPA, local fire marshal and OSHA guidelines.
- Knowledge of RCRA regulations to properly manage hazardous waste for a large quantity generator including working with Oregon DEQ to satisfy reporting requirements.
- Lead the Oregon OSHA SHARP program and other OSHA mandated programs such as chemical hygiene, haz comm, respiratory protection, etc.,
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement process improvements.
- Conducting through hazard identification and implementing mitigation measures for existing and new processes
- Lead safety committee
- Conduct routine inspections
- Coordinateincident, near-miss investigation and implementing corrective actions
- Develop and delive essential safety trainings,
- Calibrating gas monitoring equipment
- Coordinate with facilities for maintenance of engineering controls and emergency response equipments
- Developi emergency response plans such as emergency action plan, spill response and fire protection plan
- Authoring SDS sheets for Valliscor products
- Communicate safety related information on a company wide scale.
- Key Requirements
- BS Degree in Science (Chemistry strongly preferred)
- Prior experience in safety & regulatory affairs
Additional Required Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- The ability to lift 50 lbs throughout the shift
- The ability to work rotating (monthly) 8 to 10-hour shifts
- Comfortable with routinely handling hazardous chemicals and production waste in accord with Safety Data Sheets
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Please note that the ability to lift up to 50 lbs in accord with OSHA guidelines will be a minor, but required component of this job. The routine handling of chemicals is a required component of this position. This position requires frequent computer use. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
As this position requires the need for wearing a respirator, the employee must be willing to maintain shaving protocols to ensure air-tight seal for respirator fitting.
Unsoliticed Assistance
Valliscor does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Valliscor via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Valliscor. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Valliscor as a result of the referral or through other means.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of Valliscor to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Valliscor prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $64,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- environmental health & safety: 5 years (Preferred)
- regulatory affairs: 5 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Corvallis, OR 97330 (Required)
Work Location: In person
