Specialist, QEHS

About the role

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary site-level point of contact for safety-related activities and communications, supporting and driving the corporate safety agenda at the local facility.
• Attend and support monthly QEHS, Safety Champion, or safety committee meetings and activities as assigned.
• Conduct routine safety walks, inspections, and observations to identify unsafe conditions, behaviors, and improvement opportunities.
• Assist local leadership with safety training, toolbox topics, and employee engagement activities; support emergency action planning, evacuation drills, PPE compliance, and housekeeping standards.
• Participate in post-accident, post-injury, and near-miss follow-up meetings and support corrective action tracking and documentation.
• Conduct daily warehouse, sanitation, facility, and product-condition inspections, monitoring receiving, storage, shipping, trailer condition, product temperature, and cold-chain requirements.
• Complete inbound product quality control inspections and document findings accurately; review aging inventory, FIFO/FEFO rotation, and product disposition concerns with site leadership.
• Evaluate returned or damaged product for quality and wholesomeness, and support disposition guidance in partnership with site and QEHS leadership.
• Support SQF, GMP, HACCP, sanitation, pest control, allergen control, food defense, food fraud, recall, and traceability activities as applicable to the site.
• Maintain accurate QA/QC records, inspection forms, calibration records, pre-operational reports, and corrective action logs.
• Escalate food safety, product integrity, sanitation, temperature, pest control, or regulatory concerns promptly through the established QEHS reporting structure.
• Support audit readiness for internal, customer, regulatory, SQF, OSHA, and DOT reviews.
• Track and report assigned QEHS metrics, including safety observations, training completion, audit findings, corrective actions, and quality concerns.
• Assist with root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, and verification of completed follow-up items.
• Partner with Operations, Warehouse, Transportation, HR, Maintenance, QA, and Regional QEHS teams to resolve site-level issues and identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, and operational consistency.
• Model the QEHS culture by promoting open communication, ethical conduct, employee engagement, and ownership of quality and safety standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of two years of experience in EHS, quality assurance, quality control, food safety, warehouse operations, distribution, logistics, or a related compliance-focused role; equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience may be considered.
• Basic computer skills required, including Microsoft Office, email, electronic forms, shared document platforms, reporting tools, and dashboards.
• Ability to maintain accurate records, organize follow-up items, track completion of assigned tasks, and communicate status updates clearly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across all levels of the site.
• Ability to work in warehouse, dock, cooler, freezer, office, and transportation-related environments as needed, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Food Safety, Quality Assurance, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Experience in refrigerated, frozen, food distribution, warehouse, transportation, manufacturing, or logistics environments.
• Working knowledge of OSHA safety practices, hazard recognition, incident reporting, corrective actions, and safety committee engagement.
• Working knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, SQF, sanitation, cold-chain controls, product rotation, traceability, and recall support.
• Certifications such as OSHA 10 or 30, certified food safety training, HACCP awareness, SQF awareness, internal auditing, or root cause/corrective action training.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.

Travel

Travel is expected to be approximately 5% of the time and may include occasional site visits, regional meetings, training, audits, or business needs as directed by leadership.