Technician, Continuous Improvement (2nd Shift)

Role Summary

The Entry-level EHS Technician will assist site EHS Manager with the implementation and administration of programs, protocols and procedures to ensure the safety, health and environment of employees, contractors, visitors and the community. He/she needs to complete day-to-day waste handling. Other duties could include regulatory fieldwork, data collection, compliance auditing, training, emergency response, etc.

Responsibilities

• Dedicated to 1-2 departments but may cover multiple if on a 2nd or 3rd shift
• Executes tasks for workplan implementation (i.e., issues lock’s, installs ergo matting, places signs, etc.)
• Performs regulatory inspections/checks in Benchmark as assigned
• Generate daily EHS messages (except WWT Operator and HW Tech) as assigned and distribute to Team/Group Leaders to cover at start up meetings
• Responds to events as they occur and act to their level of training
• Escalates issues/events as necessary for appropriate action to be taken
• Attends start of shift meetings
• Take on task-based work such as hot work permitting, signage placement, inventories, etc.
• May participate on a working group
• Wastewater Treatment Operator and Hazardous Waste Technician will have specific daily activities to run the WWT plant or coordinate TWM work

Qualifications

• Must have excellent organizational, analytical, and administrative skills
• Detail oriented team player
• Creative and innovative thinking
• Accountability and dependability
• Possess ethics and integrity
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Adept at collecting and maintaining health, safety and environmental data
• Ability to build productive relationships with all levels of management
• Highly proficient communicator, both written and verbal
• Possess technical knowledge of health, safety and environmental topics

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $26.00 per hour for Illinois based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs.   The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus.   We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian’s 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com.   You can apply for this role through careers.rivian.com (or through internal-careers-rivian.icims.com if you are a current employee). This job is not expected to be closed any sooner than December 17th, 2025