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Environmental Health & Safety Manager at Eagle Foods

Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Waukegan, Illinois





Job Description:

Health, Safety & Environmental Manager

Company Description

Eagle Foods is a $300 million domestic manufacturer of milk and salty snack products.They market and distribute branded and private label products through many U.S. retail channels including grocery, club, mass, foodservice, export, and military.Eagle Foods is based in Cleveland, Ohio and was established in January 2016. While the company is new, many of their acquired brands are rich with heritage and tradition.The company was built by acquiring carve-outs from major CPG companies seeking to right size portfolios and/or by acquiring private/family held companies going through transition.Acquired businesses since January 2016 include Smucker's Condensed Milk business (Eagle Brand, Magnolia, Pet), Cornfields, Inc. (G.H. Cretors popcorn, Skinny sticks) and Popcorn Indiana.Eagle Foods is backed by Kelso and Company, a very strong private equity firm with a track record of building value.

Eagle Foods has assembled a strong executive team.They are well positioned to grow significantly over the next several years with a clear focus on new item innovation, core growth and new brand acquisitions.

Overview

To build and sustain a professional Health, Safety, and Environmental (HS&E) program that complies with all regulatory requirements and to drive HS&E standards and values within the organization to enable the plant and warehouse facilities to achieve our vision of "Zero Injuries/ Zero Incidents."

Responsibilities


  • Develop rules, policies, and procedures that are compliant with current HS&E legislation. Drive compliance in the workplace thru department and area managers, supervisors and leads.

  • Report to top management on the performance of the HS&E system including recommendations for improvement and advising on best practices.

  • Take independent action to audit compliance with HS&E policies on the factory floor.

  • Immediately address deficiencies with the workforce and then provide feedback to area managers who are accountable for executing HS&E policies in their areas.

  • Oversee the incident investigation process, ensuring all incidents are accurately recorded and reported internally and, when appropriate, externally within the required timeframes. Lead the root cause analysis process to identify immediate corrective actions and long-term systemic actions to ensure the incident does not happen again.

  • Manage the equipment and process for waste treatment and chemical recovery systems.

  • Ensure proper management and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste.

  • Manage the development of all new permits and modification of existing permits.

  • Advise management regarding any environmental violations, problems or changes to regulations.

  • Submit and file all required environmental reports to government agencies.

  • Host all regulatory audits and inspections (i.e., OSHA).

  • Own & act as the key resource for plant Safety Committees.

  • Own & act as the key resource for plant Process Safety Management and Risk Management Programs.

  • Collaborate with the HR Department to manage the plants' Workers Compensation program as appropriate.

  • Collaborate with the HR Department to plan and manage safety training programs, record, and track all required training, and conduct new hires' safety orientation.

  • Collaborate with the Engineering and Maintenance team to ensure external contractors comply with safety principles during installations

  • Prepare and manage the departmental budget, including the safety training budget.

  • Implement and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs)

  • Ensure compliance with personal protection standards and all norms governing classified installations

  • Ensure the application of change management principles to avoid accidents connected with change due to lack of planning and proper communication

  • Role models compliance with policies and procedures, including the areas of HS&E, GMP/Food Safety, and plant citizenship

Eagle Foods will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an employee to perform the essential functions of the job.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities


  • Business Acumen/Technical Knowledge: an understanding of regulatory requirements in the HS&E area and experience developing and implementing standards in a manufacturing environment to deliver intended results.

  • Ability to Work with Others: experience delivering results in collaboration with others and maintaining respectful working relationships with leaders, peers, and subordinates.

  • Ability to Analyze Data and Solve Problems: able to analyze information, develop plans of action in coordination with others, and see those actions through implementation. Ability to assess if the implementation of actions delivered intended results and if not adjust the implementation to ensure the intended outcome's delivery.

  • The ideal candidate can identify not only problems brought to them by others but also issues others may not know exist and coordinate others' activities to fix them.

  • Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management.

  • Ability to think independently and identify a need and act without direction.

  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

  • Ability to deal with confidential information.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop or kneel, crouch or crawl; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

Qualifications

Minimum degree and experience required:


  • Bachelor's Degree in Environmental, Safety, related discipline or equivalent related work experience

  • Seven years minimum - safety and environmental experience in a complex, fast-paced manufacturing environment

  • Knowledge and practical application of risk-management techniques

  • Experience leading continuous improvement projects and initiatives

  • Food manufacturing experience preferred

  • Implementation experience with state air permits and waste management systems preferred

  • Demonstrated ability to develop and direct pro-active safety and environmental programs

Specific competencies required:


  • Strong written and oral English language skills. Fluency in Spanish language a plus

  • Computer skills (MS Office, e-mail)

  • Excellent knowledge of safety laws and regulations (OSHA)

  • Presentation skills

  • Project Management skills





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