EH&S Specialist


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Job Title: EH&S Specialist
Location: Wargal, India

Company: Corteva
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Chemical, Pesticide and Fertilizer
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: Competitive
Job Description:

General Summary

  • Represent the Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) in order to ensure that the unique needs of the site are understood and incorporated into the EH&S Program.
  • Provide leadership and hands-on presence to ensure a safe, secure and compliant workplace across the site, delivering outstanding EH&S performance and sustaining the License to Operate.
  • Work in close partnership with EH&S Hub Leadership to ensure all work processes and resources are in place and properly utilized and aligned.
  • Partner with EH&S Hub Leader, and Site Leadership to ensure appropriate, consistent implementation and maintenance of EH&S work processes, best practices and most effective technologies; coordinate, align priorities and initiatives; audit the effectiveness of work processes and implementation; analyze performance data for trends and identify opportunities for improvement.

Job Responsibilities:

Leadership and Planning

  • Assist Site Leader with providing environmental, Industrial Hygiene (IH), health, safety, and motor vehicle leadership, support and expertise to the site in a manner that is compatible with local issues and culture.
  • Measure site performance against goals, and work with Hub Leader to develop improvement plans.
  • Participate in regional functional network calls.

Work Process / Improvement

  • Acts as the site EHS focal point for EH&S disciplines (environmental, IH, health, safety, and motor vehicle, etc.).
  • Partner with R&D EH&S hub leaders to leverage resources in order to drive EH&S performance by utilizing all available EH&S tools and work processes.
  • Coaches' teams and individuals on EH&S related tasks / activities and acts as the resource for related EH&S information on procedures, guidelines and standards implementation.
  • Provides hands-on environmental, IH, health, safety, and motor vehicle assistance for the site as indicated.
  • Analyze and evaluate site EH&S performance to identify and implement opportunities for improvement.
  • Establish EH&S priorities for the site and periodically review the progress
  • Supports site compliance with Corporate EH&S Standards and Governmental Regulatory Requirements. Provide local input to Hub Leader for regulatory strategies and advocacy. 
  • Supports site self-assessment, audit, and regulatory compliance corrective action completion & validation.
  • Conduct regular site inspections and audits to ensure compliance with EH&S standards
  • Ensures all appropriate IH programs, monitoring and health surveillance requirements are met.
  • Facilitate incident investigations and root cause analysis. 
  • Support contractor companies with site EHS standards compliance.
  • Monitor and ensure CAPA compliance for audits, incidents, near misses, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions.
  • Assist site responses to site EH&S / Emergency Response & Security (ER&S) issues and crises that affect operations consistent with site and business "license to operate" requirements. 
  • Ensures minimization of local customization of EH&S / ER&S management systems whenever possible and leads / champions management system reviews in order to drive continuous improvement. 
  • Supports cost-effective delivery of EH&S systems. 
  • Provide expertise and support for site environmental stewardship, waste management, site due diligence and remediation (where indicated).
  • Ensure delivery of required EH&S training.
  • Lead and provide data for EH&S audits / assessments.
  • Collects, analyzes, calculates and inputs data for EH&S reporting as necessary.
  • Performs field observations and safety interventions.
  • Completes documentation and facilitates waste characterizations.

Requirement:

  • Bachelor's degree (4/5 yrs) in an applicable scientific discipline is required.
  • Diploma / PG diploma in Industrial Safety.
  • 5+ years of relevant industry experience, knowledge and skills in a R&D / manufacturing / industrial environment
  • Fluent in English

Knowledge, skill, and abilities:

  • Demonstrated knowledge of all EH&S work processes, in addition to site operations and processes
  • Self-motivated, independent thinker and performer
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and set priorities
  • Works methodically and meets required deadlines
  • Well organized with a demonstrated ability to work without supervision
  • Excellent consultation, facilitation, and influencing skills
  • Excellent inter-personal relationship skills to all levels in an organization
  • Demonstrated open and clear communications and processes for issue resolution
  • Excellent English / local language verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent training and presentation skills
  • Ability to analyze technical writing and regulations 
  • Broad experience with computers including word processing, spreadsheets, database and training/presentation software

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Job Post Date: 01/29/25
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