Safety, Health & Environmental Specialist Safety, Health & Environmental Specialist

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA•Town of Islip, NY

About The Position

At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life®, Nature's Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Orgain®, Nuun®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases. At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers. Position Summary: As the site Safety Health & Environmental Specialist you are responsible for coordinating and executing safety, health and environmental programs. In this position you will interact with employees to ensure a culture of caring and where each employee is accountable and responsible for Safety, Health & Environmental conditions and behaviors. As the SH&E Specialist you ensure compliance with regulations and company policies, routinely interact with employees on the site floor, balance sophisticated assignments involving performance of daily audits/inspections.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in environmental and/or safety subject area or related fields, international equivalents or significant experience in SH&E roles with the last position held supporting a manufacturing or production environment in lieu of a degree.
A minimum of 1-5 years’ experience in successfully coordinating Safety, Health, and Environmental sustainability activities in a manufacturing setting.
Experience with OSHA, DOT and EPA regulations and local equivalents and their application to Site operations.
Strong analytical, organizational, communication and digital literacy required.
Excellent interpersonal interactions.
Ability to build teams throughout all levels and functions of the Site with respect, tact and impactful outcomes.
Decision-making; must be capable of making well-informed decisions in both routine and emergency situations.
Excellent written and oral communication skills are required along with the ability able to relate with audiences that have a broad range of background and understanding.
Training & presentation skills.
Must demonstrate good insight and ability to develop mutual solutions to challenges.
Able to work and lead in a team setting; live the Nestlé Leadership Principles and bring it to life for others.
Ability to coordinate and prioritize.
Ability to quickly learn Site relevant federal and state OSHA, EPA, DOT requirements.
Technical writing skills (policies, procedures, reference manuals, and training materials)
Digital literacy (Microsoft Office/Windows based)
Reading and comprehension skills/legal & regulatory interpretation Initiative to lead continuous improvement efforts.

Nice To Haves

Professional certifications in SH&E related fields are considered beneficial and may include CIH, NEBOSH Certificate, ASP, AEM, etc. a plus.

Responsibilities

Champions and develops a culture where safety, health and environment are ingrained as a core value with all employees, everyone believes zero is achievable, everyone is actively engaged in performing their work in a safe manner, everyone actively interacts with co-workers to prevent at-risk behaviors.
Actively participates on the Facility SH&E Team and other assigned teams. Effectively coaches and develops operations line supervision to be effective SH&E coaches in their respective positions.
Analyze SH&E conditions and behaviors and recommends changes to continuously improve Site SH&E performance to world class levels.
Primarily responsible for implementing systems, procedures, and work practices to ensure “audit ready” state of compliance.
Develop and implement processes and procedures (SOP's) to ensure Site compliance with company and regulatory agency policies, including federal, state and local legislation and regulations pertaining to SH&E. Reviews, analyzes, critiques and/or approves engineering design development reports, plans and specifications for compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
Drives implementation of SH&E best in class programs, systems and processes, including training and coaching to establish clear procedures on SH&E measures and precautions.
Drives key effective, sustainable implementation Corporate, Division and Site SH&E initiatives, strategies, programs and procedures, responsibilities via hands on leadership, coaching and team work. Manage Worker’s Compensation in partnership with Risk Management. Understand the safety risks associated with jobs, Site wide. Understand the aspects of the Site that impact the environment, and optimizes them.
Ensures thorough investigation of all incidents, in coordination with Safety and Health Site leadership.
Provide expertise and participate to all SH&E incident investigations as conducted by Site Leadership. Administer training programs for safety accident prevention and protection, and may support environmental management systems.
Drive excellence through active participation on the production floor to adopt a - ZERO TOLERANCE MENTALITY- toward SH&E losses and drive elimination of losses through the Nestle Continuous Excellence.
Provides SH&E functional and technical expertise/mentorship as needed in all areas and initiatives of the function. Partners with other key functions on initiatives including engineering, HR, Quality, Operations, NCE, etc to deliver on goals and plans.