EHS Senior Specialist

Caterpillar Inc.; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in the United States is seeking an Environmental Health and Safety professional to identify hazards, establish protective guidelines, ensure training, and audit programs across facilities.

The role emphasizes risk management, policy development, and collaboration across departments to protect workers and the environment while supporting sustainability goals. Onsite 5 days weekly; visa sponsorship not available.

Qualifications

• Experience serving as an individual contributor on Environmental, Health and/or Safety (EHS) projects and assignments that support facility performance and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Identifies common safety/health/environmental hazards inherent in the organization's operations and establishes guidelines for protection from those hazards.
• Ensures EHS training is completed to comply with regulatory requirements or in support of facility, division, or enterprise objectives.
• Audits safety/health/environmental programs for compliance with company standards, government regulations, and adequacy relative to local conditions.
• Monitors periodic performance reports for trends and conditions, alerts line management to problems and makes recommendations for improvement.

Job description

Job Description

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Career Area

Environmental Health and Safety

What You Will Do

• Identifies common safety/health/environmental hazards inherent in the organization's operations and establishes guidelines for protection from those hazards.
• Ensures EHS training is completed to comply with regulatory requirements or in support of facility, division, or enterprise objectives.
• Audits safety/health/environmental programs for compliance with company standards, government regulations, and adequacy relative to local conditions.
• Monitors periodic performance reports for trends and conditions, alerts line management to problems and makes recommendations for improvement.

Education/Experience

What You Have

• Experience serving as an individual contributor on Environmental, Health and/or Safety (EHS) projects and assignments that support facility performance and compliance.

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Policy Compliance

• Determines criteria for assessing vendors which may have potential environmental impact.
• Formulates health and safety plans and policies, e.g. a fire safety plan and road safety policy.
• Trains employees on EHS policy compliance and measures understanding.
• Designs an incident report form and reporting procedures for EHS management.
• Collaborates across multiple departments to facilitate EHS management.
• Controls pollution and minimizes waste of materials, energy and water within the organization.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking

• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assess and validate decision options and points and predict their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Interpersonal Relationships

• Seeks out what's common in conflicting points of view.
• Influences key individuals inside and outside own group and earns their respect.
• Resolves potentially harmful differences between individuals and groups of people.
• Contributes as a member on a variety of teams.
• Establishes and maintains productive working relationships within and outside of own area.
• Establishes and maintains credibility with clients and teammates.

Risk Management

• Produces and interprets common risk assessment and management reports.
• Identifies common technology, security, or financial risks relevant to own function or unit.
• Implements or manages risk management for own area.
• Documents the key steps of a unit‑specific risk management process and associated procedures.
• Evaluates risk assessment models and techniques relevant to a specific line of business.

What Will Set You Apart

Sustainability

• Contributes to timely and accurate data collection and analysis at the corporate and site level.
• Describes the basic concepts and objectives of Sustainability.
• Supports research and general administrative requirements for our sustainability efforts.
• Understands various sustainability practices adopted by the organization.

Collaborating

• Demonstrates experience participating in productive collaborative processes.
• Under guidance, initiates collaborative meetings.
• Assists in communicating shared goals with diverse groups and parties.
• Helps promote collaboration across generations, functions, regions, and levels.
• Helps solve business problems and meet business goals through collaborative processes.

Overcoming Resistance to Change

• Demonstrates experience overcoming resistance to many types of change in a given realm.
• Masters new and changing responsibilities.
• Explains the ramifications of changes in a positive light.
• Sets expectations and assuages fears associated with impact of change.
• Delineates stages of change acceptance.
• Proposes goals or activities to promote change.

Problem Solving

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Additional Information

• Travel up to 25%.

Summary Pay Range

$112,710.00 - $169,060.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
• 401(k) savings plans*
• Health Savings Account (HSA)*
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
• Health Lifestyle Programs*
• Employee Assistance Program*
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
• Career Development*
• Incentive bonus*
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement
• These benefits also apply to part‑time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates

September 14, 2026 - September 25, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.