Onsite EHS Specialist - Chicago Safety & Compliance

Synergy Flavors; West Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Synergy Flavors, part of the Carbery Group, is seeking an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist to support Chicago, IL and regional activities. You will oversee compliance programs, incident investigations, and training, reporting to the EHS Manager in IL.

The role requires a degree or substantial EHS experience, strong communication, and ability to travel 2–5 days/month across sites in IL. Onsite work arrangement in Chicago with regional responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or 5+ years of EHS experience.
• 3+ years’ experience in a manufacturing setting (food ingredient manufacturing preferred).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships to collaborate across departments and locations.
• Knowledge of environmental, health & safety regulations at local, state and federal levels.
• Flexibility to periodically work 2nd and 3rd shift to support off-shift employees.
• Capable of travel to sites in Chicago and Wauconda, IL (2–5 days/month).

Responsibilities

• Local: Provide on-site environmental, health and safety support for the Chicago, IL site and regional activities.
• Regional: Execute internal audits and administer EHS core applications; draft environmental reports for all US locations.

Skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Shift flexibility

Cross-department collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

5+ years EHS experience

Tools

ENHESA Compliance Suite

Intelex

Alchemy LMS

D365

ProductVision

IntelligentAuthoring

Microsoft Office

Adobe

Job description

Synergy Flavors, part of the Carbery Group, is seeking an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist to support Chicago, IL and regional activities. You will oversee compliance programs, incident investigations, and training, reporting to the EHS Manager in IL.

The role requires a degree or substantial EHS experience, strong communication, and ability to travel 2–5 days/month across sites in IL. Onsite work arrangement in Chicago with regional responsibilities.