Health and Safety Manager

'' • Burley, ID

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About The Position

The Manager of Health and Safety is part of the Leadership Team at the Site providing guidance and strategic direction to leaders and implementing the management system as well as driving a Safety Mindset and Culture for all employees – For Us For Family. Leads with a proactive approach of continuous improvement in health, safety, and security and ensures emergency preparedness, crisis management, audit readiness, and compliance with compliance obligations.
This position has direct leadership responsibility for the site Safety Coordinator(s) and reports to the Plant Manager and has a strong dotted line of responsibility to the Regional Director of Health & Safety. This is a high-profile role with influence to shape the culture of the Site location.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health & safety, or Certified Safety Professional (CSP).
• A minimum of 7 years of progressive and applicable experience in the field is required.
• Working knowledge of Federal and State/Provincial occupational health & safety requirements and worker’s compensation/Work safe required.
• Good working knowledge of human resources and health & safety information systems

Nice To Haves

• Training experience and bilingual language skills are a plus.
• ISO Management Systems experience is preferred

Responsibilities

• The position interacts with employees to ensure a culture of caring where each employee is accountable and responsible for Health & Safety conditions and behaviors. Fosters and develops a culture where health & safety are ingrained as a core value with all employees; everyone believes zero harm is achievable and employees are actively engaged in performing their work in a safe manner while also preventing at-risk behaviors.
• Ensure compliance with local, state/provincial, and federal health & safety compliance obligations. Acts as the primary plant representative in the event of regulatory site visits/inspections and engages with stakeholders in and outside the plant, including, but not limited to functional Corporate Team(s), Legal, and community resources.
• Develops and implements processes and procedures to ensure Site, employee, and contractor compliance with company and regulatory agencies.
• Strategic Leadership/Partnership, Change Leader, Performance Driver/Coach, functional expert/subject matter expert and change enabler to drive behavior-based safety programs, injury-free culture, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborates with other facility functions, engineering, maintenance, food safety, quality assurance, etc.) to ensure new products, capital projects, and functional activities are aligned with facility health & safety objectives and injury prevention.
• Implements McCain’s "Key Elements of Safety (KES)" of the health & safety management process and Cultural Assessment process, which includes identification of health & safety behavior supervisor training, and employee involvement to ensure a strong health & safety foundation and to build a culture of safety for all employees.
• Facilitates employee safety committees and acts as a resource for department health & safety meetings
• Utilizes internal and external resources in the development of building a sustainable, comprehensive health and safety & security program.
• Learn and develop the key skills required to implement continuous improvement disciplines into the safety improvement process (MDI).
• Participates and coordinates activities such as Kaizen events, and training/education in various continuous improvement processes.
• Develops and utilizes tools that will maximize the effectiveness and measurement of progress with leading and lagging indicators.
• Manages Worker’s Compensation in partnership with Human Resources.
• Plans, budgets, and executes specific programs and activities to prevent employee injury and illness and increase employee well-being.
• Ensures compliance with governmental and McCain security requirements. Manages in-plant security systems and the security team. Conducts regular security audits and ensures proper corrective actions are taken. Assist in the area of Food Safety & Security as needed or requested.
• Ensures plant emergency action and crisis management plan is up to date and that the management team is prepared to respond to emergencies. Annually develops and conducts periodic crisis drill simulations.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement.
• Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees