EHS Specialist

Cargill is seeking an EHS Specialist in Gainesville, GA, to implement and maintain environmental, health, and safety management systems. Responsibilities include supporting compliance, facilitating community interactions, conducting training, and optimizing safety programs. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, a minimum of 2 years in a related field, and be willing to work in the field and travel. The role requires strong problem-solving skills and the ability to deliver training.
Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
Job Purpose and Impact

The Environmental Health and Safety Specialist will lead the implementation, execution and maintenance of the environmental, health and safety and process safety management systems at low to medium complex facility, or help lead at a high complex facility. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter authority for the application of safe, compliant operational practices and demonstrate compliance with company policy, work processes, programs and standards that comply with environmental, health and safety regulations.

Key Accountabilities
• Support the plant manager in facilitating the community and governmental interaction and the external reputation.
• Support contractor environmental, health and safety requirements.
• Partner with regional domain business unit environmental, health and safety to support management of site impact assessments, operating permits and construction permits.
• Support suitable training content and delivery mode, in line with global and regional requirements, conduct gap assessment to identify training needs, adjust curriculum to reflect site specific needs and deliver training.
• Partner with operations to integrate and optimize environmental, health and safety programs and drive a culture of safety, compliance and continuous improvement.
• Understand, localize and integrate company and legally required work processes, programs and controls into site level operating procedures, tools and work instructions to standardize front line processes and monitor, analyze and adjust for improved performance.
• Ensure strong alignment of goals, metrics and targets with plant vision and targets and govern site performance targets together with plant and site leadership team and consult on planning, issue and incident response and operational environment, health and safety and process safety compliance.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Identify hazards and risks and assess control strategies.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in a related field OR equivalent experience
• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Ability and willingness to be on call 25%
• Ability to work in the field, may require utilizing stairs and ladders at times and/or working at heights
• Ability to travel domestically 10%
• Ability and willingness to deliver training, requires to be comfortable with speaking to large groups
• Ability to work as early as 7AM
• Ability to occasionally work nights and weekends as needed by the business

Preferred Qualifications
• Strong scientific and mathematical knowledge
• Solid working knowledge of food safety industry practices and standards
• Basic business acumen and the ability to partner and communicate effectively with business counterparts
• OHSA 30 certified
• Experience with environmental reporting
• Auditing experience

Job Information

Location: Gainesville, GA

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.