EHS Specialist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.Reporting to the South Hackensack EHS manager, we are looking for a knowledgeable Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Specialist with a background in Environmental to join our South Hackensack, NJ manufacturing facility. As our EH&S Specialist, you will develop EH&S programs following all regulatory compliance requirements in our North American Flavors Sites.Main Responsibilities:Promote Excellence: Provide program implementation assistance with setting and accomplishing safety standards. Coordinate and maintain environmental regulatory permits and programs including inspections and submittals for air, water and waste. Help build sustainability projects (tracking and reporting), and with EH&S training. Manage risk and promote culture change to reduce the probability of EH&S incidents.Manage Data Integrity: Coordinate data management requirements for environmental reporting, annual EH&S reports, performance measurements, regulatory compliance assessment and audit program follow-up. Maintain and coordinate Process Safety Management (PSM) policies.Mentor and Collaborate: Support all Site EH&S training for our employees and contractors. Deploy behavior-based safety programs. Promote safety awareness and improve the safety of the site by guiding issues identified to closure. EH&S expert for the site and member of the Emergency Response Team. Coordinate risk assessments and provide solutions to minimize risks.Carry out incident investigations and propose corrective actions to be implemented.Help with risk assessment and provide solutions to minimize risks.Conduct EHS Orientation training to new employees and contractors.Facilitate tool box meetings and deliver other EHS training.Help in the development of EHS procedures and track their implementation.Organize regular site safety inspections with department/area owners; report findings and follow up their correction & prevention.Follow up on all audit findings; evaluate the effectiveness of their corrective & preventive actions.Help organize site EHS committee meetings and follow up on all actions agreed in the committee meeting.Your professional profile includes:Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Life/Physical Science, Environmental Engineering, Safety, or Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, EHS or other related field is required.2+ years experience developing EHS programs and working in a manufacturing, chemical or consumer products manufacturing environment.Knowledge of NJDEP regulations and environmental permitting/reporting.Familiarity with EHS codes, regulations, laws, and agreement standards required.Knowledge of MS Office applications, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets).Benefits:Great compensation package.Major medical, dental, and vision coverage.Generous 401k matching program.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace.At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

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