Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist

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Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

The Environmental Health & Safety Specialist is responsible for implementing and maintaining programs that ensure a safe healthy and compliant production environment. This role develops and monitors EHS programs within a food manufacturing setting conducts inspections and audits delivers employee training investigates incidents and supports compliance with applicable OSHA EPA state local and company requirements.

The Specialist partners closely with production sanitation maintenance quality assurance human resources and site leadership to promote a strong safety culture reduce workplace risk and maintain continuous improvement across the facility.

EHS Program Management

• Develop implement and maintain EHS policies procedures programs and training materials for a food production environment including new hire orientation and annual refresher content.
• Stay current on regulatory changes food manufacturing safety best practices and emerging workplace hazards; communicate implications to site leadership.
• Track EHS performance metrics and KPIs; analyze trends and prepare reports for management review.

Inspections Audits & Risk Management

• Conduct regular inspections audits and risk assessments in production rooms sanitation areas maintenance shops warehouses coolers freezers and chemical storage areas.
• Evaluate equipment production processes sanitation chemicals thermal processing areas refrigerated environments and material handling practices to confirm appropriate safety controls are in place.
• Recommend and track corrective actions through to verified closure.

Incident Investigation & Prevention

• Lead or support incident investigations near-miss reviews root cause analysis corrective action tracking and prevention strategies.
• Maintain OSHA 300 logs and all required injury and illness recordkeeping.

Regulatory Compliance

• Monitor and support compliance with OSHA EPA fire code workers compensation and applicable state local and company requirements.
• Maintain accurate records related to safety inspections training incidents environmental reports permits chemical inventories and regulatory documentation in audit-ready condition.

Training & Development

• Deliver safety training to employees supervisors and contractors including: PPE hazard communication lockout/tagout machine guarding forklift and pedestrian safety confined space awareness emergency response chemical handling ergonomics and slip/trip/fall prevention.
• Coach frontline supervisors on hazard recognition safe work behaviors and accountability.

Environmental Programs

• Assist with environmental compliance activities including waste management wastewater coordination spill prevention air and water permit requirements chemical storage and sustainability initiatives.

Emergency Preparedness

• Support emergency preparedness activities including evacuation plans drills spill response procedures ammonia/refrigeration-related response coordination where applicable and first aid coordination.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with production sanitation maintenance and QA leaders to address safety concerns promote accountability and reinforce safe work behaviors.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve safety performance and reduce environmental impact.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Occupational Safety Environmental Science Industrial Hygiene Engineering Food Science or a related field; equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• 2-4 years of EHS experience preferably in food manufacturing food processing cold storage warehouse or industrial production environments.
• Working knowledge of OSHA EPA and applicable state and local safety and environmental requirements.
• Experience conducting safety audits incident investigations risk assessments corrective action follow-up and employee training.
• Knowledge of food production hazards including wet floors hot surfaces sharp tools automated equipment sanitation chemicals forklifts refrigerated areas repetitive motion and LOTO requirements.
• Strong communication documentation organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel Word PowerPoint) and familiarity with safety management systems EHS reporting tools or learning management systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• OSHA 30-Hour General Industry certificate.
• ASP CSP or CHMM certification.
• HAZWOPER First Aid/CPR or Forklift Trainer certification.
• Experience with ammonia refrigeration and PSM.

• Work may be performed in office food production sanitation warehouse cooler freezer loading dock and outdoor environments.
• May require walking standing bending climbing stairs or ladders and entering production or facility areas for inspections audits and incident response.
• May be exposed to wet floors temperature variations (refrigerated/freezer and high-heat areas) noise moving equipment forklifts cleaning chemicals and food production processes.
• Must be available to respond to incidents spills regulatory visits or emergencies outside of normal business hours when needed.

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