Career Area:

Environmental Health and Safety

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Role Description

US Drivetrain is seeking an EHS Specialist to support the production facilities in East Peoria Transmissions and Mossville Electric Drive. The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, supporting Environmental, Health, and Safety in a production environment, supporting facility operations, legal, compliance, EPA, OSHA, and other regulatory agencies.  Additionally, this position manages Ergonomics, Environmental, Incident investigation, Emergency Response Planning and Training for the facility.

Responsibilities

• Identifies common safety/health/environmental hazards inherent in the organization's operations and establishes guidelines for protection from those hazards.

• Ensures EHS training is completed to comply with regulatory requirements or in support of facility, division, or enterprise objectives.

• Audits safety/health/environmental programs for compliance with company standards, government regulations, and adequacy relative to local conditions.

• Monitors periodic performance reports for trends and conditions, alerts line management to problems and makes recommendations for improvement.

Education Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering discipline.

Top Candidates will have:

• Ability to perform complex assignments

• Manufacturing experience

• Hazardous waste, remediation, and environmental management experience

• Industrial Hygiene and hazardous material management experience

• Professional certification (CHMM, PE, CIH, or CSP)

Skill Descriptors

Sustainability: Level Basic Understanding:

Knowledge of sustainability strategy; ability to integrate sustainability into the overall business strategy of the organization to build a sustainable business model.

Risk Management: Level Working Knowledge:

Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply knowledge of risk management appropriately to diverse situations.

Collaborating: Level Working Knowledge:

Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Interpersonal Relationships: Level Working Knowledge:

Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Policy Compliance: Level Extensive Experience:

Knowledge of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies; ability to implement EHS policies to ensure that provided products and services are safe for people and the environment and in compliance with legal requirements and standards.

Additional Information

• This position will close 5/3/2024 at 11:59 pm.

• The location for this position is East Peoria, IL (Building KK).

• Relocation assistance is available for this position.

• This position may require less than 10% travel.

Employee benefit details

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance.  We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Final details

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Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

April 26, 2024 - May 5, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.   

EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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