Environmental Health & Safety Specialist
Date: Sep 9, 2025
Location: KANSAS CITY, MO, US, 64161-9370
Company: Grainger Businesses
Work Location Type: Onsite
Req Number 323027
About Grainger
W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment, Zoro.com offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.
Compensation
The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $55,900.00 to $93,200.00.
Rewards and Benefits
With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
- 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
- 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
- Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
- Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.
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The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.
The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.
Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.
This position is responsible for providing technical support within the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Department. To include expertise regarding regulatory compliance, management system maintenance, EHS training/onboarding, and generating analytical reports for trend analysis to support Company-wide initiatives. This position is located onsite at our Kansas City, MO distribution center.
You Will
- Provide oversight and analysis of the Grainger EHS management system, identifying and incorporating best practices and regulatory requirements, and implementing proactive steps to improve measurements and outcomes related to EHS standards and practices.
- Maintain federally required recordkeeping and injury/illness logs. This includes administering the OSHA Recordkeeping process as needed, including but not limited to providing guidance to stakeholders on recordkeeping applicability, reasoning for recording per the federal standard, and interpreting federal standards.
- Coordinating training compliance records, including but not limited to hazardous waste shipping and powered equipment operations.
- Powered Industrial Equipment (PIE) training records and license management.
- Evaluate ergonomic related risk within distribution center operations, identify prevention measures, partner with stakeholders, and create action plans to mitigate exposures.
- Manage/Train/Conduct behavior-based safety program, evaluating trends and areas of opportunity to improve the safety culture and environment.
- Schedule and conduct site EHS compliance inspections, identify prevention measures, partner with stakeholders, and provide corrective action response recommendations and tracking.
- Assist with updating required environmental permits, Tier II reports, hazardous waste management, etc. to comply with local, state, and federal regulations
- Support and participate in Safety Committee meetings through meeting attendance, inspection team leadership, findings documentation and corrective measures development and closure tracking.
- Ability to work hands-on in a multi-shift warehouse environment.
- 1+ years experience with responsibility for environmental, health and safety related matters.
- Good working knowledge of federal, state and local laws and regulation relating to environmental, health and safety.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.