Careers

Description:

We are currently hiring a full-time Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Coordinator. The EHS Coordinator will report to the Plant Manager and will maintain safe operations by studying and interpreting OSHA, WISHA and MIOSHA regulations. As an EHS Coordinator, you will conduct inspections, identify causes of accidents and hazards and develop preventative measures and practices. We are looking for a Gemba focused leader who will collaborate with the facility leaders and teams to proactively eliminate risks and create a safety-first culture of continuous improvement.

It is imperative that the candidate selected has effective communication and writing skills, and the ability to review and amend management procedures. Additionally, the ability to communicate effectively with executive management teams, project teams and cross functional departmental teams. Also, externally to vendors, subcontractors, program managers and WISHA and MIOSHA representatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all team members comply with health and safety regulations and implement protocols to minimize risk of accident or injuries and all TCF PPEs, GMPs, and Food Safety policies are being followed.
• Interfaces with site personnel to identify hazards, and to develop and implement corrective/improvement measures. This could include the review and approval of specific work permits, as well as participation in incident investigation teams, safety audits, and/ or job task analysis.
• Promotes proactive safety participation by all employees and ensures injuries, illnesses, incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions are reported and investigated.
• Participate in programs and training to engage all employees in proactive safety participation and ensures all injuries, incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions are reported, investigated to root cause and counter measured.
• Prepares employees for safe work by developing and disseminating safety information and conducting safety training.
• Recommends purchase of safety equipment by coordinating requirements with purchasing and evaluating products.
• Provides safety information and reports by collecting, analyzing, summarizing data and trends, and maintaining records.
• Analyze facility safety data, accident investigations and safety trends to identify areas for program creation, improvement or focus.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by understanding current conditions and alerting others regarding potential concerns.
• Improves safety management job knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; sharing best practices with other Twin City Foods locations.
• Contributes to the safety committee and safety department success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.
• Support safety committee objectives by:
  • Involving team members in achieving a safe and healthy workplace,
  • Review safety and health inspection reports to help correct safety hazards,
  • Evaluate incident investigations to determine if the cause(s) of the unsafe situation were identified and corrected,
  • Evaluate the workplace accident and illness prevention program (APP) and discuss recommendations for improvement.in eliminating workplace injuries and illnesses by identifying hazards in the workplace.
• Other duties as assigned to support EHS department goals and objectives.

Skills/Eligibility:

Knowledge, Skill and Experience Required:

Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering or science, occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene, or another related field.

Minimum of 5 years of related safety management, environmental and/or supervisory responsibility preferably in manufacturing or related environment. Working knowledge of EHS regulations, management systems, regulatory agencies, trends, and resources.

Strong leadership skills with the ability to effectively manage and motivate a diverse team. Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues. 

Must possess knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) and ability to conduct Process Hazard Analysis.

Required Education/Training/Certification Qualifications:

• Professional and/or industry certifications in environmental, safety or industrial hygiene, Certified Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, etc.
• First Aid/ CPR Certification.
• Experience in the food processing industry, freezing technology and systems, and field operations.
• Certification in Food Safety (e.g., HACCP, PCQI, BRC). OSHA 24 Hr. Certification.
• Fluency in Spanish as a second language including ability to read and write work instruction documents related to safety programs preferred but not required.

Personal Competencies Required:

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Familiarity with Lean manufact