Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.
The Environmental Health and Safety Specialist will provide expertise to ensure compliance regarding environmental, health and safety regulations. In this role, you will help develop, implement and maintain processes and programs that comply with federal, state and local regulations and requirements. You will lead in a low complexity facility or support a higher complexity facility and monitor and handle up to three highly hazardous processes, low to high serious injuries and fatalities, potential serious environmental events or sites with low to high maturity.
- Implement and handle processes and systems for environmental health and safety hazard identification and risk management.
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Create effective emergency response plan, train workforce and coordinate test plans on a defined frequency and validate emergency action plan.
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Participate in incident investigations based on incident classification in partnership with specialists internally and externally or regulatory authorities to identify the root cause and help prevent recurrence.
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Implement and execute controls and programs and ensure they work as planned.
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Prepare for audits, governmental inspections and customer visits and identify data and reports needed to monitor performance and compliance against goals.
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Support appropriate training content and delivery mode, in line with global and regional requirements, conduct gap assessment to identify training needs and adjust curriculum to reflect site specific needs.
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Understand risks applicable to contractor and external service providers, implement, monitor and evaluate approved processes to control environmental health and safety risks with contractors.
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Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
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Develop and implement ergonomics programs to identify, assess, and mitigate ergonomic risks in the workplace.
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Conduct ergonomic assessments of workstations, tools, and tasks, and recommend improvements to reduce musculoskeletal disorder risks.
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Collaborate with engineering, operations, and HR teams to design and implement ergonomic solutions and employee wellness initiatives.
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Provide training and guidance to employees and supervisors on ergonomic best practices and safe work techniques.
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Other duties as assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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Degree in an Occupational/Environmental Health and Safety Discipline (Eg. Environmental Health and Safety, Kinesiology, Ergonomics, Occupational Health etc.).
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In depth knowledge of legislation and business processes in environmental health and safety systems, ecology and environmental protection, industrial safety.
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Minimum of two years of related work experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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Understanding of Ergonomics, including quantitative and qualitative hazard assessment, and corrective action implementation.
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Ability to communicate and collaborate with diverse groups in a large organization.
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Knowledge of international instruments aimed at reducing injuries (near miss, observation, risk assessment).
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Experience with environmental health and safety management systems.
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Experience in organizing safety management system for specialists of contracting organizations.
Relocation assistance is not provided.
Location: Calgary, Alberta.
Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.
