Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist

About the role

The organization is a leading global food manufacturing and culinary solutions company serving foodservice, retail, and commercial customers. This is a hands-on, fully on-site position responsible for implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving EHS programs within a high-volume food manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• EHS Program Management
• Implement, maintain, and continuously improve EHS policies, procedures, programs, and training materials.
• Conduct new-hire safety orientations and refresher safety training.
• Monitor OSHA, EPA, state, and local regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate workplace hazards and recommend engineering, administrative, and PPE controls.
• Track EHS metrics, trends, KPIs, and corrective actions.
• Prepare EHS reports and presentations for management.
• Maintain accurate, organized, and audit-ready EHS documentation.
• Safety Inspections & Risk Management
• Conduct routine safety inspections, audits, and workplace risk assessments.
• Inspect production areas, sanitation areas, warehouses, coolers/freezers, maintenance areas, loading docks, and chemical storage areas.
• Identify hazards associated with machinery, automated equipment, material handling, sanitation chemicals, thermal processes, refrigerated environments, and production activities.
• Identify unsafe conditions and behaviors and recommend corrective actions.
• Track corrective and preventive actions through verified closure.
• Partner with operational leaders to ensure safety controls are effective and sustainable.
• Incident Investigation & Injury Prevention
• Lead or support investigations involving workplace injuries, illnesses, near misses, and other incidents.
• Perform root-cause analysis and identify contributing factors.
• Develop corrective and preventive action plans.
• Monitor corrective actions through completion.
• Analyze incident trends and recommend proactive injury-prevention strategies.
• Maintain OSHA injury and illness records, including OSHA 300 logs and related documentation.
• Support workers' compensation-related safety activities when required.
• Communicate investigation findings and prevention recommendations to management and employees.
• Regulatory Compliance Support
• Support compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, fire code, workers' compensation, state, local, and company requirements.
• Maintain documentation required for internal and external audits.
• Support regulatory inspections and documentation requests.
• Maintain records related to safety inspections, audits, employee training, workplace incidents, environmental activities, permits, chemical inventories, corrective actions, and regulatory compliance.
• Aid in environmental permit and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Safety Training
• Deliver safety training to employees, supervisors, contractors, and other personnel.
• Develop and update safety training materials.
• Provide training on PPE, Hazard Communication/HazCom, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Machine Guarding, Forklift and Pedestrian Safety, Chemical Handling, Emergency Response, Ergonomics, Slip/Trip/Fall Prevention, Confined Space Awareness, and General Workplace Safety.
• Coach supervisors and frontline leaders on hazard recognition and safe work practices.
• Promote employee participation in safety initiatives.
• Environmental Compliance Support
• Assist with waste management and waste reduction programs.
• Monitor wastewater-related activities.
• Support spill prevention and response programs.
• Aid in air and water permit requirements and documentation.
• Aid in chemical storage and hazardous-material management.
• Maintain environmental records and assist with regulatory reporting.
• Participate in sustainability and environmental improvement initiatives.
• Emergency Preparedness & Response
• Support site emergency preparedness and response programs.
• Maintain emergency response procedures and evacuation plans.
• Cover emergency drills.
• Support spill response preparedness.
• Aid in ammonia/refrigeration-related emergency response coordination, where applicable.
• Aid in first-aid and emergency response activities.
• Participate in incident response outside normal business hours when required.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with Production, Sanitation, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, HR, and Site Leadership.
• Build strong relationships with frontline employees and supervisors.
• Promote accountability for safe work practices.
• Participate in continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
• Provide practical EHS guidance to management and operational teams.
• Support initiatives that improve employee safety and reduce environmental impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, Food Science, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of EHS/Safety experience, preferably in food manufacturing, food processing, industrial manufacturing, production, cold storage, or warehouse operations.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and applicable state/local safety and environmental regulations.
• Hands-on experience with safety inspections and audits, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, risk assessments, corrective-action management, and employee safety training.
• Understanding of manufacturing and food-production hazards.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical, documentation, and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with EHS management systems, reporting platforms, or Learning Management Systems.

Qualifications

• OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)
• HAZWOPER certification
• First Aid/CPR certification
• Forklift Trainer certification
• Ammonia refrigeration experience
• Process Safety Management (PSM) experience
• Experience supporting environmental permits or regulatory inspections
• Food manufacturing or food processing experience

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

$70,000 – $75,000 annually

Schedule

Full-Time

Application Instructions

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