Are you passionate about leading workplace safety and health initiatives while ensuring regulatory compliance and a strong preventive culture?
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that enhance products used every day.
Health, Safety & Environment (HSE): We ensure safe and healthy workplaces through risk prevention, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of management systems, strengthening a strong safety culture across the organization.
This role is based in Colombia (on site). You will be part of a collaborative, structured, and compliance‑driven team, where together we can achieve sustainable results and make a real impact on people’s safety. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Design, implement, maintain, and continuously improve the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (SG‑SST) in compliance with Colombian regulations, including Resolution 0312 of 2019.
- Identify hazards, assess and evaluate risks, and define effective operational controls for routine and high‑risk activities.
- Lead training, awareness, and engagement programs to strengthen the safety culture across all levels of the organization.
- Coordinate inspections, internal audits, emergency drills, and emergency response plans to ensure site readiness.
- Manage the investigation of incidents, accidents, and occupational illnesses, defining corrective and preventive actions.
- Ensure compliance with contractor safety programs, including pre‑qualification, onboarding, training, and field follow‑up.
- Maintain updated documentation, records, legal matrices, and key performance indicators for the SG‑SST.
- Coordinate activities with external stakeholders such as insurance providers (ARL), safety committees, and emergency response teams.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Valid Occupational Health and Safety license in Colombia.
- Technical, technological, professional, or postgraduate education in Occupational Health and Safety or related fields.
- 2–3 years of experience leading or implementing SG‑SST programs in industrial or multinational environments.
- Up‑to‑date knowledge of Colombian occupational health and safety regulations and EHS standards.
- Experience supporting audits, inspections, contractor management, and safe work permit programs.
- Ability to analyze risks, manage indicators, and report results to senior management.
- Strong leadership, communication, and change‑management skills.
- Structured, organized approach with a strong focus on compliance and continuous improvement.
How You Will Make an Impact
- Preventing workplace incidents and occupational diseases through effective risk management.
- Strengthening safety culture and regulatory compliance across the operation.
- Driving continuous improvement of HSE programs and controls.
Why Choose Us?
- Strategic role with direct impact on employee safety and well‑being.
- Active participation in audits, corporate HSE programs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborative environment with exposure to global safety standards.
- Professional development within a multinational organization.
- Culture focused on prevention, compliance, and sustainability.
- Opportunity to lead and positively influence site safety performance.
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.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
