EHS Specialist

Title: EHS Specialist

Pay Rate or Salary Range: $36 - $39/hr. DOE

Benefits include health, dental, and vision (eligible on the 1st of the month following your start date).

Employment Type: Contract, Temp2Hire, or Direct Hire

Est. End Date: 2/22/2026
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM

Location: Durham, NC 27703

Job Code: JPC-11355/ZTSJP00007673

Tekberry is looking for a highly qualified and motivated EHS Specialist tto work on-site with our client, the world's largest producer of medicine and vaccinations for pets and livestock. As a W2 employee you will have access to health benefits.

Responsibilities:

This role will provide environmental, health, safety (EHS) support and perform a variety of EHS-related. The individual will be critical in fostering the site's proactive safety and environmental culture that inspires employee engagement, risk reduction and compliance. This role will report to the site's EHS & Facility Manager and will interact with Operations, Manufacturing, R&D, Facilities, Engineering, Quality, Distribution and office operations including working with all levels of the organization and be visible in the operational areas to support a safe and compliant work environment.

• Assist in the development and implementation of the site's EHS programs and procedures to ensure compliance with local, state, federal and Zoetis requirements.
• Provide EHS-related training to colleagues and contractors, including new-hire EHS orientation and refresher training.
• Design and lead the EHS FOCUS program (including annual refresher training [Talk]; monthly Walk activities; supervisor inspections [Detect]; process confirmation [Check]; and award recognition [Together]). Analyze data to continuously improve the program. Provide routine reports to management.
• Develop and implement programs to improve the site's EHS culture and compliance -- including behavior-based safety; ergonomic awareness, evaluations and solutions; pre-shift workplace stretching; and good catch/near-miss/concern reporting.
• Manage the Durham site's VPP Program application to successfully meet NC OSHA requirements for Carolina Star including hosting inspections, audits, document preparation, etc.
• Provide EHS expertise and support to dispersed workforce (e.g., technicians, sales force, veterinary staff, etc.) of Cattle, Poultry and Swine USA operations.
• Conduct routine site audits, safety walks, environmental inspections and other related evaluations (as needed) to identify systemic EHS management gaps.
• Develop and track corrective measures and implement solutions to sustain compliance.
• Manage and report EHS-related information (injury/illness, environmental metrics, risk assessments, EHS action items) into the Company's EHS online system (Cority). Submit all EHS reports as required by regulatory authorities or Zoetis requirements.
• Participate on injury/illness investigations and identify root cause and corrective/preventive actions. Provide coaching on practical EHS behaviors, work practices and solutions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in environment, safety, occupational health, ergonomics, engineering or a similar technical discipline.
• Minimum of five (5) year of EHS-related experience. (Open to new graduate with related internship or job shadow experience).
• Professional certification (CSP, CIH) preferred.
• Thorough knowledge and interpretation of federal and North Carolina safety and environmental regulations and programs including Carolina VPP Star.
• Strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills, leadership, analysis, judgment, creativity, practical problem solving, flexibility, as well as excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Solid computer capabilities including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint.
• Ability to facilitate meetings, perform multiple tasks simultaneously, work independently, easily make decisions, and handle emergency situations.

We need hard-working, reliable employees. Tekberry offers a $100 payment for referrals!

Tekberry Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.

Tekberry, Inc is a Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE).

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