Hazardous Materials Compliance Specialist
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
* Traveled to and performed Inspections and Audits on warehouse locations to ensure compliance with DOT, OSHA, Fire Code, and PHMSA regulations in regard to safety, storage and transportation of hazardous materials, and employee training in regards to hazardous materials.* Created corrective action reports and followed up with operations leadership teams to ensure issues are corrected as necessary.* Researched, assisted, and advised on any issues involving compliance with hazardous materials regulations including CERS reports, Tier II reports, DOT, IMDG, IATA regulations, EPA guidelines, OSHA regulations, DOT special permits, Silliker and other third party audit standards and any other regulatory issues as necessary.* Reviewed, updated, and assured associate compliance with training requirements in regards for hazardous materials for approx. 3,000 associates.* Ensured company was compliant with all updated GHS-formatted SDS for all products that are considered a hazardous chemical under OSHA’s HAZCOM standards.* Researched and set up new chemical items in a Master Data Management system.* Obtained and maintained hazardous materials documents for all chemical based items, reviewed documents to ensure they are up-to-date with current federal regulations. * Performed outreach and maintained a working relationship to chemical vendors and manufacturers to ensure required documentation is gathered and item integrity needs are met. * Coordinated and reported hazardous materials related activities to the Hazmat Steering Team. Tracked and regularly reported the status of regulatory compliance and improvement initiatives to the same via in meetings and the preparation of data/hazard reports.* Assisted with ensuring compliance with Federal, State, Local regulations, and corporate mandated policies and procedures in the shipping and storage of hazardous materials.