Environment, Health and Safety Manager

Shearer's Foods; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading food manufacturing company as an Environment, Health and Safety Manager. This role is pivotal in advancing a strong safety culture, compliance, and proactive engagement with staff to ensure a safe working environment. Reporting to senior leadership, you'll lead safety initiatives and develop training programs while managing a significant safety budget.

Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Retirement Savings Plan with Match

Short and Long Term Disability

Employee Assistance Plan

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in EHS required.
• Experience influencing and training large manufacturing teams.
• Knowledge of OSHA and safety regulations essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety culture and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Manage training programs and lead safety messaging.
• Analyze data to identify trends and improve safety processes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Regulatory Knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in safety, Operations, Engineering, Business or related field

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This role is a part of the senior team at the plant and is accountable for leading a comprehensive safety and wellness process using a proactive approach. Creating a safety culture, where our associates’ safety and well-being is always the #1 priority. This highly energized, on-the-floor leader will engage with associates daily, help lead safety messaging and stretching exercises during shift meetings and work cross-functionally to ensure safety training and compliance is very effective. Creation and implementation of a safety strategy for the plant will be required. Sharing key learnings, issues, opportunities, and best practices as an active contributor to the Safety Community across the plant network and building relationships with peers and cross-functional partners will be critical to success.

Reporting Structure: This role reports to the Plant Site Director and the Director of Safety.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead a caring safety culture that is focused on people
• Lead processes necessary to ensure a safe working environment – every shift, every day
• Lead the facility to meet or exceed established corporate safety goals aligned with business needs
• Lead processes necessary to be compliant with applicable federal, state and local safety requirements and remain current on changing requirements; handle any applicable audits or OSHA visits.
• Lead programs, training, and messaging to recognize, reward and promote safe behaviors throughout the facility – catch our associates doing things right.
• Drive strong accountability with leaders to be role models of safe behaviors.
• Lead programs to correct unsafe acts and unsafe conditions with the workplace
• Work collaboratively with the Site Director, HR and Worker’s Compensation/Leave Experts (both in the plant and at the support center) on all decisions related to injuries, leaves, reasonable accommodations/return to work, discipline and leave case management.
• Strong sense of urgency around communication and proactive approach to issues and concerns.
• Stay apprised on trends and best practices – both across the network and within the marketplace and the Safety Community
• Ensure relevant data, compliance records & training, postings, procedures, and reporting is complete, accurate and in compliance. Extract insights from our data to identify trends/issues/opportunities and create a plan to address those insights (may be ergonomic, PM issues, training gaps, etc.)
• Build high performing teams, develop and retain top talent.
• Financial Controls and Budgeting: Responsible for providing leadership and guidance to maintain a safety budget with an emphasis on practical business and financial responsibility
• Coaching and Leading others
• Caring positive approach, influencing, and motivating others
• Whole systems thinking
• Managing projects and processes

What you bring to the table

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, Operations, Engineering, Business or related field is preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in EHS is required.
• Experience influencing and training large manufacturing teams and management to promote and lead by example a safe work environment and to always remain in compliance with all legal and company safety regulations.
• Minimum three years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to lead others – servant leadership style is the best fit for our culture
• Knowledge of OSHA, Logout Tagout, Machine Guarding and other State/Federal requirements
• Ability and willingness to work flexible schedule
• Experience in working with regulatory agencies
• Priority setting – able to effectively direct the activities of others including establishing expectations, removing barriers, and managing performance
• Comfort around leadership – able to influence others without formal authority including comfort with senior leadership
• Managing peer relationships – able to work collaboratively with others and accomplish objectives
• Influencing others – able to work effectively through others where there is no reporting relationship
• Strategic agility – able to think through complex issues and develop solutions that deliver integrated and long-lasting results.
• Action oriented – high level of energy and able to help others see the goals for safety, health, and environment
• Approachability– able to present well and establish credibility
• Drive for results – action oriented and able to produce results utilizing matrixed relationships throughout the organization

We Offer a Feast of Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Flexible Spending Account, Retirement Savings Plan with Match, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Group Critical Accident Insurance, Group Critical Illness Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and numerous opportunities to volunteer in the communities in which we operate.

You will be considered for employment in our inclusive workplace

Because at Shearer’s, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is your invitation to apply now!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Manufacturing

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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