Environmental Health & Safety Manager (EHS Manager

Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager

At Danone, manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager based in West Jordan, Utah!

Reporting to the Senior Plant Director, the EHS Manager will engage and lead safety, security, health, and environmental processes for the site to ensure that the Company provides a safe workplace for employees and minimizes impacts to the environment. This position is responsible for directly leading EHS functions in support of the overall facility/business mission and strategy. This position leads compliance with all federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, driving EHS performance improvement and efficiency with the purpose of creating a secure work environment, controlling direct costs, meeting customer expectations, and ensuring safe work practices.

Key responsibilities include:

• Development of company Safety, Security and Environmental Compliance Programs
• Creation and support of EHS vision utilized by all workers to understand and employ safety, environmental and security policies
• Develop a common understanding of the WISE² Safety process defining goals, clarifying scope, and defining leadership skills and competencies required by all
• Leads the development of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, evaluating and reducing hazards
• Assures the development and implementation of training systems to meet facility needs
• Manage and allocate resources to lead and support the safety systems
• Develop safety measurements using Integrated Work System (IWS) tools and providing recommendations and coordinating with the Facility Management Team and the Corporate Team to address key priority issues in the facility
• Ensure completion of incident investigations and corrective actions
• Create, audit and implement necessary programs and projects across site in support of permitting & compliance (i.e. OSHA, EPA, site/occupancy planning, chemical storage, noise prevention, air quality, WWTF, SPCC, etc...)
• Facility Response Plan (USEPA) and Risk Management Plan
• Participate in the Process Safety Management program, manage the Environmental Reporting and Waste Management Program
• Primary point of contact for all Local, State & Federal EH&S related officials
• Site Security Plan and Audit Control Program
• Waste minimization and Recycling
• Other duties as assigned

Physical demands include:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs and ladders, balance; stoop, kneel or crouch; talk and hear. Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment characteristics include:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and may be exposed to loud noises in the plant. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to extreme cold, risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• Work is performed in a manufacturing environment with exposure to moderate noise and temperature variations.
• Work schedules would include nights, weekends and/or holidays to provide the ability to support a 24/7 manufacturing environment as business needs dictate.

Engagement in our Integrated Work Systems includes:

Ensure adherence to plant standards and procedures (including but not limited to GMP, AIB, FDA, IWS, Quality, Safety, Finance, ISO, HOPE, Danone Behaviors, Daily Direction Setting, Driving OE). As a fundamental piece of the organization, your responsibility is to participate and own the implementation and deployment of IWS system and its pillars (Leadership foundation, Daily Direction…