EHS Specialist

Stefanini Group is hiring!

Stefanini is looking for a EHS Specialist in Champaign, IL 61822

For quick Apply, please reach out to Avneesh Katiyar, call 248 582 6528/ email: avneesh.katiyar@stefanini.com

Job Title: EHS Specialist

Location: 5401 N. Market Street, Champaign, IL 61822

Total Reg Hours: 40.00/Week

How Much Travel?   50%

Timings: 8:00 AM to 04:30 PM; 30 Minutes Lunch

Work Days: M-F

Qualifications:

• Job Title: EHS Generalist
• Exp: 5-6 years
• Interview: Virtual via MS Teams

Note: Position requires worker to start ASAP.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• The role provides Environmental, Health, and Safety support for multiple assigned locations, including farm, laboratory, manufacturing, seed production, and remote operations.
• The position is responsible for helping ensure that Environmental, Health, and Safety programs are implemented and maintained in compliance with applicable local, state/provincial, federal, and internal corporate requirements. The role supports consistency in EHS program execution across assigned locations and drives continuous improvement in EHS performance, regulatory compliance, risk reduction, and audit readiness.
• The Regional EHS Generalist partners with site leadership, employees, and regional EHS stakeholders to support operational accountability for EHS, strengthen incident prevention efforts, and ensure effective implementation of the North America EHS management system.
• The role reports to the Regional EHS Manager and must be able to support leaders and employees across multiple locations through strong collaboration, technical expertise, and influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities:

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, environmental science, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, or a related technical field is preferred.
• Strong EHS regulatory and technical expertise required, including OSHA, EPA, and applicable state/provincial and local requirements.
• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting EHS programs.
• Experience implementing and periodically reviewing EHS programs.
• Experience aligning site-based programs with corporate requirements.
• Experience conducting incident investigations and root cause analysis.
• Experience providing EHS training in person and online.
• Experience developing and reviewing SOPs, policies, and other compliance documentation.
• Experience with environmental and safety inspections, audits, and corrective action follow-up.
• Previous experience with multi-site compliance management.
• Ability to identify, assess, and prioritize EHS risks across multiple locations.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and effectively with diverse teams and locations.
• Ability to interact with various levels of management and staff.
• Experience and ability to influence leaders and employees without direct authority.
• Ability to prioritize work and projects involving multiple sites.
• Ability to interact with community representatives, elected officials, and nongovernmental organizations, as needed.
• Ability to interact with local, state/provincial, and federal regulatory agencies.
• Experience participating in capital project EHS reviews.
• Travel required to provide onsite support approximately 50% of the time.
• Travel outside region may be required, up to 25% (of the total 50%).

Additional experience in the following is a plus

• Experience working on and around farms, chemical manufacturing, seed production, and laboratory environments.
• Working knowledge of process safety and environmental compliance programs.
• Biological safety experience, BSL1/2.
• Experience with Responsible Care requirements.
• Experience with industrial hygiene sampling and reporting.
• Experience completing annual environmental reports.

Professional certification such as:

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
• Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
• Professional Engineer (PE)

Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face to face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers.

About Stefanini Group

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than 400 clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are CMM Level 5 company.