What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant EHS Specialist position at Barilla?
The Plant EHS Specialist is primarily responsible for working closely with the EH&S Manager, promoting and supporting the safety culture, and leading all safety and environmental programs for the plant.
- Support the plant safety committee bi-monthly meetings and follow up activities
- Support review of all incident investigations and ensure all necessary follow-up is completed
- Assist with audits, ensuring compliance with adherence and documentation of LOTO programs
- Support and promote safety recognition and celebration activities
- Participate in OSHA required training and programs
- Support tracking of the safety observation program
- Assist with annual required safety trainings
- Participate in safety on-boarding/orientations
- Support the coordination of hearing conservation program and ensure noise surveys are completed
- Support internal environmental audit activities
- Support preparation of plant for ISO 14001 certification
- Comply with the environmental policies and procedures at Barilla Ames facility including energy efficiency, reduce – re-use – recycle goals, reporting requirements and sustainable initiatives. Complete any environmental tasks as assigned and report environmental concerns immediately.
- Follows ISO22000 policies and procedures, address / communicate quality and food safety issues as they occur.
Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety or related field or equivalent level of experience (1 years) in safety and environmental experience at a plant facility.
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations desired.
- Experience in an ISO environment desired.
- This position will spend 50% of time climate controlled offices and 50% of time on the production floor. This entails working in an environment of temperatures up to and exceeding 130 F, high humidity and 85-94 dB noise levels.
As a team member at Barilla, you’ll enjoy:
Healthcare, dental, and vision - 1st of the month after hire
401k match up to 6%
Company paid life insurance Wellness Subsidy
Pay for Skills Program
Flexible work schedule
Tuition Reimbursement
Disability Insurance
Adoption Assistance
Barilla is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of Barilla to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to characteristics including, but not limited to, age, race, color, culture, ethnicity, nationality, faith, religion, gender, pregnancy, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran or protected veteran status, political opinions, health or disability.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligiblity to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligiblity verification form upon hire.
