EHS Specialist

Cargill; Guelph; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food and agriculture company in Ontario is seeking an Environmental Health and Safety Specialist to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations. The role involves building partnerships, supporting safety management processes, and reporting on program performance. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and applicable experience. This position does not offer relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Legally entitled to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of health and safety programs.
• Build partnerships with production and leadership teams.
• Conduct recordkeeping, analysis, and reporting duties.

Skills

Problem-solving

Technical knowledge application

Food safety knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

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.

We are 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.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Environmental Health and Safety Specialist will provide basic subject matter expertise that complies with environmental, health and safety regulations. In this role, you will support the implementation and application of environmental, health and safety and process safety management processes and programs. You will understand, in detail, the applications of safe, compliant operational practices and support compliance demonstration associated with company policy, work processes, programs and standards.

Key Accountabilities

• Build partnerships and interact with production workers, top location leadership, business leadership and environment, health and safety functional leadership.
• Develop an understanding and execute environmental, health and safety work processes, activities and controls.
• Review and break down environmental operating, construction and other permits and identify compliance demonstration requirements, activities and tasks and deploy and execute the compliance demonstration program.
• Localize company and legally required processes, programs and controls and integrate them into site level operating procedures, tools and work instructions to standardize front line processes and monitor, analyze and adjust for improved performance.
• Conduct recordkeeping, analysis and reporting duties, identify improvement and risk mitigation opportunities and leverage and implement most effective technologies and improvements in alignment with the country lead.
• Support the preparation for company audits, governmental inspections, customer visits and collect data and prepare reports needed to monitor program maturity, performance and compliance.
• Support determination of suitable training content and delivery mode, in line with global and regional requirements, support gap assessment to identify training needs, support adjustment of curriculum to reflect site specific needs and support delivery of training.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Information

Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

Qualifications

Minimum Required

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Being legally entitled to work in Canada.
• Other minimum qualifications may apply.

Preferred

• Ability to relate technical knowledge to job‑related duties.
• Confirmed ability to solve problems and make decisions independently.
• One to two years of relevant work experience.
• Working knowledge in food safety industry.

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.