EHS Senior Specialist

Caterpillar Inc.•Cary, NC

3d•$112,710 - $169,060•Onsite

About The Position

Serves as an experienced individual contributor on complex Environmental, Health and/or Safety (EHS) projects and assignments that support and enhance Caterpillar facility performance and compliance. The role identifies operational safety, health, and environmental hazards; establishes protective guidelines; ensures required EHS training; audits programs for compliance and adequacy; and monitors performance reports to identify trends, alert line management, and recommend improvements. The position works onsite five days a week and requires travel up to 25%.

Requirements

Experience serving as an individual contributor on EHS projects and assignments that support facility performance and compliance.
Knowledge and capability in EHS policy compliance, including hazard protection, training, audits, employee instruction, incident reporting, cross-department collaboration, and pollution and waste reduction.
Decision-making and critical-thinking skills, including evaluating assumptions and alternatives, assessing potential impacts, and advising others on analysis.
Interpersonal skills to resolve differences, influence key individuals, contribute to teams, and maintain productive and credible working relationships.
Risk-management skills, including producing and interpreting reports, identifying relevant risks, implementing or managing risk processes, and documenting procedures.
Ability to travel up to 25%.
Ability to work onsite five days a week.

Nice To Haves

Contributes to sustainability data collection and analysis and supports sustainability research and administrative requirements.
Demonstrates experience participating in productive collaborative processes and communicating shared goals across diverse groups.
Demonstrates experience overcoming resistance to change, adapting to changing responsibilities, and helping promote change.
Uses problem-solving techniques to identify specific problems, assess stakeholder perspectives, evaluate information, analyze alternatives, and support resolution decisions.

Responsibilities

Identify common safety, health, and environmental hazards inherent in organizational operations and establish guidelines to protect against them.
Ensure EHS training is completed to meet regulatory requirements and facility, division, or enterprise objectives.
Audit safety, health, and environmental programs for compliance with company standards and government regulations, and assess adequacy relative to local conditions.
Monitor periodic performance reports for trends and conditions, alert line management to problems, and recommend improvements.
Determine criteria for assessing vendors that may have potential environmental impact.
Formulate health and safety plans and policies, such as fire safety plans and road safety policies.
Train employees on EHS policy compliance and assess their understanding.
Design incident report forms and reporting procedures for EHS management.
Collaborate across departments to facilitate EHS management.
Control pollution and minimize waste of materials, energy, and water.
Produce and interpret common risk assessment and management reports; identify relevant risks and implement or manage risk management for the area.
Document unit-specific risk management processes and procedures, and evaluate relevant risk assessment models and techniques.
Contribute to sustainability data collection and analysis, research, and administrative requirements.
Participate in collaborative processes, help communicate shared goals, and support collaboration across groups and functions.
Help address resistance to change, communicate the impact of changes, and propose goals or activities that promote change.
Identify and document problems and resolution alternatives, evaluate stakeholder perspectives, analyze risks and benefits, and use fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to support resolutions.