EHS & Security Specialist - Industrialization, Engineering and Maintenance Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
As an EHS & Security Specialist, you will provide full EHS support to designated Departments, being the single contact for all EHS matters by partnering with functional managers to develop and implement local EHS strategies that are appropriate for their business, ensuring all EHS activities, processes, and programmes are implemented following our EHS strategy. You will manage EHS site projects and act as the owner of some EHS site processes.
You will be based in Vernier, Switzerland (hybrid role, #LI-Hybrid), and will report directly to the EHS Director.
Main Responsibilities:
Business partnering: Be the main contact with specific Departments and act as back-up for other Departments.
Work collaboratively with Departments managers, supervisors, and team leaders to find solutions when EHS issues are detected; seek expert help if necessary.
Site projects & processes: Manage EHS site projects in scope.
Be responsible for several EHS processes for the whole site: manage, train, audit, and improve them.
Lead risk assessments (workstations & ergonomics) and manage associated documentation; define and follow the action plan with partners.
Assume the role of EHS Coordinator in the Crisis Management organisation.
Lead and coach incident, injury, and complaint investigations (5Why/Cause tree) with appropriate partners; elaborate action plans and share incidents with other sites.
Promote the reporting of EHS incidents during daily operational meetings.
Audits/inspections: Organize and participate in regular external/internal EHS inspections/audits with department owners; report findings and follow up on their correction.
Communication/training: Develop and conduct EHS trainings when required (done with other EHS Specialists): new comers, chemical risk, EHS discussions, Permit To Work, and Lock Out Tag Out, etc.
EHS team: Ensure strong collaboration with EHS colleagues, especially those in charge of other Departments, to promote partnership, pool solutions, ally forces, and move forward as one TEAM.
Manage all EHS documentation required (create, improve, and track their implementation).
Minimum Qualifications:
University degree in chemistry, Engineering, EHS, or other related field.
At least 3 years of working experience in the chemical/manufacturing industry.
5 to 7 years of experience in the EHS specialization.
ATEX knowledge is essential.
Experience with EHS by design.
Experience with HAZOP/Process safety is a plus.
Fluency in French.
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate, and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions, and divisions. Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion, or sexual identity. We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions, and are certified as an equal pay employer.
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