EHS Director

CSG Talent; United States; In loco; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Tempo pieno

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CSG Talent seeks an experienced Director of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) to lead our EHS strategy across protein manufacturing operations in the United States. This high-visibility role drives safety culture, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement by partnering with Operations, Engineering, Quality, HR, and senior leadership.

The candidate will have deep experience in high-hazard food manufacturing and a hands-on leadership style on the plant floor.

Mansioni

• Develop and execute the company's EHS strategy, policies, programs, and annual improvement plans.
• Establish clear EHS standards, expectations, objectives, and KPIs across manufacturing operations.
• Provide strategic EHS leadership to plant and corporate leadership teams.
• Build a proactive, employee-centered safety culture focused on hazard identification, prevention, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead investigations of serious incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain OSHA regulatory compliance and lead inspections, citations, and corrective actions.
• Oversee environmental compliance programs across manufacturing facilities.

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Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Director of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) to lead the company's environmental, health, and safety strategy across its RTE/RTC protein manufacturing operations. This is a highly visible leadership position responsible for building and sustaining a proactive safety culture across high-volume, fast-paced food manufacturing environments. The Director will partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, HR, and senior leadership to reduce risk, improve employee safety, maintain regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement. The successful candidate will bring significant experience within protein processing, food manufacturing, meat/poultry processing, or another complex high-hazard manufacturing environment, with a strong understanding of OSHA requirements, industrial safety, environmental compliance, workers' compensation, incident investigation, and safety management systems. The role requires a leader who is comfortable being on the plant floor, challenging unsafe conditions, coaching leaders, developing frontline employees, and holding the organization accountable for measurable safety performance.

Key Responsibilities

EHS Strategy & Leadership

Develop and execute the company's EHS strategy, policies, programs, and annual improvement plans.

Establish clear EHS standards, expectations, objectives, and KPIs across manufacturing operations.

Provide strategic EHS leadership to plant and corporate leadership teams.

Build a proactive, employee-centered safety culture focused on hazard identification, prevention, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Serve as the senior EHS subject matter expert to Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, HR, Quality, and Executive Leadership.

Establish consistent EHS systems and standards across multiple facilities.

Lead the development and implementation of annual EHS goals, budgets, and capital improvement priorities.

Safety & Injury Prevention

Lead programs designed to reduce recordable injuries, lost-time incidents, workers' compensation costs, and serious injuries/fatalities.

Identify and mitigate high-risk activities within protein processing operations.

Develop and maintain comprehensive programs covering:

• Machine guarding
• Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
• Electrical safety
• Powered industrial trucks
• Ergonomics
• Material handling
• Slips, trips, and falls
• Confined space
• Fall protection
• Hazard communication
• PPE
• Chemical safety
• Contractor safety
• Process and equipment safety

Conduct regular plant safety assessments and risk evaluations.

Partner with Engineering and Maintenance to ensure safety is incorporated into equipment design, modification, and capital projects.

Establish robust pre-startup safety review processes for new equipment and processes.

Drive ergonomic improvement initiatives in repetitive, high-volume production environments.

Incident Investigation & Corrective Action

Lead investigations of serious incidents, near misses, recordable injuries, and high-potential events.

Establish consistent root-cause analysis and corrective-action processes.

Ensure corrective actions address underlying system failures rather than simply treating symptoms.

Track corrective actions through completion and verify effectiveness.

Develop leading indicators that identify risk before an injury occurs.

Communicate lessons learned across facilities and operations.

Regulatory Compliance

Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local EHS regulations.

Maintain strong working knowledge of OSHA requirements and applicable environmental regulations.

Lead OSHA inspections, responses, citations, and corrective actions.

Maintain required OSHA records, reporting, documentation, and compliance programs.

Ensure facilities remain prepared for regulatory inspections and audits.

Monitor regulatory changes and translate requirements into practical plant-level programs.

Partner with legal counsel and external regulatory specialists where appropriate.

Environmental Management

Oversee environmental compliance programs across manufacturing facilities.

Ensure compliance with applicable air, water, wastewater, stormwater, waste, chemical, and environmental regulations.

Partner with plant leadership and external environmental resources on permits, reporting, inspections, and corrective actions.

Develop programs to reduce waste, improve resource utilization, and minimize environmental risk.

Oversee hazardous and non-hazardous waste management.

Support sustainability initiatives where aligned with business objectives.

Workers' Compensation & Occupational Health

Partner with HR, Operations, and insurance providers to manage workers' compensation programs.

Identify trends in injury types, departments, shifts, jobs, and facilities.

Develop targeted interventions to reduce injury frequency and severity.

Establish effective return-to-work and transitional-duty programs.

Partner with occupational health providers on employee health and injury prevention.

Analyze claims data and develop strategies to reduce overall workers' compensation exposure.

Training & Safety Culture

Establish and maintain comprehensive EHS training programs for employees, supervisors, and managers.

Develop effective frontline training that reflects the realities of protein manufacturing.

Ensure new hires receive appropriate safety orientation and job‑specific training.

Develop leadership training focused on safety accountability and employee engagement.

Establish safety communication systems that reach employees across all shifts.

Promote employee participation in hazard identification and safety improvement initiatives.

Build and support plant-level safety committees and employee engagement programs.

Auditing & Continuous Improvement

Establish regular EHS audits and plant assessments.

Develop standardized audit protocols across