EHS Manager- for a leading Food & Beverage Company
- EHS Manager
- Philadelphia, PA
A leading Food & Beverage company is seeking an EHS Manager who is genuine, talented, and collaborative to join their ever-growing team. Do you have food EHS experience, or enjoy providing leadership, preparation, and resources to help create a high-functioning work environment? If you answered yes to any of these questions, enjoy being part company with a steady path of evolution and are looking to take your career to the next level, then apply now!
Summary:
The EHS Manager- Will provide "hands on" behavior based safety leadership and direction to the company across all facilities through the development and implementation of appropriate safety policies, procedures and programs. As a key change agent, this role increases safety awareness and continuously improves corporate and individual site safety performance while also optimizing productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. Lead regular safety audits, ensures accident investigation & reporting procedures are in place and followed, and maintains robust record keeping and KPI reporting processes to effectively reduce risks. This position develops and delivers detailed and specialized safety training programs for new and existing employees to embed a behavior-based safety culture including but not limited to lock out / tag out, hazard communication, emergency response programs, confined space entry, contractor control, fall protection, and evacuation procedures, WHMIS, Safe Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) and Job Safety Analysis
The EHS Manager - should have the following skill set:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 3-7 years experience in safety or a related discipline preferred driving cultural change in safety.
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations as well as other regulatory standards including, but not limited to NFPA and DOT.
- Knowledge of Food Processing Manufacturing environment.
- Excellent leadership, change management and time management skills.
- Excellent working knowledge of Federal regulations and various State laws regarding safety compliance.
- Multiple locations experience a plus.
- Possess strong interpersonal, presentation, verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to detail in composing, typing and proofing materials, establishing priorities across multiple projects / sites and meeting deadlines.
- Works independently and has a strong ability to establish priorities and meet deadlines.
The EHS Manager- will:
- Lead the development of safety policies, practices and procedures throughout a network of company facilities in compliance with governmental regulations including Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations, including, but not limited to OSHA.
- Lead the development of and provide guidance regarding facility specific issues relative to safety programs and practices
- Monitor new legislation as it relates to safety standards and practices and facilitate changes, as necessary.
- Works collaboratively with Group Risk and Safety to implement group programs locally as required and supports the Group in creation of standards, best practices and activities to continuously improve the safety culture company wide.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary group and be a team leader.
- Identify, investigate, report and provide guidance relative to root causes, corrective actions (RCCA) for incidents, employee safety programs and regulatory compliance relative to safety.
- Develop materials necessary for a comprehensive employee and supervisor safety training program, including training modules designed to meet or exceed the safety goals of the organization.
- Develop and implement solutions for emergency preparedness plans for company sites.
- Monitor and analyze safety trends and implement programs designed to continuously improve company results.
- Implement standards of performance, benchmarks and key performance indicators that allow accurate measurement of performance and improvement.
- Assist in the development of consistent pre-employment training and practices.
- Provide leadership, guidance and technical support to operations management and safety committees to embed a behavior-based safety culture.
- Act as a contact for various state and local regulatory agencies regarding matters involving safety.
- Assist in the development and administration of company safety incentive programs, including the evaluation of the effectiveness of such programs in positively changing employee safety behavior.