Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Are you passionate about creating safer workplaces while making a meaningful impact on manufacturing operations?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, foodingredientsand health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Global Operations:Ensuring excellence in execution—from procurement to supply chain and reliability—delivering quality, safety,efficiency and sustainability across the value chain.

The
Environmental Health & Safety Specialist
role is based in
Memphis,Tennessee (onsite role). Be part of a
collaborative, safety-focused, solution-oriented, and growth-oriented
team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact.

Your potential is our inspiration.

The Memphis, Tennessee facility has an exciting opportunity for an
Environmental Health & Safety Specialist
. This role supports environmental, health, and safety compliance and performance across the Memphis site, including four manufacturing units and a wastewater pH treatment facility. The Health & Safety Specialist helps manage environmental and operational risks while supporting the site's commitment tomaintainingregulatory compliance and its license tooperate.

This position serves as a key resource for interpreting regulations, implementing compliance programs, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and partnering with operations and leadership teams to strengthen environmental, health, and safety performance.

The role collaborates with both local and corporate teams to ensure management systemsremaineffective and support the continued growth of the site.

• Provide guidance, consultation, and support to site leadership and operations teams on environmental, health, safety, and Process Safety Management compliance requirements and management systems.
• Support the site's commitment to achieving zero occupational injuries and illnesses through proactive risk identification, hazard reduction, and prevention initiatives.
• Interpret and implement applicable federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, ensuring ongoing compliance across site operations.
• Manage environmental compliance activities, including air, wastewater, hazardous waste, chemical management, permit requirements, regulatory reporting, recordkeeping, and agency interactions.
• Lead environmental, health, and safety audits, inspections, and compliance assessments; coordinate regulatory inspections; address findings; and drive corrective and preventive actions to closure.
• Support occupational health programs, including respiratory protection, industrial hygiene monitoring, ergonomics, indoor air quality, and employee exposure assessments.
• Provide leadership and support for Process Safety Management programs, including Management of Change, Process Hazard Analysis, risk assessments, and partnership with element leaders.
• Lead or participate in incident investigations, environmental releases, workplace injury and illness assessments, and root cause analysis activities to identify sustainable corrective actions.
• Develop and deliver environmental, health, and safety training programs while preparing compliance documentation, procedures, and reports to support a strong safety and environmental culture.

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety, Occupational Health, or a related discipline with at least two years of Environmental Health & Safety experience.
• Alternatively, a minimum of five years of relevant Environmental Health & Safety experience in a manufacturing, industrial, chemical, food, or operations environment.
• Experience supporting environmental compliance programs, including permitting, inspections, regulatory reporting, hazardous waste management, wastewater operations, air compliance, or environmental auditing.
• Working knowledge of Process Safety Management and Environmental Health & Safety management systems.
• Strong understanding of Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations and safe work practices, including confined space entry, line breaking, lockout/tagout, respiratory protection, contractor safety, and occupational safety programs.
• Experience conducting environmental and safety audits, inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, and compliance evaluations.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Technology, Quality,…