EHS Manager - Winchester, VA

8th Avenue Food & Provisions - Winchester, VA

Full-time

Winchester, VA

Food Manufacturing

About the position

The Site Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) Manager at 8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a pivotal role responsible for driving continual improvement in environmental, health, safety, and sustainability performance at the Winchester, VA location. This position is integral to the site leadership team and provides guidance and support to site and business unit operations leaders, as well as corporate EHS&S regarding EHS&S issues. The EHS&S Manager will practice safe working techniques and reinforce EHS policies, procedures, and guidelines as set out by 8th Avenue Foods and Post Holdings, along with other regulatory agencies. In this role, the EHS&S Manager will serve as an onsite subject matter expert, providing technical guidance concerning site EHS&S issues. They will be an active resource concerning employee health and safety, representing EHS&S as a member of the site Leadership Team. The manager will lead and coordinate efforts to implement risk mitigation, injury prevention, and EHS&S compliance initiatives, developing and executing tactical strategic plans to improve site EHS&S performance. This position also involves overseeing the EHS&S training program, managing incident and injury management processes, and ensuring continuous improvement in the site EHS&S Management Systems. The EHS&S Manager will lead the site environmental program and sustainability initiatives, ensuring compliance with required environmental permits, reporting, monitoring, and recordkeeping. They will also coordinate site emergency response programs and manage site security programs. This role offers a unique opportunity for a driven individual seeking to advance their career in Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability, providing diverse experience and the chance to make a significant impact in creating a zero-incident culture.

Responsibilities

• Practice safe working techniques and reinforce EHS policies, procedures, and guidelines as set out by 8th Avenue Foods and Post Holdings, and other regulatory agencies.
• Serve as an onsite subject matter expert, providing technical guidance concerning site EHS&S issues.
• Be an active resource concerning employee health and safety, representing EHS&S as a member of the site Leadership Team; provide guidance and direction in EHS&S programs to employee, supervisor, and managerial levels to ensure common competencies and effectiveness.
• Lead and coordinate efforts to implement risk mitigation, injury prevention and EHS&S compliance initiatives, develop and execute tactical strategic plans to improve site EHS&S performance to continually improve overall EHS&S performance.
• Oversee EHS&S training program, including new hire, job-specific, contractor and required refresher training.
• Ensure continuous improvement in the site EHS&S Management Systems.
• Coordinate site process safety management program, where applicable.
• Manage incident and injury management process. Coordinate corrective and preventive actions accordingly with the support of the key departments, ensuring timely follow-up and implementation.
• Supervise site incident and injury reporting, investigation, and recordkeeping; and worker's compensation claims and site Return to Work program.
• Perform incident analysis, track trends, and partner with operational leaders to develop and deploy solutions to significantly reduce incidents.
• Lead site environmental program and sustainability initiatives; including required environmental permits, reporting, monitoring and recordkeeping.
• Ensure the timely completion of all required safety, environmental and sustainability reporting to internal and external interested parties.
• Coordinate site emergency response programs and manage site security programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Technical degree in engineering, science, safety, industrial hygiene or similar discipline. Equivalent experience will be considered.
• 5+ years of environmental, health and safety compliance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Relevant certifications a plus (CSP, CIH, CHMM, PE).
• Experience in the food manufacturing, consumer products industry, or similar is a plus.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of applicable federal, state/provincial and local EHS regulations is required.
• Self-driver focusing on continuous improvement.
• Ability to collaborate, work beyond obstacles and build trust with impacted departments.
• Strong organization skills and ability to prioritize workload based on impact and facility goals.
• Ability to drive change by taking projects from proposal to implementation.
• Ability to effectively influence others.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, financial reports, and governmental documents.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information in a public setting.
• Ability to perform intermediate math such as basic algebra and geometry.
• Proficient computer skills with MS Office, MS Word, MS Excel or equivalent programs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the food manufacturing, consumer products industry, or similar is a plus.
• Relevant certifications a plus (CSP, CIH, CHMM, PE).