Description:
Safety First. And Always. That is our number one value here at Holmen Cheese. This position will be critical to ensure we are living that value. In conjunction with building a Best-in-Class safety culture, this individual will play a pivotal role in building talent within the organization by identifying training needs and developing plans to ensure those needs are being met.
Requirements:
Essential Functions
- Implement, maintain and update Holmen Cheese EHS standards and programs to promote a Best-in-Class EHS program with a focus on a proactive safety program
- Provide technical EHS support and professional expertise to the plant leadership team and workforce.
- Coach, counsel, and develop all employees on how to lead with safety and promote a safety-first culture.
- Implement appropriate training programs for all employees, contractors and visitors
- Monitor and maintain EHS policies, procedures, standards and permits to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations.
- Perform observations and audits to monitor the effectiveness of our programs and standards to prevent serious injuries, fatalities, environmental incidents, and ensure regulatory compliance.
- Track all injuries, illnesses, near miss events, environmental incidents, environmental noncompliance and investigate incidents, and aid in determining and implementing prevention methods to avoid recurrence.
- Ensure emergency response plans are in place. Manage the execution of response plans in the event of an environmental emergency, natural disaster injury, fire, or other adverse event.
- Support the Process Safety Management (PSM) program
- Serve as liaison between government agencies for all EHS matters.
- Lead the company’s safety committee
- Collaborate with HR, QA, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Production to ensure safety goals are attained in coordination with the team and business objectives.
- Oversee employee onboarding/orientation process
- Track trainings to ensure full compliance
- Provide KPIs and reports to leadership team
- Partner with other departments to identify training needs and develop a plan to meet those needs
Skills/Abilities
- Exceptional interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
- Excellent organizational skills and time management skills; ability to plan and coordinate work independently balancing multiple work demands.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality
- Ability to be flexible in the work environment and willing and able to adapt to changing organizational needs across all three shifts.
- Strong written, verbal communication skills
- Skilled presentation and facilitation skills
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental/Health Science, Engineering, or closely related degree, or equivalent work experience required.
- 3-5 years of experience within a manufacturing setting
- Must have experience maintaining OSHA regulatory compliance in a (food) manufacturing environment.
Pay: $65,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
