Caterpillar, Inc

EHS Senior Specialist

Caterpillar, Inc$112K — $169K *
Cary, NC 27513In-Person
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) projects
  • Proven track record as an individual contributor in EHS roles
  • Strong understanding of compliance with government regulations
  • Experience in formulating health and safety policies
  • Ability to analyze risk assessment models and techniques
  • Skilled in training and assessing employee comprehension on EHS policies
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multiple departments

Responsibilities

  • Identify and assess safety, health, and environmental hazards in operations
  • Ensure EHS training compliance with regulatory and corporate objectives
  • Audit programs for compliance with standards and regulations
  • Monitor performance reports for trends and recommend improvements
  • Develop health and safety plans and strategies for the organization
  • Collaborate with departments to enhance EHS management
  • Control pollution and minimize organizational waste

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Paid time off plan including vacation and holidays
  • 401(k) savings plans
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Career Development opportunities
  • Incentive bonuses
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Life Insurance and disability benefits
Full Job Description

Career Area:

Environmental Health and Safety

Job Description:

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:

  • 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.

What You Have :

Education/Experience:

  • 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.
  • 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

  • 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:

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.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

September 14, 2026 - September 25, 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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