Senior Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment Manager

CHANDON California•Yountville, CA

About The Position

The Sr. QHSE Manager is responsible for developing, managing, and executing all aspects of Quality, Health & Safety, and Environment (QHSE) across the organization. This role champions a culture of continuous improvement, compliance, and operational excellence, ensuring the highest standards for product quality, environmental stewardship, and workplace safety. The position also leads cross-functional teams, manages key certifications (ISO) from our vineyards to the shipment of our finished product and including our DTC business.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quality Management, or a related technical field, with a Master's degree preferred but not required.
English required, French and Spanish preferred but not required.
7-10 years of quality and environmental experience in industry.
Winery experience is preferred.
History of successful ISO management systems implementation.
Management experience.
Proven track record of developing and implementing successful QA strategies and managing quality systems.
Strong understanding of quality methodologies, tools, and processes (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, FMEA, SPC)
In-depth knowledge of relevant ISO standards (e.g., ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001) and other industry-specific regulations.
Knowledge of Product Quality Assurance analyses and methodology.
Excellent organizational and communication skills.
Strong understanding in the process of food items to include the application of dry goods materials to containers.
Ability to work safely, including the proper use of protective equipment and proper handling of hazardous substances as specified in Domaine Chandon’s Chemical Hygiene Plan.
Working knowledge of MS Excel and Word.
Ability to maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a harmonious manner with co-workers and management.
Diplomacy, Integrity.
Results oriented, priority setting, problem solving, leadership, assertiveness, quality of contact, adaptability.
Creativity, Dealing with Ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred but not required.
French and Spanish preferred but not required.
Winery experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead safety committee, drive safety initiatives and Health and safety program for the company.
Develop and maintain a cohesive Health & Safety training program for all employees, including new hire orientation.
Ensure compliance with all safety requirements, company policies, and regulatory standards (OSHA, Cal OSHA).
Lead ISO 45001 certification and manage the Integrated Management System (IMS) for safety.
Conduct regular safety inspections, incident reporting, and contractor safety management.
Foster a positive safety culture, encouraging open communication and proactive hazard reporting.
Engage with MH safety community, share learnings and submit key initiatives.
Ensure monthly/quarterly departmental inspections as outlined in company procedures of reporting.
Develop the contractor safety management program and ensure all contractors understand and adhere to the program.
Ensure proper management of site risks to ensure the successful achievement of site safety goals.
Maintain accurate and timely documentation, to include proper records of all safety training.
Respond to critical incidents and other events as required.
Coordinate with key stakeholders on the CAPEX issuance process (preparation submission, progress, …) for projects related to Health and Safety.
Maintain relationships with vendors.
Maintain safety standards with OSHA and Cal OSHA
Collaboration with DCC team and external stakeholders: This involves supporting training, control, reports, and compliance, defining quality procedures, maintaining the quality system, recommending improvements, providing a quality roadmap, and implementing new certifications.
Quality Management System (QMS) Development and Maintenance: Leading the development, implementation, and management of the organization's Integrated Management System (IMS) or QMS, ensuring compliance with ISO certifications (e.g., ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001).
KPIs and Reporting: Improving, maintaining, and communicating quality KPIs and reports regularly, including monthly dashboards and providing insights to leadership
Compliance and Auditing: Conducting regular audits of DCC quality systems, managing corrective and preventive action (CAPA) programs, ensuring system adherence to MH global practices, maintaining documentation, and updating a compliance database.
Supplier Quality Management: Ensuring quality and regulatory aspects are covered in supplier selection, control, and monitoring, and reviewing improvement plans.
Communication and Planning: Acting as the DCC point of contact for quality coordination teams.
Leadership and Support: Managing, mentoring, and supporting the Quality Supervisor and Technician.
Complaint Investigation: Supporting/leading root cause/corrective action investigations for complaints.
Audits: Leading audits of the Production process, suppliers, and 3PL suppliers.
Inspections: Ensuring DG incoming inspection and FP inspections are performed on time, processing wine returns, and inspecting in-process and post-process packaged wines with prompt feedback to line operations.
New Packaging and Specifications: Assisting in the design and trials of new packaging, determining inspection specifications, and setting up finished product quality standards.
Specification Management: Ensuring finished product specifications are current and communicated to relevant personnel.
Complaint Investigation: Investigating and responding to quality complaints.
Process Improvement and Optimization: Driving continuous improvement initiatives to identify strategic and productivity enhancements.
Lean Manufacturing: Taking a leadership role in the development and evolution of lean manufacturing knowledge and application.
Process-Oriented Analysis: Developing process-oriented analysis and continuous improvement methodology, including 5S, Six Sigma, Lean Management.
Lead environmental compliance and sustainability initiatives, including Napa Green Winery Certification and other relevant local certifications.
Lead sustainability committee (Soils, Water, Packaging and Waste, H&S, Energy, Carbon footprint, CSR, Workplace wellness working streams)
Develop and execute environmental projects to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and support company growth.
Oversee ISO 14001 & 50001 certification processes and maintain compliance with all environmental regulations.
Collect, evaluate and report environmental data performance via (e.g., Cascade Report, LVMH Environmental Report, annual Energy report and performance).
Identify and implement investment opportunities to reduce environmental impact.
Establish annual objectives for Environment and Energy.
Foster an engaging sustainability culture to ensure all departments work to achieve environmental initiatives and continuously improve.
Budget/LE’s: Using the PMT plan as a basis provides a detailed annual expenditure and capital expenditure budget for QHSE initiatives. Provide all required strategic and investment summaries (which may change from year to year).
In conjunction with the Winemaking Director and Operations Director developing and revising annually the 5-year quality management plan including operational and expenditure requirements.
Work closely to identify cost efficiencies and waste reduction.
Identify cost opportunities on a continual basis.
Embrace the leadership responsibilities working to build a positive DCC culture
Lead, manage and develop technical skills of the team – identify development opportunities and a training plan for the team and coach towards new skill development.
Contribute to a culture which embraces safety, quality, environment, cost saving opportunity and alignment to company goals as key values.
Share knowledge amongst the DCC team and encourage a strong learning and development culture
Keep abreast of trends and technical changes in Quality,Health, Safety and Environmental benchmarks.
Contribute to management team projects and Moet Hennessy wide initiatives as required.
Benchmark methods used in the other Moet Hennessy Maison (Chandon wineries, MHCS, etc. and work to implement best-in-class procedures and processes.