Environmental, Health and Safety Director jobs in Danbury, CT

About Us

FirstLight is a leading clean power producer, developer, and energy storage company serving North America. With a diversified portfolio that includes over 1.65 GW of operating renewable energy and energy storage technologies and a development pipeline with 4 GW of solar, battery, hydro, onshore wind and offshore wind projects, FirstLight specializes in hybrid solutions that pair hydroelectric, pumped-hydro storage (including Northfield Mountain, the largest energy storage facility in New England), utility-scale solar, large-scale battery, and wind assets. The company’s mission is to accelerate the decarbonization of the electric grid by supporting the development, operation, and integration of renewable energy and storage to meet the world’s growing clean energy needs and deliver an electric system that is clean, reliable, affordable, and equitable. Based in Burlington, MA, with operating offices in Northfield, MA, New Milford, CT, Oshawa, ON, and Montréal, QC, FirstLight is a steward of more than 14,000 acres and hundreds of miles of shoreline along some of the most beautiful rivers and lakes in North America.

FirstLight is wholly owned by PSP Investments, one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers. We have over 200 employees in Canada and the US with  operations based in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Quebec and our corporate headquarters are located in Burlington, MA.

We proudly serve our host communities and beyond through our clean energy assets, the recreation spaces we steward, the jobs we produce, and the economic benefit we deliver through our operations and charitable actions.
 

We are a team of caring, passionate professionals who are driven to deliver positive climate impact and to have fun while doing it! We value diversity, equity and inclusion and encourage people with diverse perspectives, skills and experiences to apply.

Position Detail:

The Health, Safety & Enviromental (HS&E) Intern/Summer Temp works with the HS&E Specialist, other engineers, and professionals on a series of open projects. This position will be based at FirstLight’s New Milford, CT location and will involve work on projects across all CT and PA stations.

START DATE: June 03, 2024       END DATE: August 16, 2024

Key Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• Fall Protection & Ladders: Identify and create a documented inventory system for all anchors and ladders within the CT and  PA locations;
• Emergency Response & Evacuation: Identify and create a documented system for all fire extinguishers; Determine locations missing evacuation maps and create evacuation diagrams;
• Chemical Inventory: Review current SDS inventory and compare agains current chemical storage inventory to ensure SDS are present. If missing SDS, upload missing SDS in the FirstLight tracking system;
• Carries out other duties and responsibilities as assigned;
• Complies with all FirstLight policies and procedures.

Job Qualifications / Skills

Why Work for FirstLight?

We consider our employees to be our most valuable resource and we strive to provide a challenging, collegial, and rewarding workplace.  FirstLight embraces a company-wide commitment to recruit, develop, and retain a dedicated, diverse, and engaged workforce that is motivated to be ever better both professionally and personally.

Joining the FirstLight Team is an opportunity to experience a unique and exciting culture.

FirstLight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetics, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state, federal and local laws. In addition to federal law requirements, FirstLight complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

FirstLight’s values are:  

Respect – Integrity – Safety – Excellence – Innovation - Team