Environmental Health And Safety Speciailist

EHS Specialist | Chemical Manufacturing

📍 Simpsonville, SC 💰 Competitive Compensation + Bonus Potential 📈 Huge Growth Opportunity | Excellent Work-Life Balance | Industry Leader Are you passionate about workplace safety, environmental stewardship, and making a real impact on the manufacturing floor? Our client, a growing specialty chemicals manufacturer, is seeking an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist to join their team. Whether you're an early-career professional looking to break into EHS or a seasoned specialist ready for your next challenge, this role offers a unique opportunity to build your career with a company that invests heavily in employee development and long-term growth. This is a highly visible position where you'll work directly with plant leadership and operations teams to drive safety initiatives, ensure environmental compliance, and help create a best-in-class culture focused on continuous improvement.
## What You'll Be Doing
Champion a strong safety-first culture across the manufacturing facility Lead employee safety training programs and safety committee initiatives Investigate incidents, near misses, and corrective actions to prevent future occurrences Conduct plant audits, inspections, and risk assessments Manage environmental compliance programs, permits, reporting, and hazardous waste activities Support industrial hygiene initiatives including chemical exposure assessments and employee health risk evaluations Participate in Process Safety Management (PSM), hazard reviews, and management of change activities Partner with operations, engineering, and leadership teams to continuously improve EH&S performance
## What We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, EHS, or a related field Experience in chemical manufacturing, specialty chemicals, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, food manufacturing, or a similar regulated environment preferred Knowledge of OSHA, EPA, hazardous waste, environmental compliance, industrial hygiene, or process safety programs Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and build relationships across all levels of an organization Passion for safety, continuous improvement, and employee engagement
## Why This Opportunity?
🌱 Significant career growth potential with a company committed to internal development Excellent work-life balance and supportive leadership team 🏭 Highly visible role with direct interaction across all levels of the organization 🔬 Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in environmental compliance, industrial hygiene, process safety, and sustainability initiatives 🤝 Collaborative culture where your ideas and contributions truly matter If you're looking for an opportunity where you can develop your EHS career while making a meaningful impact in a chemical manufacturing environment, apply!
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Simpsonville, SC.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $37.50 - $57.69/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Simpsonville,SC.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 15, 2026. About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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