EHS Manager

Darigold is seeking a skilled and motivated EHS (Environmental, Health & Safety) Manager to join the team at our Caldwell Production Plant. The EHS Manager will lead and continuously improve the plant’s Environmental, Health & Safety programs, with primary responsibility for occupational safety and injury prevention. The EHS Manager is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining programs that protect employees, reduce workplace risk and ensure compliance with applicable Federal, State, local Health and Safety regulations and Darigold standards.

The EHS Manager serves as the plant’s subject matter expert for workplace safety, hazard identification, risk assessment, incident investigation and regulatory compliance. They work closely with Plant Leadership, Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Human Resources and Corporate EHS teams to identify hazards, implement effective controls, investigate incidents and to build a proactive safety culture. The EHS Manager partners closely with the plant Environmental resource to ensure appropriate coordination between Environmental and Safety programs.

Darigold is the fifth largest dairy cooperative in the United States based on milk volume and one of the largest privately held organizations headquartered in the state of Washington. Since 1918, our producers have taken pride in producing dairy products with unsurpassed quality. Today, we are one of the nation's largest agricultural cooperatives, producing over 8.5 billion pounds of milk every year.

Through innovative technology and our efficient, flexible production capabilities, we deliver value-added products and customer-driven solutions. Darigold is now known throughout the world for bringing fresh, wholesome dairy products and ingredients from the Northwest to people all around the globe.

• Lead and continuously improve the plant’s Safety programs and Safety culture.
• Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, State of Idaho and Darigold’s Safety requirements.
• Conduct safety inspections, workplace observations, hazard assessments and risk evaluations; ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Lead investigations of injuries, near misses, property damage and other safety incidents, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Monitor and communicate safety performance metrics, trends and opportunities to Plant Leadership.
• Develop and maintain required Safety programs, procedures, records and regulatory documentation.
• Lead plant Safety training, including new employee orientation, refresher training and job-specific safety training.
• Maintain and improve programs including LOTO, Hazard Communication, PPE, Confined Space, Fall Protection, Emergency Response, Powered Industrial Trucks, Machine Guarding, Electrical Safety and other applicable programs.
• Support Process Safety Management (PSM), including ammonia refrigeration safety, Management of Change (MOC) and Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), where applicable.
• Provide safety oversight for maintenance activities, contractors, equipment installations, construction and other high-risk work.
• Develop and support Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) and safe work practices.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness activities, including drills, response procedures and training.
• Partner with Human Resources on Workers Compensation, return-to-work activities and injury prevention.
• Facilitate Safety Committee activities and employee engagement initiatives.
• Support regulatory, customer, insurance and Corporate Safety audits and inspections.
• Partner with the plant Environmental resource to coordinate environmental and safety requirements.
• Coach leaders and employees on safe work practices and accountability.
• Support safety-related…