Senior Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety

The Mark Anthony Group of Companies is one of North America's most diversified and successful private beverage companies focused on the alcohol beverage sector. Founded in 1972, the Company grew organically from a one-man wine importing business to a producer and distributor of the fine wine, premium spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages, including White Claw Hard Seltzer. 

Role Purpose:

The Health and Safety Specialist will collaborate with site leadership, employee groups, and safety team to provide direction and execute actions that promote positive safety behaviors and culture while ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and company safety and health standards. You will be responsible for leading and supporting comprehensive Industrial health and safety programs, processes, and systems at the Columbia Brewery. You will be leading program development and analysis, managing risk, performing exposure evaluations, and auditing for compliance with regulatory requirements, and developing preventative measures for controlling potential occupational health and safety employee injuries and illnesses, property damage, and industrial hygiene exposures.

Accountabilities and Impact:

• Works with Plant Environmental, Health and Safety Manager to develop and implement health and safety programs, policies, and procedures. This will include developing the necessary training modules to ensure that employees understand and can execute established procedures while meeting all EPA, OSHA, and DOT
• Evaluate the effectiveness of health and safety programs and systems through consistent monitoring and auditing; provide expert analysis and recommendations for corrective actions.
• Lead site incident management (with support from Corporate EHS) with regards to food safety, environmental compliance, and safety. Examples include OSHA and EPA notifications.
• Review and maintain all company personal injury records. .
• Monitors changes in federal, state, and local safety and health codes, and communicates such changes to brewery management.

Skills and Experience Needed: 

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, industrial engineering, or related field.
• At least 3-5 years’ experience in industrial or manufacturing safety programs, processes, and systems, Experience in a Food & Beverage manufacturing environment is a plus.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills including public speaking skills and presence in meetings and training environments.
• Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) and/or Associate Safety Professional (ASP), status preferred.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office and the ability to quickly learn and utilize other standardized systems.
• Minimal travel may be required.

At Mark Anthony, we live by our 5 Core Values every day:

Sense of Urgency

• We value sense of urgency because we are a fast-paced company in a fast-paced industry
• You act as if there is no tomorrow and get it done today

Authenticity

• We value authenticity because we need to stay real
• You are authentic, diplomatic, respectful, thoughtful and you always have the best intentions

Simplicity

• We value simplicity; why use 50 words when you can use 5?
• You thrive in ambiguity, are comfortable with change and bring simplicity to complex situations or grey area

Humility

• We value humility; there is no room for egos here
• You’re not stubborn, you listen, take feedback/direction and respond quickly to changing direction. We are a team that supports each other

Trust

• We value trust because unless we are both trusted and trusting, we will not succeed as a team
• You put trust in others and do your best to never let anyone down

At Mark Anthony, we believe every team member shares the responsibility of understanding how each of our roles and actions impact Quality, Food Safety, Safety and Continuous Improvement. This collective mindset is the cornerstone of our success as a leader in the consumer beverage space and requires us to mutually build and improve robust processes that guarantee unmatched customer satisfaction and safety.