Careers

Description:

We are looking for a talented Health, Safety and Environmental Project Specialist to join our team specializing in health and safety for our Cummins’ business in Columbus, IN.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

Foster Cross-Functional Relationships: By actively building relationships across functions, you will encourage collaboration, creating a unified approach to health, safety, and environmental initiatives that drive better outcomes across departments.

Promote a Positive Culture: Your commitment to fostering a positive health, safety, and environmental culture will set the tone for a work environment where employees feel empowered and supported in prioritizing safety and well-being.

Engage Employees for Feedback: Consulting with employees and gathering their feedback will help ensure that policies and procedures are practical and directly improve their work environment, making them more engaged and invested in the process.

Drive Data-Driven Decision-Making: By utilizing a risk-based, data-driven approach to identify hazards and environmental impacts, you’ll help prioritize the most critical projects and solutions, ensuring resources are focused on high-impact areas.

Support and Guide Project Execution: Collaborating with project stakeholders to establish clear goals, timelines, and milestones will ensure that projects are well-managed, on schedule, and aligned with overall health, safety, and environmental objectives.

Ensure Continuous Improvement: Through applying the plan, do, check, act methodology, you will lead projects to not only meet their objectives but also continuously improve processes, contributing to sustained site improvements.

Deliver Effective Training and Communication: By developing project-related support materials and training, you’ll ensure employees have the tools and knowledge to work safely and contribute to health, safety, and environmental goals.

Champion Best Practices and Innovation: Your active participation in audits, coaching others, and staying up-to-date with emerging trends will position you as a leader in driving innovative solutions that reduce risks and elevate safety standards across the site.

RESPONSIBILITIES

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

Strong Stakeholder Management & Communication Skills: Be adept at balancing the diverse needs of stakeholders, while effectively communicating across various platforms to ensure clarity, understanding, and alignment with the unique needs of each audience.

Resilience & Courage in Challenging Situations: Demonstrate resilience by bouncing back from setbacks and adversity, and show courage to address difficult issues directly, while holding yourself and others accountable for commitments.

Continuous Improvement & Optimized Processes: Focus on identifying and applying the most efficient processes, using feedback and self-awareness to continuously improve work methods, enhance performance, and ensure effective risk assessment and root cause analysis in health, safety, and environmental practices.

Influence, Collaboration, & Cultural Awareness: Champion a positive health, safety, and environmental culture by influencing others, collaborating openly with diverse groups, and valuing differences to foster an inclusive and safe work environment.

Skills/Eligibility:

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Experience:

Demonstrated role competence is required. College, university, or equivalent Bachelor’s degree in relevant health, safety or environmental discipline is preferred.

Minimal relevant experience required, including project management. Experience with Industrial Safety Standards preferred. 1-3 years of experience.

Additional Details:

Employee will be expected to perform data analytics using available tools and resources sponsored by Cummins Corporate HSE.

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PowerBI 

Candidate must be familiar with working with federal government for grant application process and reporting. 

Candidate has to be able to work with all levels of the organization and have strong presentation skills.