EHS Supervisor

Kraft Heinz•Fremont, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The EHS Supervisor leads environmental, health, and safety execution at Kraft Heinz’s transformation site in Fremont, Ohio. This visible, hands-on leadership role partners with plant leadership, operations, maintenance, quality, and frontline teams to strengthen safety ownership, environmental compliance, risk reduction, and daily execution. The role supports the site’s movement toward a prevention-focused safety culture while balancing immediate operational needs with longer-term improvement. The supervisor oversees regulatory compliance, audits, inspections, corrective actions, chemical and process safety, environmental routines, incident response, training, and risk controls. The role also works with maintenance, engineering, and operations to address risks associated with aging infrastructure and ensure changes to equipment, systems, and processes account for safety and environmental impacts. The position requires flexibility to support extended hours, shift variation, and weekend coverage as needed. A bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, or candidates may qualify with 3+ years of related experience. The position offers a base salary range of $77,800 to $97,300 and is eligible for a performance-based bonus. Benefits and wellbeing programs are available subject to applicable plan terms and eligibility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred, or 3+ years of related experience.
Prior Environmental Health and Safety experience in food manufacturing, chemical process manufacturing, or another complex industrial environment.
Experience supporting safety, environmental compliance, chemical management, incident investigation, and regulatory execution in a plant setting.
Working knowledge of OSHA requirements, environmental compliance expectations, hazard communication, LOTO, and corrective action systems.
Strong communication, follow-up, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across plant functions and frontline teams.
Ability to support a manufacturing operation with flexibility for extended hours, shift variation, and weekend coverage as needed.
Ability to bring strong floor presence and practical judgment and translate standards into actions teams can execute.
Ability to influence across leadership levels and plant functions while maintaining credibility with frontline teams.
Ability to balance immediate issue response with longer-term systems thinking and culture building.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a turnaround, transformation, or older facility environment.
Experience in food manufacturing environments.
Experience with wastewater pre-treatment, chemical sanitation controls, and environmental reporting.
Experience working within TPM, Lean, KHMS, or other disciplined operating systems.
ASP, CSP, or another relevant Environmental Health and Safety certification.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day safety and environmental execution across the site in accordance with OSHA, EPA, and Kraft Heinz standards.
Partner with plant leadership to identify risks, reinforce expectations, and drive follow-through on site priorities.
Build ownership and accountability through visible standards, practical routines, and disciplined execution.
Provide hands-on leadership and respond to immediate issues while supporting long-term culture change.
Lead routine audits, inspections, and floor-based observations; identify risk and verify compliance.
Drive corrective actions to closure and maintain readiness for internal and external reviews through documentation and routine management.
Oversee safe handling, storage, labeling, and use of chemicals associated with production and sanitation.
Support controls for process hazards related to condiment manufacturing, thermal systems, sanitation cycles, and chemical-intensive operations.
Lead environmental compliance routines involving wastewater, waste handling, spill prevention, and required reporting.
Investigate injuries, near misses, environmental events, and significant safety concerns; identify root causes and ensure countermeasures are implemented and sustained.
Use data, trend analysis, and floor observations to identify recurring issues and strengthen preventive action.
Deliver and coordinate training for frontline employees and leaders on safety and environmental expectations.
Coach employees and leaders to reinforce safe work practices, hazard recognition, escalation, and standard work.
Identify risks and priorities associated with aging infrastructure and partner with maintenance, engineering, and operations on practical improvements.
Review equipment, system, process, reliability, and plant-improvement changes for safety and environmental impacts.
Help establish stronger routines, clearer accountability, and more reliable facility execution.