The VP - Environmental, Health, and Safety is responsible for providing leadership and direction for the development, implementation, and maintenance of EHS systems, programs, and initiatives to drive innovative and prevention based EHS programs to ensure conformance with applicable EHS legal and other requirements and to minimize EHS legal risks and liabilities. This role will help set EHS strategy, manage strategic initiatives, and support internal business needs while driving operational improvement across EHS to strategically plan for and assist all Darigold's locations in compliance with all federal, state, and local H&S regulations. Act as primary liaison with external regulatory agencies.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate across the company to develop, implement, and manage Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) programs, policies, and procedures that support the business while ensuring compliance with established company and government regulations/policies.
• Develop and drive continuous improvement initiatives that utilize a data and program-driven approach to injury prevention and strong EHS culture/best management practices.
• Identifies gaps, prioritizes concerns, and develops action items that may impact capital planning.
• Develop and assist in rollout strategies for adequate, appropriate, and effective safety, environmental, and regulatory training for associates.
• Coordinate and track audits, assessments, and associated activities and corrective actions, to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
• Serve as an internal leader and subject matter expert on EHS, monitoring emerging trends, programs, and issues, and communicating and educating others on relevant topics.
• Prepare various EHS reports and disclosures, communications, and other reports as needed for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Organize and present EHS conferences, workshops, web-based training, and meeting with team members for sharing of EHS best practices, lessons learned, other success stories, and other EHS initiatives.
• Monitor and represent EHS with 3rd party Workman's Compensation/Injury Management
• Work with EHS, legal counsel, and operations teams to negotiate and resolve government agency notices of violation, claims, and penalties.
• Primary contact for regulatory agencies such as OSHA for inspections, audits, permitting, and reporting.
• Build organization capability by providing EHS training and development of EHS professionals to ensure each site within the region has the appropriate technical and functional
• Collaborate with local leaders in the hiring, development, coaching, and mentoring of the H&S field team.
• Drives a culture of Safety First through engagement with all levels at the site and the broader Organization.
• Drives hazard identification, environmental aspect identification, and risk assessment programs to identify strategic risk improvement opportunities and gaps in health, safety, and environmental compliance obligations. Directs short-term planning actions to set targets and objectives for the site and drives actions to completion.
• Providing subject matter expertise on complex issues, including but not limited to health, safety, and environmental compliance, capital and resource management, risk reduction, incident investigation, management of change, contractor safety, emergency preparedness and response, pollution prevention, and environmental sustainability.
• Directs work cross-functionally as required to resolve work-related incidents, non-compliance, non-conformities, and corrective and preventive actions driving continual improvement within the site(s).

What You Bring:

• 15 years relevant experience, with a minimum of 5 years of EHS management experience, including facility-level EHS technical work in a manufacturing operations environment and Corporate-level work as an EHS program leader.
• Minimum of a four (4) year degree. Bachelor of Science in Occupational Health and /or Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental, Science, engineering, or relevant discipline preferred. Master’s degree preferred.
• Be capable of influencing peers, subordinates, superiors, and
• Demonstrated collaboration, negotiation, conflict resolution & interpersonal skills.
• Must act in a way that never compromises ethics, integrity, or
• Ability to balance EHS effectively and pragmatically and business
• Strong collaborative
• Strong communication
• Interprets and applies international standards through practical application within the operating environment to achieve and maintain an effective management system and external certification.
• Influence the Health, Safety, and Environmental Culture by influencing leaders and employees to create the right
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment requiring the use of Personal Protective Equipment.

Travel

• Willing and able to travel as needed, current estimates at 50%

Benefits of Working at Darigold

We understand that as an employee, benefits that support you and your family in and out of work are important. We’re proud to offer eligible positions a competitive total rewards package – that includes:

• Employer 401K contribution of up to 9%
• Comprehensive medical, dental & vision benefits
• Employer paid life & disability coverage.
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• 8 weeks paid parental leave.
• Education assistance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible working arrangement where applies (up to 2 days/week after initial 90 days and approval by hiring manager and HR)
• Community giving through matching donations.
• Access to great dairy products & participation in our employee butter purchase program
• Compensation range: $195,662-$293,493 (individual wage based on previous experience, knowledge, and skills)
• This role is eligible to participate in our incentive program.
• Relocation offered if approved.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Achieving our vision to Lead Dairy Forward requires cultivating and supporting a team with varying backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are committed to providing a workplace based on mutual respect where all employees feel included and can bring their best and authentic selves to work every day. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, marital status, creed, religion, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. As a condition of employment applicants offered a role will be required to successfully pass our pre-employment background screen, receive a negative drug screen result & confirm eligibility to work in the U.S. We participate in E-Verify - please follow the links for details, English / Spanish & view our Right to Work Statement, English / Spanish.

Salary : $195,662 - $293,493