Senior HSSE Engineer

Career Area:
Environmental Health and Safety

Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Role Definition
Participates in the implementation and monitoring of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) programs and associated policies and regulations under the direction of the Principal EHS engineer or regional Environmental, Health, Safety & Security (EHSS) manager. May also serve as an experienced SME (Subject Matter Expert) on EHS projects and assignments that are more complex and enhance operational performance and compliance under the guidance of senior EHSS team members.

Responsibilities

• Identifies safety/health/environmental risks inherent in the organization's operations and establishes guidelines for mitigation of said risks.
• Assists in training employees on EHS guidelines, company policies and procedures, and regulations pertaining to EHS. Ensures EHS training is completed to comply with regulatory requirements or in support of region, division, or enterprise objectives. Identifies gaps in existing training and offers solutions to address those gaps.
• Audits safety/health/environmental programs for compliance with company standards, government regulations, and adequacy relative to local conditions.
• Produces accurate metrics for use by the leadership for trending and information purposes. Monitors periodic performance reports for trends and conditions, alerts line management to problems and makes recommendations for improvement.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Risk Management:
Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply knowledge of risk management appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Produces and interprets common risk assessment and management reports.
• Identifies common technology, security, or financial risks relevant to own function or unit.
• Implements or manages risk management for own area.
• Documents the key steps of a unit-specific risk management process and associated procedures.
• Evaluates risk assessment models and techniques relevant to a specific line of business.

Accuracy and Attention to Detail:
Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
• Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
• Productively balances speed and accuracy.
• Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
• Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
• Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals.

Collaborating:
Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Demonstrates experience participating in productive collaborative processes.
• Under guidance, initiates collaborative meetings.
• Assists in communicating shared goals with diverse groups and parties.
• Helps promote collaboration across generations, functions, regions, and levels.
• Helps solve business problems and meet business goals through collaborative processes.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking:
Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Interpersonal Relationships:
Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Seeks out what's common in conflicting points of view.
• Influences key individuals inside and outside own group and earns their respect.
• Resolves potentially harmful differences between individuals and groups of people.
• Contributes as a member on a variety of teams.
• Establishes and maintains productive working relationships within and outside of own area.
• Establishes and maintains credibility with clients and teammates.

Overcoming Resistance to Change:
Understanding and insight into the futility of refusing to accept the inevitable and ability to overcome resistance and adapt to a complex and changing environment.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Demonstrates experience overcoming resistance to many types of change in a given realm.
• Masters new and changing responsibilities.
• Explains the ramifications of changes in a positive light.
• Sets expectations and assuages fears associated with impact of change.
• Delineates stages of change acceptance.
• Proposes goals or activities to promote change.

Problem Solving:
Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Policy Compliance:
Knowledge of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies; ability to implement EHS policies to ensure that provided products and services are safe for people and the environment and in compliance with legal requirements and standards.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Determines criteria for assessing vendors which may have potential environmental impact.
• Formulates health and safety plans and policies, e.g. a fire safety plan and road safety policy.
• Trains employees on EHS policy compliance and measures understanding.
• Designs an incident report form and reporting procedures for EHS management.
• Collaborates across multiple departments to facilitate EHS management.
• Controls pollution and minimizes waste of materials, energy and water within the organization.

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Posting Dates:
September 4, September 29, 2025

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