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Reporting to the Plant Manager, the EHS Specialist is responsible to provide comprehensive support to the operations team, ensuring effective leadership and management of the safety program. This role involves driving a consistent approach across all EHS activities, advancing the EHS management systems, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The EHS Specialist will collaborate with the EHS Leadership Team to maintain consistency across all sites.
Job Responsibility:
Adhere to and enforce all health and safety policies/procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and PPE requirements
Responsible to adhere to food quality and food safety as per the standard(s) provided by corporate, customer, and/or governing bodies (ex. SQF)
Assist the Regional EHS Manager with the development of company management systems
Collaborate with the production team on yield and waste reduction initiatives
Provide technical EHS compliance advice and guidance to managers
Ensure effective implementation of EHS standards across the site
Coordinate EHS and Environmental Permit activities including: Review environmental aspects and assist with development of control measures
Control and record EHS & Permit documentation
Auditing schedules, conduct internal and third-party audits and follow up on corrective actions
Environmental performance reporting for Environmental Permits
Conduct JSA reviews in conjunction with Departments
Provide support, assistance and guidance to Departments on: Risk assessments, audits, and inspections
Development of EHS procedures
Incident investigations
Manage EHS training, audits, non-conformances, and PPE protocol
Manage Compliance reporting (Tier II, OSHA, etc.)
Manage Waste including “zero to landfill” ensuring that optimal revenue is obtained for all waste created: Maintenance of Waste Stream Matrix
Duty of Care records and audits
Liaise with waste management contractors
Equipment servicing and issues
Maintain EHS KPI’s including: Incident statistics
Company incident management and reporting software for assigned locations
Environmental Permit Annual Returns
Environmental KPI’s
Requirements:
Effective understanding of Manufacturing technology and process and the EHS risks associated with high-speed beverage manufacturing
Solid knowledge of EHS systems
Ability and commitment to drive change in a team setting
Understanding and awareness of ISO14001 and ISO 45001 standards and the competence to coordinate effectively
Ability to provide an education and training resource for all operators in key EHS tasks
Ability to understand the principles and processes of effective communication/presentation and when/how to apply them in all aspects of the role
Understands the principles and processes of effective communication and how to apply them, also to understand how to give feedback in a way which enhances confidence and commitment
Understand the principles of HS and EHS auditing and how to conduct an incident investigation
Understand how to collect and validate sufficient information on the effectiveness of EHS systems to make recommendations on improvement
NEBOSH Diploma in Health and Safety as a minimum
Formal Environmental qualification e.g. IEMA Diploma in Environmental Management
Professional and confident individual who is comfortable challenging existing ways of working and has the tenacity, seriousness and influence to make change happen
Enthusiastic, self-managed
Ability to prioritize workloads and demonstrate excellent time management skills
Experience of working in a busy manufacturing and engineering environment
Bilingual in Spanish is required
5+ years Management experience applying environmental and safety and wellness and DOT regulations and programs in a manufacturing environment, or equivalent experience preferred
Experience supporting safety in multi-site locations, including strategy and implementation
Nice to have:
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and/or Certified Industrial Hygienist preferred
Safety engineering degree preferred
ISO14001 auditor certified a plus
What we offer:
Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts