EHS Partner - Iowa City, IA

About the role

The Environmental Health & Safety Partner supports UNFI teams in delivering a critical company value: "Do the Right Thing – Put Safety and Integrity at the Forefront of Everything We Do." This role ensures the execution of the company's EHS strategy and goals in a fast-paced and complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute injury prevention programs/initiatives to motivate and influence the creation of a world-class safety culture and minimize injury risk.
• Identify, assess, and control site-level hazards, including supporting Supervisors in completing detailed incident investigations with root cause analyses.
• Analyze and identify trends that increase injury and accident frequency/severity; develop and direct the implementation of training programs using the appropriate media.
• Partner and collaborate with all functional leaders to influence and help manage EHS resources, projects, and business decisions.
• Provide input on the design of standardized safety systems, policies, training, campaigns and programs to reduce risk, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
• Support environmental compliance and claims programs.
• Create a network of internal (operations, human resources, finance, legal, claims and security/loss prevention) and external alliances (industry partners, safety groups) to develop and implement EHS policies, programs, procedures, standards, training, and processes.

Requirements

• Associates degree with major course work in EHS, risk management or a closely related field is required.
• Bachelor’s degree with major course work in EHS, risk management or a closely related field is preferred.
• ASP (Associate Safety Professional) certification is preferred.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation; Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or other professionally recognized certifications in EHS (ISO 14001/ISO 45001) are highly desirable.
• 3+ years of progressive EHS program management experience.
• Ability to coordinate planning and collaboration with other business functions in a way that is mutually beneficial and drives continuous improvement.
• Ability to drive a strong safety philosophy and implement programs designed to effectively change behavior and prevent injury using data- and research-driven methods.
• Ability to analyze and independently resolve a variety of difficult situations and problems using timely decision making.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to interact and influence effectively with all levels of management, employees, and customers and experience collaborating with unions.
• Familiarity of OSHA, Root Cause Investigation, Incident Investigation procedures, Hazard Assessment, Job Safety Assessments.
• Broad working knowledge of federal, state & local EHS laws and regulations.

Skills

• Training and coaching skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Power point and Excel.
• Adapts well to and initiates change in the organization.
• Good judgment is required for this position as there may be times when direct supervision may not be immediately available.