Position summary

BASF’s Care Chemicals division is seeking a Senior Environmental Specialist for its team in Mauldin, SC. Reporting to the EHS Director of Care Chemicals Americas, the role supports, facilitates, and implements EHS programs to ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements through a shared business resource concept, with roughly 75% of focus on environmental compliance program management and 25% on occupational safety and industrial hygiene support.

Why this role matters

BASF’s Care Chemicals division is a global supplier to the cosmetics, detergents, and cleaning industries. This role keeps the site compliant with federal, state, and local environmental regulations, provides technical regulatory expertise, and drives continuous improvement of EHS programs and culture.

Key responsibilities

• Provide EHS compliance expertise with an emphasis on environmental compliance at the assigned site.
• Manage environmental programs across federal, state, and local air, waste, and water programs (e.g. LDAR, Title V, PSM/RMP, RCRA, EPCRA, SPCC).
• Serve as technical expert on environmental regulatory compliance for EPA, SCDES, and applicable industry standards.
• Interface with stakeholders including employees, regulatory agencies, and third parties on compliance and enforcement issues, and facilitate sharing of programs, procedures, and tools for a safe, healthy working environment.
• Provide strategic leadership by working with site management, employees, and the EHS community on EHS issues, recommendations, and continuous improvement.
• Support Responsible Care® Management System implementation.
• Support corporate EHS policies including Safe Work Permits, Job Safety Analysis, Management of Change, incident/accident investigation, HAZCOM, training, and pre-startup safety reviews.

Team and stakeholders

Reporting to the EHS Director of Care Chemicals Americas, the role works with site management, employees, the EHS community, regulatory agencies (EPA, SCDES), and third parties.

Key details

This is a permanent, on-site role based in Mauldin/Greenville, SC, within BASF’s Care Chemicals Americas EHS function. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, an Environmental discipline, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience implementing EHS programs in a chemical manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Health and Safety management and Responsible Care® management systems.
• Professional certification(s) in safety, health, or environmental topics preferred.