IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products. 

Global Operations: Ensuring excellence in execution—from procurement to supply chain and reliability—delivering quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability across the value chain. 

The Environmental Health & Safety Specialist role is based in Memphis, Tennessee (onsite role). Be part of a collaborative, safety-focused, solution-oriented, and growth-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact.  

Your potential is our inspiration. 

The Memphis, Tennessee facility has an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist. This role supports environmental, health, and safety compliance and performance across the Memphis site, including four manufacturing units and a wastewater pH treatment facility. The Health & Safety Specialist helps manage environmental and operational risks while supporting the site's commitment to maintaining regulatory compliance and its license to operate. 

This position serves as a key resource for interpreting regulations, implementing compliance programs, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and partnering with operations and leadership teams to strengthen environmental, health, and safety performance.

The role collaborates with both local and corporate teams to ensure management systems remain effective and support the continued growth of the site. 

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Provide guidance, consultation, and support to site leadership and operations teams on environmental, health, safety, and Process Safety Management compliance requirements and management systems.
• Support the site's commitment to achieving zero occupational injuries and illnesses through proactive risk identification, hazard reduction, and prevention initiatives.
• Interpret and implement applicable federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, ensuring ongoing compliance across site operations.
• Manage environmental compliance activities, including air, wastewater, hazardous waste, chemical management, permit requirements, regulatory reporting, recordkeeping, and agency interactions.
• Lead environmental, health, and safety audits, inspections, and compliance assessments; coordinate regulatory inspections; address findings; and drive corrective and preventive actions to closure.
• Support occupational health programs, including respiratory protection, industrial hygiene monitoring, ergonomics, indoor air quality, and employee exposure assessments.
• Provide leadership and support for Process Safety Management programs, including Management of Change, Process Hazard Analysis, risk assessments, and partnership with element leaders.
• Lead or participate in incident investigations, environmental releases, workplace injury and illness assessments, and root cause analysis activities to identify sustainable corrective actions.
• Develop and deliver environmental, health, and safety training programs while preparing compliance documentation, procedures, and reports to support a strong safety and environmental culture.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety, Occupational Health, or a related discipline with at least two years of Environmental Health & Safety experience.
• Alternatively, a minimum of five years of relevant Environmental Health & Safety experience in a manufacturing, industrial, chemical, food, or operations environment.
• Experience supporting environmental compliance programs, including permitting, inspections, regulatory reporting, hazardous waste management, wastewater operations, air compliance, or environmental auditing.
• Working knowledge of Process Safety Management and Environmental Health & Safety management systems.
• Strong understanding of Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations and safe work practices, including confined space entry, line breaking, lockout/tagout, respiratory protection, contractor safety, and occupational safety programs.
• Experience conducting environmental and safety audits, inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, and compliance evaluations.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Technology, Quality, Training, Research and Development, and corporate functions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare regulatory reports, develop procedures, deliver training, and interact effectively with regulatory agencies.
• Ability to analyze environmental and safety data, identify risks, implement corrective actions, and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience managing environmental permits and environmental compliance programs within a manufacturing, food, specialty chemical, or industrial facility.
• Experience leading Process Safety Management initiatives, Process Hazard Analyses, Management of Change reviews, or risk assessments in a manufacturing environment.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt.

Why Choose Us? 

• Opportunity to support a large-scale manufacturing operation with diverse environmental, health, and safety challenges. 

• Exposure to environmental compliance, occupational health, and Process Safety Management programs in a highly regulated environment. 

• Collaborative and inclusive culture focused on safety, innovation, and continuous improvement. 

• Professional development opportunities, including certification and leadership growth. 

• Access to a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) 

• Opportunity to make a direct impact on employee safety, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. 

For your awareness, IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is currently expected to close in the first half of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. 

The Food Ingredient business unit will remain part of IFF until close and, at such time, will transition to CVC Capital Partners. By applying for this position, candidates acknowledge awareness that the role is part of the Food Ingredient business unit and has been identified to transition to CVC Capital Partners. 

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We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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