The HSE Manager directs overall site safety, health, and environmental performance, including programs and policies. Ensures consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals. Facilitates and assists in the identification, evaluation and control of safety and environmental risks in the plant. Provides leadership to facilitate skills building and training of plant leadership and employees.

Essential Duties:

• Ensures the Safety of all employees and reverifies all systems and processes meet safety standards at the facility.

• Leads risk management programs; develops and reviews plant programs and procedures to assure accuracy and consistency.

• Ensures the annual training schedule is established and monitors completion of safety training through documentation.

• Obtains safety training materials and develops various safety training programs.

• Assists in the tracking of key performance indicators and deliverables providing direction and support to the site.

• Manages all workers compensation claims and partners with workers compensation insurer.

• Assists in the review of capital and HSE related projects.

• Develops, facilitates and executes skills building programs.

• Establishes and guides the plant Safety Committee to facilitate the implementation of pertinent policies and procedures for the assigned operations.

• Ensures the Safety Committee is involved in Job Safety Analyses, the behavioral based safety observation process, and other hands-on activities

• Consistently monitors and reports on progress of HSE plan to stakeholders.

• Presents reports defining progress, opportunities, and potential solutions. Assists in auditing plant status and progress and case management.

• Compiles plant communication to meet corporate reporting requirements.

• Maintains central repository for site safety related documentation.

• Reviews required regulatory reports prior to submission.

• Facilitates industrial hygiene monitoring for the facilities.

• Acts as facility liaison with all HSE regulatory bodies.

• Performs other tasks assigned.

• Up to 10% travel

• Has a critical role in assuring food safety and quality within the manufacturing environment by upholding food safety and regulatory policies and responsibilities.

  Responsible for following cGMP’s.

  Ensure all food safety and quality records are completed accurately and timely.

Skills & Abilities:

• Strong leadership and self-initiative.

• Capable of working in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to work systematically and logically demonstrating sound decision-making abilities.

• Strong change management skills.

• Analytical and Problem-Solving skills to enable the development and execution of cost-effective solutions to minimize/eliminate risk.

• Strong written and oral communication skills to enable the use of multiple communication media (workbooks, presentations, reports, etc.) as needed.

• Presentation skills to enable effective training and communication to all levels of the organization.

• Continuous improvement mindset.

• Good Verbal and Written communication and influencing skills.

• Creativity to enable the use of tools, resources, programs, processes and solutions.

Preferred Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in industrial hygiene, safety or environmental science preferred.

• 2-3 years experience in a food manufacturing environment preferred.

• 5+ years of related experience.