Environmental Health and Safety Manager

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Facility:
Denver Manufacturing Plant

Location:

Denver, Colorado, United States

Workplace Type:
Onsite

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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Job Purpose and Overview

This position is accountable for the execution of Dawn’s Safety & Environmental strategy aligned to the following functions:
Manufacturing, Warehouse, Environmental Control, Engineering, Office, and Quality. The position is responsible for developing and maintaining a culture that strives for continuous improvement of all aspects of Dawn’s safety and environmental programs/policies. It is imperative that this position work closely with the site management, safety committee, and front-line team members to drive safety and environmental compliance. This position is accountable for ensuring that Dawn enhances safety and environmental programs and performance throughout the facility;

both internally and externally and consistently leverages best practices.

Shift Schedule: This is a Monday–Friday day shift position supporting a 24-hour manufacturing facility. Occasional off-shift and weekend on-call availability will be required.

What will you do as an EHS Managerat Dawn Foods?

• Accountable for creating an internal environment “where people feel valued” and ensure that all Team Members have a clean, safe & healthy environment.
• Champion the philosophy and engagement of a 24/7 Safety Culture
• Responsible for the development, implementation and the management of safety and environmental programs, policies, and training to ensure compliance with company policies and government mandated programs.
  • Create and maintain OSHA logs, training, and written safety programs for facility.
  • Maintain and educate the team on the site-specific environmental requirements.
• Manage environmental programs such as Air Permit, SWPPP (storm water), SPCC (spill prevention), In-Direct discharge Permit, Tier II, Universal Waste management, and SARA Title III Hazardous Material to ensure timely and accurate reports to the EPA and/or coinciding regulatory body.
• Assist with compliance to applicable NFPA and insurance provider property recommendations (i.e., combustible dust, storage of flammable liquids and property loss prevention inspections)
• Conduct documented investigations including root cause analysis and corrective actions for incident or near miss events to prevent recurrence.
• Share best practices and actions with the manufacturing organization.
• Facilitate safety training program for onboarding, new content, and refresher courses
• Mentor EHS Committee members through inspections, observations and assessments.
• Initiate improvements to achieve EHS targets & objectives.
  • Reduction/elimination of hazards to improve ways of working.
  • Monitor leading and lagging indicators to drive reduction in injury & illness rates.
  • Manage compliance to environmental program requirements
• Site responsibility of workers' compensation claims in partnership with the Worker’s Comp corporate team.
• Align to budget for EHS programs
• Lead and/or support internal and external audits to ensure compliance with OSHA (MIOSHA), EPA (EGLE), FDA (MDARD), and IFS standards.
• Manage DOT compliance with shipment of hazardous materials.
• Provide safety and environmental guidance to facility capital and CI projects
• Understand and promote the philosophies and policies of Dawn Food…