Health and Safety Specialist

IFF is a global leader in flavors fragrances food ingredients and health and biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Health and Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare food consumer and industrial markets.

The Health and Safety Specialist role is based in Carrollton Texas (onsite). Be part of a collaborative proactive and solution-oriented team where together we can achieve excellence and make a meaningful impact.

Your potential is our inspiration.

Where Youll Make a Difference

• Support implementation and enforcement of site environmental health and safety programs to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and corporate standards
• Partner with the site Environmental Health and Safety Manager to maintain systems aligned with Occupational Safety and Health Administration General Industry regulations and International Organization for Standardization 14001 standards
• Lead and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance environmental health and safety performance across the facility
• Conduct and support incident investigations including root cause analysis and corrective and preventive action implementation
• Provide daily in-plant guidance to operations maintenance contractors and technical teams to ensure safe work execution
• Coordinate field audits and safety observations ensuring findings are tracked and resolved through corrective actions
• Deliver and improve environmental health and safety training programs to strengthen employee awareness and capability
• Maintain accurate records and reporting systems for environmental health and safety metrics and regulatory compliance
• Support emergency preparedness programs including maintaining and updating emergency response plans and participating in response teams

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Associate degree or higher with five or more years of environmental health and safety experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration General Industry standards and regulatory compliance requirements
• Experience implementing and maintaining site-wide environmental health and safety programs and management systems
• Proven ability to lead initiatives influence stakeholders and drive a strong safety culture
• Strong problem-solving skills including experience with incident investigation and root cause analysis methodologies
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization. Bilingual Spanish is a strong plus.
• Ability to organize prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Experience delivering training programs and engaging employees in safety initiatives
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook and SharePoint

How Would You Stand Out

• Experience with Process Safety Management programs in manufacturing environments
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma
• Experience with safety management systems or incident tracking tools and structured root cause analysis methods

Why Choose Us

• Competitive compensation and performance-based incentives
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• Inclusive and collaborative workplace culture
• Commitment to sustainability and responsible operations
• Global organization with opportunities to make a meaningful impact

We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.

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