Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Specialist

Location: Indianapolis, IN
Workplace Type: Onsite

About the role

Ingredion is hiring an Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Specialist to operate in an advisory and liaison capacity on all matters related to the health and safety of our employee group and operations. This position will also provide support to environmental initiatives to improve environmental compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support site management efforts to ensure compliance with the Corporate safety program expectations and applicable federal and state law.
• Represent the associate workforce to the EHS community and Ingredion leadership.
• Provide technical support and tactical execution of site safety programs, assisting safety management in administration, maintenance, and operation of safety programs.
• Deliver pertinent safety training (Permit training, STOP, LOTO, etc.), manage, plan, and execute monthly safety activities.
• Maintain EHS Program documents and policies.
• Maintain a field presence in all site areas and communicate with department personnel.
• Ensure coordination of on-site Emergency Response Team training.
• Lead small improvement projects or initiatives to improve site EHS culture and promote safety excellence.
• Coordinate emergency drills and response plans.
• Conduct Job Safety Analyses.
• Support a specific production unit’s safety adherence.
• Support the Environmental Manager up to 20% of the time on initiatives that align with plant environmental goals.

Requirements

• Demonstrate the value of personal safety and behaviors.
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills to conduct meetings, and act as a liaison between employees, contractors, and management.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze processes and machinery for potential safety concerns and conduct job hazard and job safety analyses.
• Demonstrate strong integrity with the ability to maintain confidentiality in matters involving security and/or personnel issues.

Qualifications

• A degree in Occupational Safety and Health or related technical field or equivalent in experience in occupational safety in an industrial setting is preferred.
• Ability to obtain and maintain OSHA 10-hour certification.
• Ability to effectively present safety-related materials for employee training and development.
• Computer literate to effectively use current Microsoft Office software, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and other software programs.
• Assertive, creative, energetic, and positive thinking.
• Demonstrate analytical problem-solving skills.
• Developed multi-tasking and time management skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success.
• Comprehensive health, long-term savings, and wellness resources for physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
• Flexible work arrangements to support professional and personal needs.
• Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Recognition Program with real-time appreciation and personalized recognition rewards.
• Employee Discount Program providing exclusive discounts on everyday products, services, and travel.

Pay

Pay Range: $69,800.00 - $93,066.67 Annual
This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, alignment with market data, and applicable bargaining agreement (if any). This role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.