Manager, Environmental and Sustainability

At Saputo, we bring good to the table by making high-quality products, investing in our people, and supporting communities around the world . As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best?

We are looking for a passionate, well-rounded environmental professional to help drive significant and sustainable progress in environmental management and performance at our Tulare-Paige Avenue, California facility.  This is a unique opportunity to catalyze tremendous impact through an organization poised for progress. In this role, you will oversee and manage the facility’s Environmental Management System (EMS), systematically driving progress against our sustainability goals and supporting environmental compliance efforts.  You will serve as the plant’s environmental sustainability advisor, change agent and specialist.  In this position, you will flex a wide variety of skillsets, including tactical planning, project management, creative problem solving, data analytics, reporting and people development.  This role requires an insightful, organized, hands-on, and data-driven relationship-builder with working knowledge in environmental compliance and sustainability and technical proficiency in manufacturing systems.

How you will make contributions that matter...

As Tulare-Paige's Environmental Management System (EMS) Manager, you will oversee implementation of Saputo’s Environmental Management System at the facility to ensure we achieve our environmental objectives. This entails:

• Understand what the facility needs to accomplish, determine where to focus efforts and develop tactical plans for delivering
• Carry out the plans, both directly and indirectly by engaging and guiding other key players at the site
• Seek out and advocate for the resources required to implement the facility’s EMS, build EMS-related capability within the site through tools and training, and communicate the facility’s environmental progress and impact to key internal and external stakeholders
• Monitor and measure the facility’s environmental KPIs to ensure plans are delivering the desired results and to cultivate insights into opportunities for improvement
• Advocate and facilitate action for continual environmental performance improvement

While this role will focus on holistic environmental management across both the compliance and sustainability spheres, there will be a heavier near-term focus on building capability and driving performance improvements specifically related to environmental sustainability.

You are best suited for the role if you have…

• A bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Engineering or in a related field, or the equivalent experience.  Knowledge of/experience in dairy industry desirable.
• A hands-on, boots on the ground problem solver individual with a coachable attitude.
• Direct professional experience in Environmental roles, with specific experience in:
  • Implementing and reviewing/auditing environmental management systems
  • Implementing an effective resource conservation (climate/water/waste) program in a manufacturing setting
  • Collecting and analyzing KPIs for reporting and developing actionable insights
  • Project management
• Technical capacity for assessing and optimizing utility systems (steam, compressed air, refrigeration, etc.), including know-how for calculating theoretical/actual performance improvements and associated savings. 
• Working knowledge of relevant ISO standards, including the 14000 and 50000 family of standards.
• Familiarity with industrial processes and manufacturing equipment.
• Working knowledge of federal, state and local environmental standards and regulations.
• Relevant professional environmental certifications such as AEE’s Certified Energy Manager or ASHRAE’s Building Energy Assessment Professional a plus.
• Understanding of programs like EPA Energy Star and DOE Better Plants a plus.
• Strong reasoning ability: capable of breaking down complex problems into pieces that can be solved with data, analysis, assumptions, and judgment
• Strong language skills: capable of reading, analyzing, and interpreting general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.  Able to write reports, procedures, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, employees, and the general public.
• Strong computer skills including have working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) with solid proficiency in data modeling/analytics.
• A highly