Sr. Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Campbell's • Charlotte, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Health & Safety Specialist is responsible for Environmental, Health, and Safety programs related to OSHA, EPA, and other state/local regulatory agencies for the entire plant location. Provides plant safety reports and statistics and provides leadership and development regarding environmental health and safety matters. Indirectly Manages the staff assigned to the Environmental Health and Safety department, to include scheduling, performance management, daily operations, etc. Maintains OSHA records and develops corrective action plans to prevent reoccurring problems. Work performed independently with minimal supervision. Ownership of site level EHS elements potentially including LOTO, machine guarding, incident investigations, inspections, walking/working surfaces, hazard communication. Daily and strategic support for Charlotte Bakery, Salty plant, plant engineering, and associated plant groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field
• 5 years of experience in a Safety related manufacturing environment required.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience and knowledge working with Federal, State, and local EHS regulations required.
• ASP, CSP, preferred.
• Food manufacturing experience preferred but not required.
• Advanced knowledge of arithmetic, statistics and their applications.
• Extensive computer knowledge and skills.
• Ability to use various types of monitors and instruments for environmental testing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to write reports with grammatical correctness, speak with poise, voice control and confidence and communicate and train others on safety rules.

Responsibilities

• Enforces regulatory compliance with OSHA, EPA, and other state/local regulatory departments to achieve company EHS objectives.
• Provides guidance and information to Supervision and Management regarding regulatory compliance as it relates to Employee Health and Safety.
• Maintains OSHA 300 logs and Injury/Illness metrics.
• Establishes and or develops site operation specific Health and Safety programs as needed.
• Performs Operational Hazard assessments including evaluation of appropriate Engineering controls and or Protective equipment.
• Identifies the hazards and incidents of non-compliance and recommends corrective action.
• Trains personnel including mandatory OSHA compliance training, 1st Aid Responders, as well as necessary Operational Hazard specific training.
• Supports Workers' Compensation claims management. Conducts claims investigations and evaluates claims to identify significant hazards, loss trends; identifies and recommends preventative measures and corrective actions.
• Acts as a Company representative to Regulatory agencies, Insurance Auditors, Contractors and Vendors on EHS related matters, as needed to the Sr. EHS Manager.
• Partners and supports engineering initiatives to ensure EHS considerations are included for all design, development and modification of processes, equipment, facilities and work methods.
• Maintains SDS on Hazardous materials used in the workplace as well as execute material and chemical screening and control guidelines.
• Evaluates and purchases Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as necessary.
• Leads the development of Job Safety Analysis (JSA's) for the site.
• Oversees local Fire regulations and Insurance requirements for Sprinkler, Hot work, and Fire extinguisher programs.
• Coordinates the Safety Shoe and Prescription eyewear programs.
• Supports the Company Hearing Conservation program to comply with all testing requirements.
• Participates and helps lead the safety portion of new hire orientation sessions.
• Executes Safety Meetings as needed with upper management to ensure the plant is effectively leading the safety efforts within all departments.
• Champions efforts to foster a safety culture and employee engagement consistent with Campbell's Corporate EHS Strategy.
• Supports a site wide integrated business plan, data plan, and action plan for Safety, Health & Environmental programs.
• Partners with other support functions (i.e., Quality, Sanitation, Maintenance) to ensure objectives that overlap with EHS are mutually considered.
• Supports and attends Integrated Operations meetings as needed.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• short and long-term disability
• AD&D
• life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners)
• matching 401(k) plan
• unlimited sick time
• paid time off
• holiday pay
• free access to the fitness center (if in WHQ)
• on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons)
• company store
• Campbell’s Cares program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

What This Job Offers

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