Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist

Overview

City:
Channahon, Illinois, United States. Requisition Number: 42984.

Salary range $71,920.00-$80,910.00. This role is also eligible to receive an annual incentive bonus.

A Day in the Life:
Implement EHS programs and plans that reinforce our safety-first culture by continuously improving our ability to prevent serious injuries, fatalities, environmental incidents, and ensuring compliance with applicable EHS regulations. Position reports to the EHS Manager.

Implement organization safety programs to ensure a safe, healthy and zero-incident work environment, including ensuring compliance with Bunge safety policies by all staff, contractors and visitors.

• Communicate safety issues, concerns & policy changes to all plant personnel, including conducting safety and/or regulatory training for facility personnel, visitors and/or contractors.
• Inspect assigned facility area(s) to ensure compliance with SHE policies and procedures and applicable local, state/provincial and federal rules and regulations.
• Provide documentation and oversight with site-specific regulatory programs, including but not limited to those deemed necessary by OSHA.
• Responsible for collecting, maintaining, and organizing regulatory records.
• Track injuries and equipment damage events.
• Assist management with accident investigations to identify causes and to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.
• Support environmental sustainability throughout the assigned facility.
• Provide support in enforcing policies and procedures to reduce or eliminate high potential exposures.
• Provide support to the Loss Prevention Control inspection process at the facility, with emphasis on fire prevention and fire protection equipment.
• Execute response plans in the event of an environmental emergency.
• Support the implementation of Process Safety Management (PSM) programs at the assigned location with solvents, hydrogen, ammonia, and chlorine.
• Coordinate workers  compensation claims in conjunction with insurance companies or service companies.
• Implement fire protection and security systems to protect property from loss.

• Degree preferred or up to 3 years of safety or environmental experience required.
• Prefer demonstrated experience with making improvements in SIF potential incidents (Serious Injury, Fatality) and HPEs (High Potential Exposures).
• Prefer demonstrated success in the application of EHS standards, compliance with regulations, and the promotion of a safe working environment.
• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong facilitation/presentation skills with the ability to influence others.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of personal computers and related business software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

• Health Benefits - Offering choices so you can enroll in medical, dental and vision plans that meet your individual needs.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Automatic 5% company contribution and matching up to 4% of your contributions.
• Family Support - 6 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and fertility coverage.
• Tuition Reimbursement - Reimbursing $5,000 of tuition expenses annually.
• Time Off - Generous PTO based on professional work experience: 0-9 years: 25 days; 10-19 years: 30 days; 20+ years: 35 days.

At Bunge (NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. We are a premier agribusiness solutions provider with ~37,000 employees working across 50+ countries. Learn more at

Every day our people exemplify these values, which represent Bunge at its core:

We Are One Team - Collaborative, Respectful, Inclusive
We Lead The Way - Agile, Empowered, Innovative
We Do What s Right - Safety, Sustainability, With Integrity

If this sounds like you, join us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day.