EHS Coordinator

Position Overview:

This position will drive all safety related initiatives throughout Catallia at the Eagan, MN facility. Ensuring all employees are provided with the safest work environment along with maintaining operational compliance within the company, customer and regulatory guidelines. Working closely with the management team, this position also ensures that all workers in the plant are not only following regulations and guidelines but are working in a safe work environment.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Develop and deploy EHS awareness and compliance training programs to all levels of employees as needed

• Implement programs to reduce workplace injuries and collisions and ensure continued compliance with regulatory and internal policies.

• Lead robust incident investigations with effective problem solving and diligent follow up.

• Assign and track all EHS activities, corrective action plans, and tasks to completion and update as needed. Maintains appropriate documentation.

• Assess programs against performance standards and develop corrective action plans to close gaps. Ensure that all necessary reports and other requirements are submitted to regulatory agencies and other government bodies as required.

• Recognize, evaluate, recommend, and implement practices and procedures to assure awareness of and compliance with EHS requirements of the organization.

• Lead initiatives to strategically plan, communicate, deliver and track required EHS employee training. Ensure that training is completed with all team members, including newly on-boarded employees.

• Responsible for site-wide EHS communications; utilize resources from EHS function, participate in Area EHS calls and communicate/distribute materials to site leaders; prepare and provide info at site-wide meetings. Provide directions on EHS Programs, Policies, and Expectations to all site personnel.

• Act as the primary contact for relevant regulatory agencies and participate in inspections, audits, and investigations.

• Collaborate with other departments; operations, and HR Management, to ensure workplace safety is integrated into all aspects of the organization.

• Stay up to date with industry trends, new regulations, and best practices in environmental health and safety. Recommend and implement changes to policies and procedures as necessary.

• Develop and implement emergency response programs and conduct drills to ensure employees are prepared for various emergencies.

• Lead the development of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards. and the development of controls.

• Prepare for emergency situations, including assistance of injured workers, by establishing an emergency response team

• Develop and implement standard work for all safety functions

• Develop SOP documentation

Physical Requirements

• Able to occasionally lift 40lbs.

• Must be physically able to stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, and kneel frequently.

• Prolonged periods of standing or sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental health and safety or related field.

• Proven track record of successful results.

• Knowledge of local, state and federal safety compliance and regulatory issues, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

• OSHA 30 Hour training certification or ability to obtain certification within 90 days of hire.

• 5 years of industrial experience in environmental, health and safety strongly preferred

• Knowledge of case management procedures and issues relating to workmen’s compensation and other workplace safety issues

• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word. Experience with SharePoint and Access a plus.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred but not required.

• Knowledge of local, state and federal laws and regulations regarding compliance training requirements.

Catallia Mexican Foods provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c