Environmental Health & Safety Supervisor

This role follows a 1st shift schedule, working from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, with designated days off on Sunday & Monday.

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

Executes Environmental Health and Safety Policies, Programs, and Systems

• Executes the strategy for the development and sustainability of the safety culture in the plant
• Leads implementation of all environmental health and safety policies
• Oversees implementation of internal OSHA compliance program, including internal assessments, corrective actions, and coaching
• 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 SafetyManager and the National Safety Manager
• Communicates and rolls out all  new policies, ensuring all impacted employees are informed and understand expectations
• Assist the site in 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.”

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.
• Maintains all records pertaining to the licensing of Powered Industrial Trucks including conducting observations of understanding for all users prior to licensing or relicensing
• Conducts periodic review of temp agency safety trainings to ensure compliance

Identifies and Leads Safety Team

• Mentors and coaches EHSTeam of 4 people per shift representative across departments and positions (e.g. associates, leads, supervisors)
• Ensure EHS Leads are executing work tasks and provide support cross functionally for all EHS related issues
• Plans and conducts regular safety meetings (at least monthly) with EHS team to discuss safety issues and provide targeted training to team members
• Ensures issues discussed in the safety meetings are adequately communicated to all members of the Home Chef Team
• 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 off-shift 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.
• Assists in 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.
• Assist in the creation of job safety analysis (JSAs) processes plant-wide.

General Responsibilities:

• Follow the facility GMPs and lead by example as a member of the site leadership team
• Backfill for the Safety Manager when department head is not available
• 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.

• 2-3 years experience in safety 
• Prior people management skills required
• 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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