Regional EHS Manager

Position Summary

This role provides direct EHS support and leadership to the Human Nutrition & Health Operations, located in Western United States region. The ideal candidate should thrive in a changing and dynamic environment and possess the ability to direct, plan, establish, and implement a variety of programs to assure the highest possible degree of safety for employees, plant facilities, and equipment.

Essential Functions

• Functions as a safety leader, collaborating with and coaching each site leadership team in the region to ensure continuous improvement.

• Analyzes and evaluates current EH&S programs, policies, and practices to ensure they meet all current and proposed local, state, and national regulatory requirements.

• Develops, implements, and monitors leading and lagging metrics, identifying trends and formulating improvement action plans.

• Ensures proactive safety processes are applied and utilized in the most effective manner including, but not limited to, behavioral observation and near miss follow up processes.

• Designs, implements, and maintains EH&S programs and policies to minimize and eliminate safety risks and occupational hazards associated with work practices.

• Establishes EH&S monitoring programs to ensure all activities meet established requirements.

• Maintains/Improves current accident and incident reporting system for all employees.

• Investigates accidents and incidents to determine the cause and recommends changes to work practices or equipment to minimize or eliminate future safety risks.

• Provides management and oversight during in-progress environmental or personnel safety incidents.

• Safeguards appropriate case management for employee related injury incidents.

• Prepares reports as required by management and outside regulatory agencies.

• Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position and the EH&S Culture.

• Ensures all sites under your direction are compliant with applicable governmental regulations.

• Must be educated and skilled in conducting root cause analysis and applying process hazards analysis to an operation.

• Successful candidate will be well versed in sustainability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an EH&S related Science or Engineering field.

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience with an emphasis in EH&S program management.

• Experience within a plant that handles Combustible Dust a plus.

• Willingness to travel up to 50% within region and periodically provide assistance across regions as directed.

• Demonstrated people management, change management, and team building skills and the ability to manage multiple projects/programs simultaneously.

• Positive and motivated self-starter with successful track record in changing environment; excellent organizational, teamwork and prioritization skills are essential.

• Able to communicate with clarity, impact and passion to help drive a growing EH&S program, and to collaborate across all levels of the organization to enable and drive change.

• Excellent written, verbal, listening and presentation skills.

• Professional certification as a CSP, CIH or PE is required for this role.