EHS Leader – SYGMA

Sysco • Sygma Pennsylvania, PA

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About The Position

The EHS Leader provides intermediate-level site environmental, health, and safety expertise to assigned business units, supports the field safety team, and partners with the EHS function to implement the global EHS management system. The role supports sites in carrying out EHS processes covering training, environmental compliance, occupational health and safety, workers’ compensation, transportation safety, contractor management, and business continuity. It identifies, assesses, and controls workplace hazards, and escalates resistance or challenges to leadership and the direct line manager to facilitate problem solving.

The position executes injury-prevention initiatives, supports incident investigations and root-cause analyses, manages compliance training, and assists with workers’ compensation and related claims processes. It collaborates with functional leaders on EHS resources, projects, and business decisions, and provides input on standardized safety systems, policies, training, campaigns, and programs to reduce risk and ensure legal compliance. The role also supports environmental compliance and claims programs.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant EHS, risk-management, safety, industrial, quality, or environmental-engineering field and at least three years of EHS program-management experience with a large national or multinational company operating multiple sites. Travel to Sysco facilities in the United States may be required up to 50% of the time. Occasional work from home is possible.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with major coursework in EHS, risk management, safety, industrial, quality, environmental engineering, or a closely related field.
• At least 3 years of EHS program-management experience with large national or multinational companies with multiple sites.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, provincial, and local EHS requirements and industry standards or the ability to learn them quickly.
• Ability to research regulatory and company requirements and explain them clearly to people outside the EHS function.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with and influence management, employees, customers, and union members.
• Understanding of culture-building practices and strategy.
• Ability to drive performance, solve problems, and follow projects through to completion.
• Ability to seek support from site or functional leadership when facing resistance, budget limitations, personal conflicts, or situations that would benefit from support.
• Ability to coordinate planning and collaboration with other business functions to support mutual benefit and continuous improvement.
• Ability to implement data- and research-driven EHS programs that change behavior and prevent injuries.
• Ability to analyze and independently resolve difficult situations and problems using timely decision making.
• Ability to adapt to and initiate organizational change.
• English language proficiency.
• Ability to travel to Sysco facilities in the United States up to 50% of the time.
• Ability to sit, stand, drive, travel by air, walk, and operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear for 8 hours per day; frequently sit and reach with hands and arms; and occasionally lift or move up to 40 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree with major coursework in EHS, risk management, safety, industrial, quality, environmental engineering, or a closely related field.
• 3–6 years of progressive EHS program-management experience with large national or multinational companies with multiple sites.
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) designation, or ability to acquire it within one year.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or other professionally recognized EHS certifications such as ISO 14001/ISO 45001.
• Bilingual Spanish skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute injury-prevention programs and initiatives to promote a strong safety culture and minimize injury risk.
• Identify, assess, and control site-level hazards; support supervisors and direct line leaders with incident investigations and detailed reports including root-cause analyses.
• Manage, deliver, and track compliance training required by regulators and Sysco policy; identify training gaps and opportunities using injury trends, KPIs, and risk assessments.
• Support workers’ compensation claims by completing OSHA determinations, identifying claims-management gaps, and promoting safe, early return to work; support requirements related to general liability, motor vehicle, and property-damage claims.
• Collaborate with functional leaders to influence and help manage EHS resources, projects, and business decisions.
• Provide input on standardized safety systems, policies, training, campaigns, and programs to reduce corporate and human-capital risk and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
• Support environmental compliance and claims programs, including workers’ compensation, general liability, motor vehicle, and property-damage claims.
• Escalate resistance and challenges to leadership and the direct line manager to facilitate problem solving.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level