EHS Specialist

Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) is a global leader in electronics and reuse recycling with facilities across the globe. Our goal is to be the world’s best, safest, and most responsible recycling company. SLS serves global clients across a range of industries to securely and responsibly recycle and manage the disposition of IT equipment and electronic products.

Our asset management and recovery service enables businesses to meet both their social and legal obligations in the treatment of surplus electronics in a legally compliant, data secure, fully traceable, and environmentally sustainable manner. With our global reach, expertise, and infrastructure, SLS is able to provide a comprehensive solution for e-waste and IT asset disposition anywhere in the world.

Function: EHS

Title: EHS Specialist 4

Approved By (Title)

J. Brian Maeck

Global Head of EHS

Date: 3-MAR-2025

Location

Based in the UK, providing support to the UK and EU

Purpose of Role

Provide managerial Environment, Health and Safety support and technical assistance to operational facilities; delivering against Sims EHS policy, strategies, plans, and goals

Reporting to

Regional EHS Partner

Principal Accountabilities

• Support the implementation and operational understanding of EHS Standard requirements, local regulations, initiatives, EHS policy, and processes.
• Provide guidance and support to facilitate learning and decision-making regarding the health and safety of workers and protection of the environment.
• Focused on system-based continuous improvement regarding implementing and adopting control measures.
• Build and maintain trust-based relationships with all levels in order to facilitate the delivery of EHS objectives and goals

May include technical and/or professional certifications such as Industrial Hygiene, Workers Compensation management

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, and presentation skills
• Ability to work effectively with a broad range of individuals at multiple levels
• Ability to manage change and adapt to ensure continual success
• Self-starter with a high level of resilience and ability to work independently with limited direction
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational, analytical skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, manage time, and work in a fast-paced environment
• Effective influencing and delegation skills and the ability to manage results through others
• Good computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and EHS data management systems.
  
  

Core Competencies

• Safety
  
  

Effectively supervise team's safety, solve simple problems in line with SHECS standards

• Accept & Expect Accountability
  
  

Set and achieve challenging targets relevant to team and/or projects, monitor quality and accuracy of team's work and ensure acceptable standard of quality

• Inspire with Passion
  
  

Communicate well verbally and in writing, create accurate and punctual reports, share information and ideas with others, has good listening skills

• Band Together
  
  

Prioritize tasks to meet clear deadlines, overcome obstacles, motivate and encourage others, promote mutual respect and supports inclusion, handle difficult people, apply clear and consistent performance standards, provide guidance to improve performance

• Consistently Innovate
  
  

Break down problems into smaller components and responds, seek input from others to address root cause of issues, make timely decisions and communicates decisions to others, support and adapt to change, open to new ideas, take on new responsibilities, handle pressure, show initiative, support continuous improvement programs

• Planning & Project Management
  
  

Plan and complete tasks, goals and projects with short to medium-term impacts, keep own and team's work aligned with business goals, accountable for completion of own and team's tasks and goals, keep information organized and accessible, work systematically and efficiently, manage resources efficiently, create contingency plans

• Business & Job Knowledge
  
  

Understand own and team's duties and responsibilities, has necessary technical skills, has necessary job and product/market knowledge, keep job and product/market knowledge current, understand and communicate policies and procedures applicable to self and team

With a promote-from-within philosophy and a variety of programmes available to support continuous learning, Sims offers the opportunity for a rewarding career. We are committed to the ecologically sound and sustainable use of resources and strive to operate in a manner that minimises waste and protects the environment.

A career with SLS provides you with the opportunity to work with an organisation whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

SLS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value the diversity of all of our employees and are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone can contribute, advance on merit, and realize their full potential. SLS does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

To achieve our purpose to create a world without waste to preserve our planet, we are guided by our Pillars of Purpose: Be Safe + Well, Band Together, Be Accountable + Transparent, Consistently Innovate, Inspire with Purpose, Celebrate + Have Fun.