Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Cargill • Sidney, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Health and Safety Specialist provides technical consultation on environmental compliance in assigned operations, helping ensure alignment with external environmental regulations and internal standards while minimizing environmental impacts. With limited supervision, the specialist coordinates environmental permits and licenses, partners with others to address environmental risks, and implements programs related to emissions, waste, water, and resource efficiency. The role maintains environmental performance and regulatory compliance and implements environmental management practices across assigned operations.

The position is based in Dayton, Ohio. The work schedule is dayshift, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend work and on-call availability. Relocation is not provided.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with environmental permits and license management.

Nice To Haves

• Experience handling environmental incidents, remediation efforts, and waste management.
• DOT Hazmat certification.
• HAZWOPER training.
• RCRA training.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate environmental permit and license management to support validity and compliance with local, regional, and national environmental regulations.
• Monitor environmental programs covering emissions, effluents, waste, noise, and other parameters; ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, permit conditions, and internal standards; and support resource-efficiency initiatives.
• Collect and consolidate environmental data, prepare timely and accurate reports, and maintain records.
• Coordinate moderately complex internal audits, external assessments, and regulatory inspections; track findings and follow-up actions through closure.
• Identify and evaluate environmental risks, investigate moderately complex incidents, and implement corrective and preventive actions in the assigned region.
• Implement environmental management systems and ensure procedures and controls are consistently applied.
• Partner with operations and engineering teams to integrate environmental requirements into daily activities and projects.
• Deliver environmental training on procedures, compliance requirements, and practices.
• Implement standardized environmental procedures, tools, and practices to improve consistency, compliance, and environmental performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed