EHS Specialist - 2 year limited contract

Job Purpose and Impact
The Environmental Health and Safety Specialist will lead the implementation, execution and maintenance of the EHS and process safety management systems at low to medium complex facility or help lead at a high complex facility. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter authority for the application of safe, compliant operational practices and demonstrate compliance with company policy, work processes, programs and standards that comply with EHS regulations in our locations in Sibiu (Sura Mica), Bucharest and Bucu (Ialomita).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years of related work experience: occupational health and safety / environmental / emergency preparedness and response management
• English language knowledge – advanced level
• Driver’s License (Travelling max. 20-25% of time)
• MS Office Suite

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in food or feed production / agriculture / chemicals production
• Confirmed ability to deliver processes effectively to optimize business resources
• Solid working knowledge of food safety industry practices and standards
• Basic business acumen and the ability to partner and communicate effectively with business counterparts

Key Accountabilities

• Support the plant manager in facilitating the community and governmental interaction and the external reputation.
• Support contractor ︁︀​︂︃︃​︁︂︁​︆︄environmental, health and safety requirements during design phase and help test and evaluate environmental, health and safety performance according to design during project startup phase.
• Partner with regional domain and country environmental, health and safety to support management of site impact assessments, operating permits
• Support suitable training content and delivery mode, in line with global and regional requirements, conduct gap assessment to identify training needs, adjust curriculum to reflect site specific needs and deliver training.
• Partner with key site or project leaders to integrate and operationalize environmental, health and safety programs and drive culture of safety, compliance and continuous improvement.
• Understand, localize and integrate company and legally required work processes, programs and controls into site level operating procedures, tools and work instructions to standardize front line processes and monitor, analyze and adjust for improved performance.
• Ensure strong alignment of goals, metrics and targets with plant vision and targets and govern site performance targets together with plant and site leadership team and consult on planning, issue and incident response and operational environment, health and safety and process safety compliance.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day.

Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill!

Cargill has been active in Romania since 1996. The company has its head office in Bucharest and because of the importance it confers to the local market, the company has activities in several business lines:

Grains, oil seeds and soybean meal trading Silo storage services Animal nutrition production