Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist

Location: Alexandria, VA
Department: Environmental, Health & Safety / Safety
Reports To: Vice President, Environmental Health & Safety
Employment Type: Full-Time, On-Site
Salary: $70,000–$75,000 per year
Experience Required: 2–4 years

Our client is a leading global food manufacturing and culinary solutions organization serving food service, retail, and commercial customers. The company specializes in developing and producing high-quality prepared food products through large-scale, highly regulated manufacturing operations.

The organization is committed to maintaining high standards of employee safety, food safety, quality, environmental compliance, and operational excellence. Its production facilities include food processing and preparation areas, sanitation operations, warehouses, refrigerated and freezer environments, maintenance areas, loading docks, and automated production equipment.

As part of its continued commitment to workplace safety and environmental responsibility, the organization is seeking an experienced Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist to support and strengthen EHS programs at its Alexandria, Virginia facility.

The Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist will be responsible for implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving Environmental, Health & Safety programs within a high-volume food manufacturing environment.

This position will conduct workplace inspections and risk assessments, support regulatory compliance, investigate incidents, deliver employee training, monitor corrective actions, and promote a strong safety culture throughout the facility.

The Specialist will work closely with Production, Sanitation, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Human Resources, and Site Leadership to identify hazards, implement effective controls, reduce workplace incidents, and drive continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on EHS experience in food manufacturing, food processing, cold storage, warehousing, or industrial production, along with strong knowledge of OSHA requirements and practical experience implementing safety programs on the production floor.

• Develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve EHS policies, procedures, programs, and training materials.
• Support new-hire safety orientation and annual/refresher safety training.
• Monitor regulatory developments and communicate relevant OSHA, EPA, state, and local requirements to site leadership.
• Evaluate workplace hazards and recommend appropriate engineering, administrative, and PPE controls.
• Track EHS performance metrics, trends, and KPIs.
• Prepare EHS reports and presentations for management review.
• Maintain accurate and audit-ready EHS documentation.

• Conduct routine safety inspections, audits, and workplace risk assessments.
• Inspect production areas, sanitation areas, maintenance shops, warehouses, coolers, freezers, loading docks, and chemical storage areas.
• Evaluate hazards associated with machinery, automated equipment, material handling, sanitation chemicals, thermal processes, refrigerated environments, and production activities.
• Identify unsafe conditions and behaviors and recommend corrective actions.
• Track corrective and preventive actions through verified closure.
• Partner with operational leaders to ensure safety controls remain effective and sustainable.

• Lead or support investigations of workplace injuries, illnesses, near misses, and other incidents.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and identify contributing factors.
• Develop corrective and preventive action plans and monitor completion.
• Identify recurring incident trends and recommend proactive prevention strategies.
• Maintain OSHA injury and illness records, including OSHA 300 logs and related documentation.
• Support workers' compensation-related safety activities as required.
• Communicate incident findings and prevention recommendations to management and employees.

• Support compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, fire code, workers'…