HSE+S Governance and Reporting Specialist

Darling Ingredients Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients Inc. is seeking an experienced HSE+S professional to support governance, reporting, and sustainability initiatives across regions. You will coordinate audits, manage data, and assist leadership with reviews while maintaining HSE+S systems and KPI dashboards.

This role requires 3–5 years of experience, travel up to 40%, and a track record in continuous improvement within global governance frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, Sustainability, Engineering, or related field.
• 3–5 years of professional experience in operations, administration, project coordination, sustainability, HSE, quality, engineering support, or related functions.
• Experience supporting projects, meetings, reporting processes, action tracking, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ability to work effectively across different cultures, business environments, and geographic regions.
• Understanding of global HSE and sustainability governance practices, including European manufacturing standards, audit approaches, management systems, and regulatory frameworks.
• Interest in continuous improvement, operational excellence, and HSE+S management systems.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Willingness to travel 30–40% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate HSE+S reporting, governance, and performance review processes.
• Maintain HSE+S metrics, dashboards, and management reporting tools.
• Coordinate audit programs, findings, corrective actions, and follow-up activities.
• Support management system administration, compliance tracking, and documentation.
• Coordinate standardization of HSE+S processes across regions.
• Coordinate strategic HSE+S initiatives, projects, and action plans.
• Support implementation of sustainability, environmental, and risk management programs.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives through performance analysis and governance processes.
• Support preparation of leadership reviews, presentations, and business updates.
• Coordinate follow-up activities and accountability processes across regions.
• Support integration, onboarding, and governance activities for new operations.
• Assist customer information requests and organizational reporting requirements.
• Support preparation of leadership presentations, governance reviews, business updates, and strategic project materials;
• Coordinate collection and consolidation of HSE, environmental, and sustainability KPI data;
• Support preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages;
• Maintain governance dashboards, action logs, and performance trackers;
• Coordinate reporting deadlines and follow-up activities across regions;
• Support standardization and alignment of HSE+S governance processes across regions while accommodating local regulatory and operational requirements;
• Maintain global HSE and Risk Engineering audit schedules;
• Track corrective and preventive actions resulting from audits, inspections, and incidents;
• Support monitoring and follow-up of high-risk events and RCA commitments;
• Maintain visibility of risk reduction activities and open findings;
• Support administration of WeCARE and other HSE+S systems;
• Maintain HSE+S SharePoint content, document libraries, and records;
• Support document control and management system updates;
• Coordinate user access, training records, and system-related requests;
• Provide administrative and project coordination support to the VP HSE+S and Global Sustainability Manager;
• Coordinate follow-up of ESG, EcoVadis, Sedex, carbon footprint, and sustainability initiatives;
• Support customer sustainability information requests and data collection activities;
• Assist with integration projects, new facility onboarding, and JV implementation activities;
• Support sustainability dashboards, metrics, and KPI reporting processes.

Skills

HSE governance

Reporting & dashboards

Cross-cultural collaboration

Data accuracy

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SharePoint administration

Job description

We're one of the world's leading practitioners of circularity, transforming materials from the animal agriculture and food industries into valuable ingredients. Ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Governance & Reporting
  • Coordinate HSE+S reporting, governance, and performance review processes
  • Maintain HSE+S metrics, dashboards, and management reporting tools.
• Audit & Management Systems
  • Coordinate audit programs, findings, corrective actions, and follow-up activities.
  • Support management system administration, compliance tracking, and documentation.
• Systems & Data Management
  • Maintain HSE+S systems, records, data quality, and reporting tools.
  • Support standardization of HSE+S processes across regions.
• Program Coordination
  • Coordinate strategic HSE+S initiatives, projects, and action plans.
  • Support implementation of sustainability, environmental, and risk management programs.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives through performance analysis and governance processes.
• Executive & Organizational Support
  • Support preparation of leadership reviews, presentations, and business updates.
  • Coordinate follow-up activities and accountability processes across regions.
• Business Integration Support
  • Support integration, onboarding, and governance activities for new operations.
  • Assist customer information requests and organizational reporting requirements.
• Support preparation of leadership presentations, governance reviews, business updates, and strategic project materials;
• Coordinate collection and consolidation of HSE, environmental, and sustainability KPI data;
• Support preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages;
• Maintain governance dashboards, action logs, and performance trackers;
• Coordinate reporting deadlines and follow-up activities across regions;
• Support standardization and alignment of HSE+S governance processes across regions while accommodating local regulatory and operational requirements;
• Maintain global HSE and Risk Engineering audit schedules;
• Track corrective and preventive actions resulting from audits, inspections, and incidents;
• Support monitoring and follow-up of high-risk events and RCA commitments;
• Maintain visibility of risk reduction activities and open findings;
• Support administration of WeCARE and other HSE+S systems;
• Maintain HSE+S SharePoint content, document libraries, and records;
• Support document control and management system updates;
• Coordinate user access, training records, and system-related requests;
• Provide administrative and project coordination support to the VP HSE+S and Global Sustainability Manager;
• Coordinate follow-up of ESG, EcoVadis, Sedex, carbon footprint, and sustainability initiatives;
• Support customer sustainability information requests and data collection activities;
• Assist with integration projects, new facility onboarding, and JV implementation activities;
• Support sustainability dashboards, metrics, and KPI reporting processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree Business Administration, Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, Sustainability, Engineering, Industrial Technology, Project Management, Data Analytics, or related field;
• 3-5 years of professional experience in operations, administration, project coordination, sustainability, HSE, quality, engineering support, or related functions;
• Experience supporting projects, meetings, reporting processes, action tracking, or continuous improvement initiatives;
• Ability to work effectively across different cultures, business environments, and geographic regions;
• Understanding of global HSE and sustainability governance practices, including European manufacturing standards, audit approaches, management systems, and regulatory frameworks;
• Interest in continuous improvement, operational excellence, and HSE+S management systems;
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy;
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision;
• Willingness to travel 30-40% of the time. Overseas trips may require travel during weekends.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Manufacturing environment, global organization, reporting and KPI management, audit coordination, sustainability reporting, SharePoint administration;
• Continuous Improvement training, Root Cause Analysis training, ISO awareness training.

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