Safety, Health, Environmental Specialist/Engineer

Your Role at Cabot

Cabot has an exciting opportunity for a Safety, Health, Environmental Specialist/Engineer to join the team. They will have facilitate the manufacturing plant's pursuit of Safety, Health, and Environmental (SH&E) excellence. Ensures the monitoring and prevention of chemical and physical hazards within the plant and the surrounding community. Aids in the creation and implementation of cost-effective programs and procedures that enhance SH&E awareness, aiming to eliminate undesired incidents at the site. Supports the Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager in ensuring local compliance with all relevant plant, company, and governmental policies, procedures, regulations, and legislation, while maintaining alignment with Cabot’s Culture and Values. Collaborates with regional, corporate, and regulatory agencies to identify and manage SH&E concerns effectively. 

The Safety, Health, Environmental Specialist/Engineer will work on-site at the Tuscola, IL plant.  

The candidate must have strong self-motivation, and a desire to work in an environment of continuous improvement. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a collaborative mindset are key for this role, which will interact with all organizational levels and functions.

• Are you a positive, hard-working, energetic, and motivated professional with a passion for building relationships with a diverse team of colleagues?
• Are you known for your integrity… for always doing the right thing?
• Would you like to contribute to ensure we keep each other safe and do have undesired incidents at the site?

If so, please consider the opportunity we have for you to join our team!

How You Will Make an Impact

In this role, you are the responsible person to facilitate the manufacturing plant's pursuit of Safety, Health, and Environmental (SH&E) excellence. This role requires a SH&E mindset, self-motivated person with a positive attitude, a ton of good energy, effective time management, organization, and recordkeeping skills. A successful candidate will be someone who can:

• Embodies Cabot's values of integrity, respect, excellence, and responsibility. 
• Supports the development and implementation of training programs and activities to ensure facility SH&E compliance. 
• Monitors proposed and existing SH&E regulations and legislation to assess their impact on operations. Implements programs to ensure ongoing compliance. 
• Participates in the implementation of Long-Range Plans (LRPs), Continuous Improvement Plans (CIPs), global standards, budgets, and other corporate initiatives. 
• Supports the implementation of site SH&E goals and objectives in alignment with global and regional targets. 
• Collects, analyzes, evaluates, and distributes SH&E management information. Creates and runs reports for management distribution, monitoring safety and health performance. Provides recommendations for improvements to SH&E programs.
• Supports plant permitting efforts to meet regulatory requirements, including chemical and physical hazards, as well as air, land, waste, and water pollution levels.
• Collects and compiles environmental data for air, drinking water, stormwater, wastewater, and waste streams applicable to the site. Submits required regulatory reports and fees (e.g., air, NPDES, EPCRA, waste) to local, state, and federal agencies. 
• Communicates with appropriate governmental agencies as needed. 
• Oversees requirements for non-hazardous, universal wastes, and hazardous waste activities, including proper storage, labeling, manifesting, and container inspections. 
• Monitors and prevents chemical, physical, and biological hazards and diseases by conducting air, soil, or other environmental tests. 
• Participates in the preparation and administration of site SH&E training. Promotes and trains employees in the use of safety equipment and safe machinery operation. May train forklift operators for licensing. 
• Supports injury case management as needed. 
• Investigates incidents, prepares incident reports, and processes hazard reviews to analyze site incidents. Recommends improvements in processes, design, procedures, and operating equipment to minimize hazard potential. 
• Implements site medical surveillance programs for respiratory protection, hearing conservation, and industrial hygiene monitoring. Conducts noise level surveys and measures air quality using precision instruments. 
• Develops and monitors emergency action plans. Recommends changes to policies and procedures to prevent incidents and illness. Participates in hazard assessments to