Health Safety and Environmental Tech IV

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a talented Health Safety and Environmental Tech IV to join our team specializing in Health and Safety for our Cummins Inc. facility in Maxton, NC .

Job Summary:

Provides technical support on health, safety and environmental to production and site personnel under the guidance of the site HSE leader. Assists in the analysis, review and sustainability of Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems.

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

• Strengthen HSE culture by identifying gaps in corporate and local requirements and ensuring safety principles are consistently embedded into daily operations.

• Enhance incident prevention by actively supporting hazard identification, risk assessments, and stop work authority to eliminate major injury hazards before they escalate.

• Improve reporting accuracy and compliance by guiding the site through proper processes for incident, illness, hazard, and environmental reporting.

• Drive continuous improvement by supporting investigations, analyzing HSE trends, and ensuring timely closure of corrective and preventive actions.

• Advance environmental stewardship through active support of environmental management programs and sustainability-related initiatives.

• Promote emergency readiness by helping maintain emergency response procedures and ensuring site personnel understand their roles.

• Reinforce quality and operational excellence by performing quality checks, controlling non conforming materials, and raising issues that protect cost, quality, and safety.

• Build team capability and engagement by communicating effectively, supporting training and development, and participating in programs that encourage an interdependent safety culture.

RESPONSIBILITIES

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

• Act with urgency and enthusiasm by taking ownership of new HSE challenges, driving initiatives forward quickly, and maintaining high energy even during complex or ambiguous safety issues.

• Demonstrate resilience by staying composed during incidents, setbacks, or investigations—using adversity as an opportunity to learn and strengthen HSE performance.

• Collaborate effectively across teams, departments, and levels to ensure shared understanding of HSE goals, secure buy in, and support a strong interdependent safety culture.

• Communicate clearly and appropriately by tailoring messages to different audiences—front line employees, leadership, regulators—ensuring HSE expectations and risks are fully understood.

• Show courage in safety critical situations by speaking up, challenging unsafe actions, stopping work when needed, and addressing difficult HSE issues directly and professionally.

• Prioritize customer focus (internal or external) by understanding operational needs, providing timely HSE support, and delivering solutions that improve both safety and business outcomes.

• Practice continuous self awareness by seeking feedback, reflecting on your actions, identifying improvement areas, and using personal insight to strengthen your HSE impact.

• Learn quickly and adapt by experimenting with new tools, processes, investigations, and risk assessment methods—treating each outcome as valuable learning material.

• Optimize work processes by understanding HSE systems end to end and continually improving documentation, reporting, audits, and incident workflows for better efficiency and accuracy.

• Use resources wisely by identifying what is needed to solve safety issues, securing the right people, tools, and information, and deploying them effectively in time sensitive situations.

• Model proactive health and safety behaviors by consistently identifying hazards, reporting concerns, participating in safety actions, and fostering a workplace where everyone feels responsible for safety.

• Conduct high quality incident investigations using evidence based methods to determine true root causes, apply meaningful corrective actions, and prevent recurrence.

• Apply HSE management systems effectively by interpreting standards (like ISO 45001/14001) and integrating them into daily operations to maintain compliance and certification readiness.

• Perform strong risk assessments by accurately identifying hazards, analyzing severity and likelihood, and selecting controls that reduce risk to ALARP (as low as reasonably practicable).

• Value and leverage diverse perspectives by encouraging input from different backgrounds, roles, and experiences to strengthen problem solving, communication, and safety decisions.

• Support environmental stewardship by contributing to environmental compliance, waste reduction, sustainability practices, and continuous improvement in environmental performance.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

• High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.

• A two year University degree in Industrial Safety, Environmental Management, Sustainability or related field preferred.

Experience:

• Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience in health, safety and environment. 3-5 Years of Experience highly preferred.

QUALIFICATIONS

• This position will need strong technical skills.

• Capabilities of working in multiple software applications.

• A successful candidate will also have responsibility for certain HSE initiatives and be a leader of in-house programs.

• Skilled communication is essential, written, verbal, etc.

• Additional responsibilities as requested.

Job Health and Safety

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Shop

ReqID 2425249

Relocation Package Yes

100% On-Site Yes

Due to the operational nature and specific job duties of this role, work is required to be completed 100% in person/On-site.

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