EHS MANAGER

Cross Resource Group; Cabot (VT); On-site; USD 93,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Promote-from-within

Job summary

Cross Resource Group seeks an EHS Manager to lead environmental, health, and safety at a high-volume Vermont campus. You will translate regulations into practical controls, engage employees, and influence operations, maintenance, engineering, and staff to maintain disciplined compliance.

The role requires visible plant-floor leadership with ownership of programs, ongoing training, and proactive risk reduction in a food-manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of EHS experience in manufacturing with clear ownership of programs.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, and state/federal requirements.
• Proven ability to lead EHS programs and influence safety across the plant.
• Experience with regulatory audits and safety management systems.
• Hands-on incident investigation and root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide EHS leadership across the Cabot campus, focusing on the cutting and wrapping facility.
• Develop, implement, and maintain environmental, health, and safety programs.
• Lead safety initiatives and proactive risk-reduction efforts.
• Deliver new-hire safety orientation and ongoing training per OSHA/EPA/DOT.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering, HR, and contractors to control hazards.
• Lead Safety Committees, Emergency Response Teams, and site leadership.
• Investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions.
• Maintain EHS permits, records, and regulatory reports.
• Conduct inspections, audits, and risk assessments; prepare for audits.

Skills

EHS leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Incident investigation

Root-cause analysis

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

EHS Manager

Lead environmental, health, and safety performance for a Vermont food-manufacturing campus, with primary ownership of a high-volume cheese cutting and packaging operation. This role will build practical programs, strengthen employee engagement, and ensure disciplined compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, and applicable state requirements.

The strongest candidate will be a visible plant-floor leader who has owned EHS programs in manufacturing, can translate regulations into workable controls, and knows how to influence operations, maintenance, engineering, and employees without relying on positional authority alone.

Location

Cabot, Vermont

Compensation

$93,000-$103,000 annually + bonus TBD

Relocation

Partial relocation assistance available, but highly prefer local candidates

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Training, tuition reimbursement, and a promote-from-within culture
• Partial relocation assistance for the selected candidate
• Opportunity to support a mission-driven, farmer-owned food manufacturer with a long New England history

Responsibilities

• Provide EHS leadership, guidance, resources, and day-to-day support across the Cabot campus, with primary focus on the cutting and wrapping facility.
• Develop, implement, and maintain environmental, health, and safety programs that improve safe work practices, ownership, and employee engagement.
• Lead safety initiatives, behavior-based safety efforts, and continuous-improvement activity that moves the organization from reactive compliance to proactive risk reduction.
• Deliver new-hire safety orientation and required recurring training in accordance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, state, and company requirements.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering, human resources, contractors, and employees to identify, evaluate, and control hazards.
• Serve as the primary resource and champion for Safety Committees, Emergency Response Teams, and site leadership.
• Lead incident and near-miss investigations, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions through closure.
• Maintain EHS permits, records, written programs, documentation, and regulatory reports.
• Conduct inspections, compliance audits, job-risk reviews, and facility risk assessments; prepare the site for internal and external audits and regulatory inspections.
• Evaluate equipment, processes, workstations, and material-handling activities for safety and ergonomic improvement opportunities.
• Recommend and implement engineering controls, administrative controls, and appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Track and communicate leading and lagging EHS metrics, trends, corrective-action status, and key performance indicators.
• Support workers’ compensation case management, return-to-work activity, injury prevention, and collaboration with occupational-health resources.
• Support environmental and sustainability programs, including waste management, reporting, and continuous reduction of environmental impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health and safety, engineering, environmental science, or another relevant technical field; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Three to five years of related EHS experience in a manufacturing environment, with demonstrated ownership of programs rather than administrative support alone.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, and applicable state and federal requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead EHS programs and influence safety performance at all levels of a plant organization.
• Experience leading regulatory audits, environmental compliance programs, and safety management systems.
• Experience with continuous-improvement methods and behavior-based safety programs.
• Hands-on experience with incident investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective action, hazard assessment, and risk reduction.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively with employees, leaders, contractors, and regulators.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and relevant EHS reporting systems.
• Ability to work onsite and move between facilities on the Cabot campus as business needs require.

Preferred Qualifications

• CSP, ASP, CHMM, CIH, or another relevant professional certification.
• EHS experience in food manufacturing, dairy processing, cheese production, refrigerated packaging, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Exposure to machine safety, lockout/tagout, ergonomics, chemical management, wastewater or waste programs, emergency response, and contractor safety.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to equal opportunity and equal treatment for qualified applicants and employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.