Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Conagra Brands • Quincy, MI

21d • $82,000 - $120,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Health & Safety Manager leads environmental, health, and safety programs at Conagra Brands’ Quincy manufacturing facility. Reporting to the Plant Manager, this role ensures regulatory and company compliance, strengthens employee engagement, identifies and reduces workplace risks, promotes incident prevention and environmental stewardship, and partners with plant teams to integrate EHS practices into daily operations.

Requirements

• Four or more years of environmental, health, and safety experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, and applicable state and local requirements.
• Experience with incident investigations, audits, risk assessments, regulatory compliance, and corrective action processes.
• Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, data analysis, and employee engagement skills.
• The role may require walking around the facility, climbing stairs or ladders, kneeling, repetitive tasks requiring hand-eye coordination, and lifting or carrying materials of varying weights and sizes.
• The role may involve working in a manufacturing environment with large, moving equipment, potentially high noise levels, and varying temperatures.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental health and safety, safety management, industrial hygiene, environmental science, or engineering preferred.
• Certified Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist, or another relevant certification preferred.
• Food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, EHS management systems, or continuous improvement experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead site environmental, health, and safety programs, management systems, and continuous improvement plans.
• Translate company policies and regulatory requirements into effective site procedures and operating practices.
• Advise plant leadership on EHS risks, compliance requirements, resources, and priorities.
• Partner with employees and leaders to identify hazards, assess risks, eliminate exposures, and prevent incidents.
• Develop and deliver required safety and health training and facilitate employee safety committees.
• Manage programs including industrial hygiene, ergonomics, machine safety, contractor safety, and emergency response.
• Manage environmental permits, compliance requirements, records, control systems, and regulatory reporting.
• Conduct inspections, audits, and risk assessments and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Lead investigations of injuries, near misses, environmental events, and significant exposures using root cause analysis.
• Analyze EHS performance to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Partner with plant teams on capital projects, equipment changes, new processes, sustainability initiatives, and emergency preparedness.
• Support workers’ compensation and return-to-work processes in partnership with human resources.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support, and fitness reimbursement.
• Bonus incentive opportunity.
• Matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan.
• Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning, and tuition reimbursement.
• Paid time off, parental leave, flexible work schedules (subject to location and role), and volunteer opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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