EHS Manager

Land O'Lakes Inc. is seeking an EHS Manager for its Vermont Creamery in Websterville, VT. The role involves overseeing health, safety, and environmental initiatives, ensuring compliance with corporate standards, and collaborating with various teams. Candidates should have a strong background in safety regulations and project management. A bachelor's degree and relevant experience in a manufacturing environment are preferred. The position offers a salary of $85-$110k.
EHS Manager

The Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) Manager, under the direction of the Vermont Creamery Director of Operations, is responsible for all aspects of Vermont Creamery's strategic and tactical execution of health, safety, and environmental initiatives. These responsibilities include sustainability, VC goat producer program , and DOT programs in support of the overall company strategy. The EHS Manager provides leadership and administration to the overall Vermont Creamery EHS program, ensuring alignment with Land O'Lakes corporate EHS standards. This position will support and drive continuous improvement of key performance metrics through project management and facility initiatives. The EHS Manager works collaboratively with the Vermont Creamery Operations, Quality, Finance and Human Resources teams to deliver value for all employees across the business, as well as works closely with Land O'Lakes Supply Chain and Operations teams to ensure strategic growth across all business units. This role requires a strong leadership presence to support the needs of the workforce and the organization.

Pay: $85-$110k

Shift: 1st, with availability to spend time on other shifts as needed

Qualifications

Competencies, Skills, & Knowledge
• Strong technical background in Safety, Environmental, DOT regulations, ergonomics, and behavior-based safety .
• Excellent communicator, influencer, and negotiator, to work cross-functionally with multiple departments and leadership levels.
• Intelligent, fast-learner, strategic and innovative thinker, agile, and comfortable with continuous change.
• Highly driven and self-directed.
• Preferred knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodologies.

Education & Experience
• Bachelor's degree in industrial safety or related field, preferred
• Minimum of three ( 3 ) years' experience in environmental, health and safety in a manufacturing environment or related experience required . Preferably at a large facility with 100 employees or greater.
• Certifications Preferred: Professional Engineer (PE), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Industrial Hygienist in Training (IHIT), Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM), Registered Environmental Manager (REM) or Other Related Certification.
• Experience in waste/energy conservation preferred.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Safety / Health
• Leads all aspects of the safety function including compliance initiatives (Federal and State OSHA/EPA/DOT), training development, risk assessment, reporting and the development, delivery and maintenance of training programs reinforcing a safety culture that promotes an injury-free workplace.
• Develops the annual safety plan, in collaboration and alignment with corporate standards. This includes achieving consensus on the overall objectives and monitoring the progress against objectives .
• Performs hazard analysis within the plant.
• Collaborates closely with EH&S corporate staff to implement the company's initiatives in EH&S programs.
• Ensures all procedures, GMPs, Safety, Quality, and Sanitation plans are followed
• Identifies and reports all potentially non-conforming product and equipment to Creamery Supervisor and the Quality Assurance Department.

Essential Physical Requirements
• While performing the duties of this job, the individual is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to reach, handle or feel, talk, and hear.
• While performing the duties of this job, the individual is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Ability to occasionally lift a minimum of 25 lbs and 26- 150 lbs with assistance of equipment.
• Use of safety glasses, hard hat, and safety toed shoes.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.

Benefits:
Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Events, Medical, Dental and Vision, Donation-Matching Program, Long Term Disability, Prescription Drug Coverage, Work From Home, On Site Cafeteria, Paid Holidays, Childcare, Free Food and Coffee, Vacation/paid time off, Life Insurance, Flexible Schedules, Maternity/Paternity Paid Leave, Concierge Services, 401K, Employee Referral Program, Parking , Paid sick days, Health Care On Site

About the Company:
Land O'Lakes Inc.

We are a fast-growing, farmer-owned agriculture and food cooperative working to overcome the world's greatest food challenges. Our unique farm-to-fork business model works across crop inputs and insights, animal nutrition, dairy foods and sustainability to get high quality food to those who need it. Land O'Lakes provides opportunities to build a career in a vibrant industry that allows you to play a critical role in delivering on this, and by working together to advance humanity and to help communities around the world.

If you are interested in becoming a part of this amazing team, please click on the “apply now” button or visit our website at www.landolakes.jobs. Land O' Lakes, Inc. offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical and dental insurance, retirement savings account, tuition reimbursement, PTO, paid holidays and employee development opportunities. Land O’Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Land O’Lakes, Inc. enforces a policy of maintaining a drug-free workforce, including pre-employment substance abuse testing. Additional information about our organization can also be obtained at www.landolakesinc.com.

Company Size:
5,000 to 9,999 employees

Industry:
Other/Not Classified

Founded:
1921

Website:
https://www.landolakesinc.com/