Plant EHS Leader - Safety, Compliance & CI

IFF; Kansas; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Paid time off

Dynamic work environment

Job summary

IFF seeks an experienced Site EHS Manager for our Kansas City, KS plant. This on-site role leads safety, health and environmental programs, driving EH&S processes to meet business and corporate objectives. Travel is limited.

You will develop strategies, coordinate audits, coach teams, and ensure regulatory compliance, with a focus on continuous improvement and strong incident investigations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical/scientific field or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in operations, maintenance or R&D leadership - responsible for the creation and implementation of hard hat safety, behavioral safety, occupational health and environmental programs and procedures.
• Working knowledge of SHE and PSM systems.
• Demonstrated functional/technical expertise of OSHA regulations and management systems such as confined space, line break, lock out/tag out, respiratory protection and other safe work practices.
• Ability to collect & analyze data, identify solutions, assess risk factors, and make sound decisions.

Responsibilities

• Leads EH&S Work Processes and initiatives to deliver geographic and business expectations for performance through local site EH&S and Site Leadership
• Develops strategic EH&S/ES&S environmental and regulatory strategies, along with performance improvement plans and goals across the site
• Implements process safety performance improvement activities related to work practices or behaviors across a site
• Coordinates second and third party EH&S related audits and lead Severe Incident Investigations
• Collaborates with EH&S Sustainability/Business Services/Ops Expertise Services to ensure seamless support for EH&S performance improvement activities
• Leads and champions management system reviews across the site to drive continuous improvement
• Implements EH&S/ES&S management systems consistent with site and business interests
• Supports local delivery in implementing environment, health and safety and emergency services and security program
• Leads Site EH&S Team and Coaches EH&S and Site teams and individuals on EH&S issues
• Works with Site Leaders to capture leverageable opportunities across the site and Protein Solutions Network

Skills

Data analysis

Leadership

EH&S management

Regulatory compliance

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical/scientific field

Tools

PSM systems

Job description

IFF seeks an experienced Site EHS Manager for our Kansas City, KS plant. This on-site role leads safety, health and environmental programs, driving EH&S processes to meet business and corporate objectives. Travel is limited.

You will develop strategies, coordinate audits, coach teams, and ensure regulatory compliance, with a focus on continuous improvement and strong incident investigations.