Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Our purpose at Peet’s Coffee is the pursuit of better, better coffee, for people and the planet. Our ambition is to become the chosen brand for coffee lovers around the world, and we know earning that place means an uncompromising focus on quality, craft, and authenticity. As part of Keurig Dr Pepper and JDE Peet’s, the world’s leading pureplay coffee company, Peet’s is growing as a global coffee brand anchored by a clear set of values that reflect who we are today and where we’re going.

We Dare to Amaze, Own It, Make It Simple, and Win Together challenging ourselves every day to do better than the day before. We've learned that the secret to great coffee is the people who make it, and we apply the same care in selecting and preparing our teams as we do when crafting the perfect cup.

The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager will lead efforts to build and sustain a strong safety and environmental culture at one of our key manufacturing facilities. This role will partner with employees and leadership across the site to implement effective EHS programs, ensure compliance, and drive continuous improvement in safety performance.

Salary $128,000- $166,000 Location Alameda, CA – Onsite

• Lead EHS programs for our Alameda site using a Lean, pillar-based approach that connects daily management, team engagement, and continuous improvement to broader network safety and environmental goals.
• Build a strong safety culture through behavior-based safety practices that help team members recognize risks, reinforce safe behaviors, and feel empowered to work safely every day.
• Create and maintain EHS and industrial hygiene pillar standards, routines, and programs that meet OSHA requirements, applicable regulations, and company expectations.
• Develop practical training and communication that help employees understand safe work practices, environmental expectations, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Partner with regulatory agencies and internal teams during audits, inspections, RCAs, incident investigations, and corrective action follow-up.
• Identify and lead risk-reduction projects using Lean tools, structured audits, and root‑cause thinking to make work safer, simplify processes, and reduce operational exposure.
• Lead strategic EHS initiatives by strengthening pillar governance, aligning stakeholders, managing change, and connecting daily execution to long‑term improvement.
• Improve systems and processes that reduce incidents, environmental impact, and related business costs.
• Set meaningful EHS goals, track progress, and use data to help teams understand performance and focus on the right priorities.
• Analyze safety processes, lead RCAs, identify systemic gaps, and implement practical countermeasures that support recognition, engagement, and stronger EHS outcomes.
• Celebrate progress, share learnings from audits, observations, and RCAs, and help employees build the knowledge and habits that prevent injuries and protect the environment.
• Maintain emergency response plans and support effective response to safety, environmental, and employee‑related emergencies.

• Creating a culture of trust, wellbeing, and inclusion where employees feel valued and supported.
• Setting clear goals, coaching regularly, and helping team members grow while staying accountable for results.
• Welcoming diverse perspectives and using lessons from both successes and setbacks to improve how the team works.
• Building an environment where people are heard, motivated, and aligned on expectations.

• Ownership and initiative:
  You are proactive, resourceful, and comfortable using Lean thinking, RCAs, and practical problem‑solving to keep safety and people at the center.
• Collaboration and communication:
  You communicate clearly, listen well, and build partnerships that strengthen pillar ownership across operations, quality, maintenance, and leadership teams.
• Interpersonal effectiveness:
  You bring emotional intelligence, good judgment, and respect for different perspectives while coaching teams on behavior-based safety and continuous improvement routines.
• Hands‑on leadership:
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