What are the responsibilities and job description for the EHS Supervisor position at Emmi Roth?
Who WE Are
We are a leader in the specialty cheese industry serving our consumers by crafting and importing the best cheeses in the world while caring for our employees and our communities.
Who YOU Are
You take pride in the products you produce. You value safety, quality, and consistency. You enjoy a predictable schedule in a climate-controlled manufacturing environment. You don’t mind learning new things and always strive to do your very best at work.
If this sounds like you, we want you to consider joining Emmi Roth!
Job Summary
The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Supervisor is responsible for leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of EHS programs that ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. The EHS Supervisor will play a key role in promoting a culture of safety and sustainability within the organization, ensuring safe work practices, reducing environmental impacts, and minimizing workplace hazards. This position requires strong organizational and communication skills, as well as the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet the company’s safety and environmental goals.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Leading Environmental Health and Safety compliance reporting and metric tracking
• Creates and implements EHS written programs, SOPs and associated documentation
• Responsible for maintaining accurate documentation and record keeping
• Leads 5S initiatives and sustains its progress.
• Conduct safety orientation and training sessions for employees, contractors, and new hires to ensure awareness of workplace hazards, safe work practices, and emergency procedures.
• Initiates training related to Safety Programs; documents training records
• Coordinate emergency drills (e.g. fire, evacuation, chemical spill) to ensure employees are prepared for emergency situations
• Serve as a point of contact for emergency situations, providing guidance and support to employees and first responders
• Serve as primary point of contact for Worker’s compensation case management, ensuring timely reporting, and coordination of provider health care provider paperwork
• Observe and provide coaching on all work accommodations to ensure compliance, employee understanding, and alignment with safety and operational standards
• Supports customer, regulatory and certification audits, presents audit findings and improvement recommendations to leadership
• Monitors performance by gathering relevant data and conducting trend analysis (BBO, Quality/Safety Excellence, LOTO verification)
• Investigate workplace incidents, accidents, and near misses to determine root causes and recommend corrective actions to prevent future occurrences (RCA).
• Participate in Behavior Based Safety observations with employees in their departments
• Collaborated cross functionally to ensure compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality, supports in other regulatory audits.
• Promote and support initiatives that foster a culture of safety and environmental sustainability.
• Complete all required training in a timely manner
• Adhere to ERU food safety policies and all government food safety and sanitation regulations (ex. FDA, HACCP, GMP, OSHA)
Qualifications
Required qualifications, skills, and experience for the job; education background, certifications, relevant work experience, technical skills, and soft skills.
• Minimum of 2-year associate degree in safety or related field and 2 years of manufacturing experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience creating, implementing, and/or enforcing safety programs preferred
• OSHA 30 Hour General Industry, First aid/CPR or related certifications a plus
• Knowledge of Safety and Environmental permitting, regulations and requirements for industrial applications is desired
• Experience with forklift training and/or any other train the trainer qualifications
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, self-starter skillset and ability to make decisions
• Effective change management skillset with the guidance of the EHS Manager
• Seeks potential opportunities and develops methods/processes to accomplish these opportunities
• Demonstrate excellent organizational skills, dependability and the ability to prioritize based on company needs
• Proficiency within computer applications (Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, EHS Software platforms)
• Ability to read and interpret technical documents and requirements
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team environment, build consensus, and foster relationships at multiple organizational levels and across functions
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize based on company needs
• Excellent written, verbal, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, multi-task and prioritize tasks
• Demonstrated analytical problem-solving skills and knowledge of Good Laboratory Practices.
• Valid Driver’s license and insurance
• Proactive, creative, positive thinking and a strong will to succeed
Physical Responsibilities
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects and controls.
• Constantly required to walk, bend and reach with hands and arms
• Constantly required to talk and hear
• Constantly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus naturally or with correction.
Please note that these physical requirements are representative but not exhaustive. The actual physical demands may vary depending on the specific tasks and work conditions within the facility.
(Occasionally = 1-33% of the time; Frequently = 33-66% of the time; Constantly = 66-100% of the time)
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Work is typically performed in a combination of office and industrial environments
• Occasionally exposed to a moderate level of noise that may make it difficult to concentrate
• Occasionally exposed to wet, humid with slippery conditions, hot and cold environment
• Occasionally exposed to food grade chemicals and non-food grade chemicals required for repair and sanitation
• Occasionally exposed to mold, dust, and cellulose (starch powder)
(Occasionally = 1-25% of the time; Frequently = 26-75% of the time; Constantly = 76-100% of the time)
