Emergency Services Specialist

What Wolfspeed Can Do for You:

• Opportunity to demonstrate critical decision-making skills and provide for the safety and well-being of our workforce.
• Opportunity to support industry leading manufacturing through the prevention of and response to emergency situations.
• Opportunity to be part of a highly competent, tight-knit team that supports professional development and continuing education.

What You Can Do for Wolfspeed:

• Respond to potentially hazardous situations to perform an initial assessment to determine if an emergency condition exists and what, if any, additional resources are required.
• Provide first-aid and emergency care for ill and injured people on-site and facilitate transportation off-site as appropriate.
• Perform clean-up of incidental spills of potentially hazardous materials outside of their primary containment.
• Perform incipient stage fire extinguishment, when appropriate, using portable fire extinguisher.
• Act as the on-scene Emergency Coordinator and/or Incident Commander as appropriate for an emergency incident and complete post-incident documentation in a timely manner.
• Coordinate dispatch, escort of, and liaison with outside emergency response agencies.
• Conduct initial investigations following an emergency incident and document findings in a timely manner for use by internal organizations performing Root Cause Analysis. 
• Perform inspection and maintenance of ERT and life safety equipment to ensure readiness.
• Assist with the development and delivery of training to ERT members.
• Assist with the development and execution of evacuation drills and exercises of the ERT.
• Maintain proficiency with Wolfspeed’s Integrated Contingency Plan, Emergency Action Plan, and other policies and procedures related to the duties of the position.
• Perform routine inspection of Wolfspeed facilities, including laboratories and manufacturing areas, to prevent the development of an emergency condition.
• Assist personnel from other departments with activities that help to prevent emergency conditions and improve efficiency of response by internal and external responders.
• Facilitate a positive working relationship with ERT members and facility personnel to facilitate an efficient response.

What You Need for Success:

• Must possess a high school diploma.
• 3+ years’ experience responding to hazardous materials, fire, and medical emergencies.
• Meet the minimum Wolfspeed ERT Medical Surveillance requirements prior to date of hire, including the ability to safely lift up to fifty pounds and don self-contained breathing apparatus, air purifying respirators, and chemical protective clothing.
• Possess or be able to obtain and maintain a driver’s license in the State of North Carolina within 90 days of date of hire.
• Possess or be able to obtain and maintain certification as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in the State of North Carolina within one year of date of hire.
• Possess or be able to obtain and maintain certification as a Hazardous Materials Technician/Specialist as outlined in OSHA’s HAZWOPER regulations (29 CFR 1910.120q) within one year of date of hire.
• Must be knowledgeable in the application of NIMS and ICS models.
• This position requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations.

Highly Preferred Skills and Certifications

• Associate degree from an accredited college or university in emergency management, chemistry of hazardous materials, fire science, occupational safety, or related field.
• Certification as an Emergency Medical Technician by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT).
• Certification as a Hazardous Materials Technician by the Pro Board Fire Service Professional Qualifications System or similar.
• Certification as a Fire Officer or other Command Level Certification.
• Experience and/or familiarization with industrial emergency response teams.
• Experience and proficiency with public speaking and classroom instruction.

This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.