Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.

The EHS Manager holds overall responsibility for the implementation and enforcement of the Home Chef Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) policies for all departments and all employees in the plant.

Detailed Responsibilities

Implements Environmental Health and Safety Policies, Programs, and Systems

• Establishes the strategy for the development and sustainability of the safety culture in the plant
• Assists with drafting and leads implementation of all environmental, health, and safety policies
• Oversees implementation of internal OSHA compliance program, including internal assessments, corrective actions, and coaching
• Implements and maintains the behavioral observation program and is responsible for conducting observations to ensure all safety specific policies are being followed (e.g. lockout tag-out, PIT operation, fall protection, etc.) under the direction of the site’s Plant Manager and the National Safety Manager
• Manages communication and roll out for all  new policies, ensuring all impacted employees are informed and understand expectations
• Uses environmental and safety metrics to drive both the short term and long-term safety strategy for the plant.
• Assist the Continuous Improvement Manager in owning and maintaining the Process Safety Management (PSM) program and environmental considerations for the refrigeration units.
• Understand the sites’ waste streams and coordinate with relevant plant functions to efficiently “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.”
• Oversees the plant’s effluent and manages any necessary pretreatment systems and environmental permitting.

Manages Training

• Partners with plant and national training resources to ensure all required safety training is conducted for new hires and annual re-training for existing employees.
• Conducts periodic review of temp agency safety trainings to ensure compliance.

Identifies and Leads EHS Team

• Assisting EHS Supervisor in mentoring EHS Team 
• Ensures issues discussed in the safety meetings are adequately communicated to all members of the Home Chef Team, when needed
• Holds EHS team members accountable for escalating safety issues identified by any member of the Home Chef team 
• Promotes employee engagement in the Safety process.
• Participates in corporate safety team to share best practices across Home Chef plants

Incident Support and Assists with Root Causes Analyses in Response to Safety Incidents 

• Responsible for 24/7 on-call coverage as an escalation point and resource for addressing safety incidents in the plant.
• Partners with plant leadership on all near miss and recordable incident investigations and has oversight over the triaging of individuals as dictated by the situation at hand.
• Leads Incident Review Board (IRB) meetings with the plant leadership team to conduct root cause analyses on all safety incidents and determine corrective and preventive actions to manage and prevent future incidents. 
• Serves as liaison between management and maintenance in execution of action items related to safety  
• Partners closely with Human Resources to effectively manage worker compensation by coordinating doctors visits, determining time off requirements, and setting and communicating any physical limitations upon the employee’s return to work.
• Has constant communication with injured associates, Workers Comp adjuster/s and medical facilities.
• Conducts research to help with the creation of job safety analysis (JSAs) processes plant-wide.

Coordinates and Executes Emergency Drills

• Coordinates emergency drills (e.g. fire drills, inclement weather drills, earthquake drills [CA], chemical exposure drills [ATL, BAL, & SB]) to maintain readiness for reasonably predictable scenarios. 
• Ensures all required drills are conducted annually for each shift 
• Maintains proper documentation of all emergency drills performed
• Leads the annual site Fire Department walk through 

General Responsibilities:

• Follow the facility GMPs and lead by example as a member of the site leadership team
• Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• 5-7 years’ experience in safety 
• A bachelor's degree in environmental or occupational safety & health or related field is desired
• Fluency in Spanish preferred but not required
• Proficient in MS Office Suite or G Suite, specifically PowerPoint/ Google Slides and Excel/ Google Sheets 
• Ability to prioritize, meet strict deadlines and maintain confidentiality

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