Environmental Health and Safety Manager (FT)

OK Foods
Fort Smith, AR Full Time
POSTED ON 3/27/2024 CLOSED ON 4/26/2024

Job Posting for Environmental Health and Safety Manager (FT) at OK Foods

Bachoco OK Foods is seeking an Environmental, Health and Safety Manager for our Fort Smith, AR plant operations.  

Summary: The Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Manager is primarily responsible for the oversight of safety for the Fort Smith complex. This position is responsible for the development, implementation, and administration of all applicable safety and environmental programs and company policies. To supervise, lead and mentor safety professionals on site. To strategically plan for and assist in compliance with all federal, state and local regulations.  Act as primary site liaison with external regulatory agencies. Responsibilities may involve taking a lead role in some select or specialized EHS programs and/or activities as directed by the Director of EHS, by performing the following duties.                                                  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
  • Supervise, lead and mentor on-site professionals.
  • Develop, implement, manage, and/or ensure compliance for EHS compliance programs.
  • Evaluate and act upon new safety regulations.
  • Manage site activities which impact areas of EHS compliance with Federal, State, or Local regulations.
  • In collaboration with management and on-site personnel, assist in developing and implementing site policies concerning EHS issues.
  • Provide technical guidance to facility management and Occupational Nursing staff. 
  • Primary site contact for regulatory agencies such as OSHA for inspections, permitting, and reporting.
  • Provide facility representation during various audits including outside agency inquiries/inspections.
  • Lead audits at assigned facilities and assist other team members where needed.
  • Assist in the completion of reporting requirements for corporate. 
  • Assist in the validation of both monthly and quarterly statistical data from individual facilities.  
  • Assist with tracking and communication of regulatory requirements within the company.
  • Assure that plans are developed and executed to assure that activities are conducted in compliance with applicable safety and environmental laws.
  • Assist site with safety training and develop written programs where applicable.
  • Provide information and direction to management on potential threats to the business. 

Supervisory Responsibilities: As determined by the Director of Safety.

Qualifications: 
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 
  • The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: 
  • College degree; or in the process of obtaining. 
  • Five years of related experience and/or training in health/sciences or work experience in the safety field or military leadership experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
  • Practical experience in safety in an industrial setting,  including knowledge of incident investigation processes is desired.

Language Skills: 
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Certificates, Licenses, Registration: ASP or CSP is preferred.

Reasoning Ability: To apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully an individual should have practical working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, and Excel).

 Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

An Equal Opportunity Employer to include women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities.

*Notice to Third Party Recruitment Agencies:

Please note that Bachoco OK Foods and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee.

In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, Bachoco OK Foods and its subsidiaries shall explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Bachoco OK Foods.
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