Position SummaryAs an EHS Director, you'll contribute to the success of Mom's Meals by ensuring regulatory compliance (OSHA, EPA, and Department of Transportation), incident prevention, and after injury management. This position reports to the Vice President of Technical Services and will develop, implement, and continuously improve programs within the EHS Management System framework - all while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, and conformance to internal standards. The ideal candidate is a subject matter expert in employee and motor vehicle safety and highly skilled at implementing processes that will lead to sustained Environmental, Health, and Safety performance improvements. This role requires the ability to build strategic awareness and vision to the company safety culture throughout all sites.Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to

• Lead environmental health and safety for the entire company

• Achieve annual metrics for Recordable Incident Rate, Lost Time Incident Rate, and Incident Severity Rate

• Facilitate the completion of a company-wide annual EHS training plan

• Oversee the internal safety audit program throughout all sites

• Analyze incident trends and use risk-assessment methods to identify continuous improvement projects that reduce injury, illness and environmental impact events

• Facilitate incident investigations from a root cause analysis approach, ensuring that preventative actions address system causes and not just individual behaviors

• Drive and ensure the EHS Management System elements are applied effectively by your team throughout Operations & Engineering; develop new procedures, inspections, trainings, or reports as needed

• Review equipment and space designs on everything from machine guards to chemical processes, and provide feedback on EHS impacts; Industrial Hygiene, Fire Safety, Chemical Safety, Process Safety, Hazardous Materials, NFPA Standards, ANSI/ASTM Standards, etc.

• Coach, mentor and support other EHS team members

• Compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, and conformance to internal standard

• Facilitate company emergency awareness and action plans

• Strong liaison with government agencies such as OSHA and EPA

• Lead communications with Senior Management regarding safety and health issues and concerns

• Oversee budget management of the EH&S program

Required Skills and Experience

• 10+ years' EHS experience with seven (7) or more years' EHS management experience

• Extensive knowledge of local, state, and federal OSHA, DOT, and EPA rules and regulations

• Ability to work in a fast paced, ever-changing environment

• Team player with the ability to create strong working relationships

• Strong computer skills and proficient in MS office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet Explorer, etc.)

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence positive outcomes

• Collaboration and partnering with stakeholders in decision making

• Demonstrated initiative, good problem-solving skills, and analytical skills

• Demonstrated high level of care and concern towards all team members

• Ability to work 40+ hours/week including off-shifts on occasion

• 30% travel

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Safety Engineering or another related field

• EHS experience in a manufacturing setting

Physical Requirements

• Repetitive motions that include the wrists, hands and/or fingers

• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting, remaining in a stationary position for prolonged periods

• Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus