Caterpillar, Inc

EHS Professional

Caterpillar, Inc$128K — $192K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) practices.
  • Proven ability to lead projects and enhance regulatory compliance.
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills related to EHS issues.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and experience collaborating across diverse teams.
  • Deep understanding of EHS policy compliance and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex projects focused on regulatory compliance and facility process improvements.
  • Analyze and recommend solutions to evolving regulatory issues impacting operations.
  • Develop and implement comprehensive EHS programs across departmental facilities.
  • Monitor performance reports to identify trends, alerting management to issues and recommending improvements.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and part-time employees.
  • Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and volunteer days.
  • 401(k) savings plan with optional participation.
  • Career development opportunities including tuition reimbursement.
  • Employee assistance and health lifestyle programs promoting well-being.
Full Job Description
Career Area:
Environmental Health and Safety

Job Description:

Role Definition

To serve as an experienced individual contributor on Environmental, Health and/or Safety (EHS) projects and assignments that are complex in nature and that support and enhance Caterpillar facility performance and compliance.

What You Will Do:
  • Leads projects related to regulatory compliance or improving facility or enterprise process/procedures.
  • Studies, interprets and recommends unique solutions to current and evolving regulatory issues that will impact operations on a corporate level or at our facilities.
  • Develops comprehensive programs to be utilized at facilities across a division or the enterprise.
  • Monitors periodic performance reports for trends and conditions, alerts line management to problems and makes recommendations for improvement.


What You Will Have:

Collaborating: Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Level Extensive Experience:
  • Demonstrates experience engendering collaborative processes that lead to problem solving and the achievement of business goals.
  • Establishes shared goals to foster collaboration.
  • Ensures that everyone can access the same data and provide input into how business is conducted.
  • Redesigns physical areas to allow for collaboration and private time.
  • Deemphasizes divides; focuses on collaboration across generations, functions, regions, and levels.
  • Implements methods for people to come together on the fly to make decisions, solve problems, and develop products/services.


Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Level Extensive Experience:
  • Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
  • Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
  • Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts 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: Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Level Extensive Experience:
  • 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.


Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Extensive Experience:
  • Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
  • Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
  • Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
  • Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes
  • Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
  • Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.


Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Policy Compliance: Knowledge of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies; ability to implement EHS policies to ensure that provided products and services are safe for people and the environment and in compliance with legal requirements and standards.

Level Extensive Experience:
  • 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.


Summary Pay Range:

$128,470.00 - $192,710.00

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:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of 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.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:
June 1, 2026 - June 7, 2026

About Caterpillar, Inc

Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. Since its acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. in 2006, Progress Rail has used the Caterpillar international footprint to gain quick and widespread notice and approval across the globe. Product technology, reliability and durability, along with legendary aftermarket parts and service support, have been their keys to success. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The technology and world reach of Caterpillar, combined with the service standard and historical reliability of Progress Rail, ensures their products and services make a growing impact on the world rail industry. With their acquisition of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), Progress Rail is the world's largest builder of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications including freight, intercity passenger, commuter, switching, industrial and mining. EMD is also a global provider of diesel power engines for marine propulsion, offshore and land based oil well drilling rigs and stationary power generation. Electro-Motive is the only diesel engine manufacturer of its size to have produced more than 70,000 engines. This success stems from product reliability, serviceability, load acceptance capability, low operating costs and ease of maintenance with standardized components.

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Learn more about Caterpillar, Inc
Size
107,700 employees
Market Cap
$125.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.9 billion
Founded
1925
5 Year Trend
+5.8%
Revenue
$41.7 billion
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