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Job Title: Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security Manager

Department: Human Resources

Reports to: Director, Risk Management

Summary: The Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Manager (EHSS) plays a vital role in getting our food product to our customers.  The ideal candidate is one who is committed to environmental, health, employee safety and security quality, looks for improvement and is ready to roll up their sleeves with us in a manufacturing environment. 

You will develop site specific EHSS initiatives and lead corporate EHSS initiatives to ensure safe manufacturing processes. In a fast-paced environment like manufacturing, the EHSS manager is an integral part of the operation. You work closely with the director of risk management, operations team, quality, and maintenance departments to evaluate work processes and safety needs and practices.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential functions/duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties/functions may be added or assigned.

Essential Functions Include:

• Responsible for leading the implementation and enforcement of EHSS (environmental, health, safety, and security) policies and procedures in a production environment. 
• Recommends EHSS improvements in operational methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions. 
• Leads and supports the EHSS efforts by partnering with various levels of leadership and support teams.
• Has responsibilities for the mitigation and prevention of organizational risks which is accomplished through, training, developing, complying, investigating, evaluating, coordinating, and correcting. 
• Follows and tracks all incidents or potential incidents through the EHSS systems to produce internal analysis and required regulatory reporting. 
• Coordinate post-accident communication to assure effective workers compensation cases management.
• Understand, oversee, and coordinate compliance of PSM/RMP, and other environmental programs and requirements, at the site level. 
• Ensure security of the premises through use of technology and/or human resources or outside vendors. 
• Responsibility for overseeing all processes, procedures and actions related to the safety at the site, its resources, and the people within it.
• Follows Product Safety and Defense standards.
• Complies with all Safe Quality Food (SQF) requirements.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Include: 

• At least 5 years' experience in food manufacturing– with examples of when they have demonstrated excellence in the workplace. Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, safety management or similarly situated degree. Advanced training or skills pertaining to environmental, health, safety, and security.
• Must be able to effectively speak to experiences with OSHA, compliance to a risk management plan and reporting to government agencies.
• Must display a cohesive ability to apply interpersonal and communication skills, both verbally and written. 
• Must have the ability to engage with individuals respectfully and collaboratively and exercise sound judgement. 
• Must have the ability to establish and maintain healthy relationships with internal teams, vendors, contractors, and governing agencies. 

Physical Requirements:

• The job is performed under frequent temperature variations and in a food manufacturing production environment and unrestricted visual and audio abilities are required for the safety of all employees.
• Must have the ability to lift to 50 lbs.
• Requires frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and some fine finger dexterity.
• Generally, the job requires the following percentages of time committed to physical activity:  
  1. 40% or more sitting
  2. 40% or more walking,
  3. 20% or more standing.

Personal protective equipment is required and provided by Thrive Freeze Dry.