**Career Area**:Environmental Health and Safety**:
**A safe, healthy workplace matters most of all.
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Protecting the health of people and the environment we all share is ingrained in Caterpillar's culture at every level.
You'll find safety at the top of our strategy and sustainability among our corporate values.
As a member of our EHS team, you'll take responsibility for making sure we live up to the high standards we set for ourselves
**Description**
Provide leadership, mentoring, and direction to hourly, salaried and management personnel to insure employee health and the environment are protected.
Conduct and supervise activities that insure compliance with governmental regulations (OSHA, DOT) and corporate policies.
Typically manages Environmental, Health and/or Safety (EHS) activities
**Job Duties**
The incumbent needs to coach and facilitate the development of the work group to develop collaborative relationships among themselves, suppliers, other cross functional groups and internal customers to ensure goals are achieved.
Incumbent needs a breadth of knowledge and experience including EHS regulations, programs and policies.
Assists operations management in understanding related EHS requirements and their impact on operations.
Evaluates the impact of impending regulations and communicates these issues to appropriate facility personnel.
Utilizes and modifies the corporations "best management practice" programs and plans to fit the needs of the facility.
Representative Activities:
- Identifies common safety/health/environmental hazards inherent in the organizations operations and works with EHS manager or corporate EHS to establish guidelines for protection from those hazards.
- Prepares or reviews EHS training materials for the facility.
- Investigates and establishes standards for protective equipment.
- Performs self-assessments of safety/health/environmental programs for compliance with company standards, government regulations, and adequacy relative to local conditions.
- Generating and/or reviewing of reports for environmental (EPA) and safety (OSHA) agencies.
**Requirements**:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 3 5 years previous experience in EHS
- Strong understanding of EHS regulations and corporate standards
- Good human relations skills are required to develop a cooperative work relationship with others inside and outside the department.
- English Conversational
**Final details**
**All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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