Senior Safety Health & Environmental Specialist

 

Foods people love. Brands people trust. And a career that nourishes your future like no other.

 

If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, Nestlé is the place for you. Nestlé USA is one of seven operating companies that make up Nestlé’s presence in the United States. We're in 97% of American homes, and as the leading food and beverage company, our goals are to continue to deliver quality food and beverage products, strengthen our local communities, and reduce our environmental and climate impact.

 

We’re determined to challenge the status quo and be better tomorrow than we are today. As individuals and teams, we embrace our entrepreneurial culture and have created a workplace where collaboration is essential, courage is rewarded, speed is expected, and agility is the norm to delight our consumers every single day. Here, you will find limitless opportunities to learn and advance your career and feel empowered to succeed in the workplace and beyond. Because our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you.

 

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Position Summary

The Site Senior Safety Health & Environmental Specialist position is an important SH&E role at the Site and will coordinate and execute safety, health, and environmental programs. The position interacts with employees to ensure a culture of caring and where each employee is accountable and responsible for Safety, Health & Environmental conditions, and behaviors. This position will ensure compliance with regulations and Company policies, routinely interacting with employees on the Site floor on a routine basis. Handles difficult, complex assignments involving performance of daily audits/inspections. This position will also assist the site in maintaining ISO 140001 and OHSAS 18001 certification and daily implementation of those systems.

 PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Site SH&E Culture – under the direction of the Site SH&E manager, fosters/develops a culture where safety, health and environment are ingrained as a core value with all employees, everyone believes zero is achieveable, everyone is actively engaged in performing their work in a safe manner, everyone actively interacts with co-workers to prevent at-risk behaviors.
•  Actively participates on the Factory SH&E Team/Pillar and other assigned teams.
•  Effectively coaches and develops operations line supervsion to be effective SH&E leaders/coaches in their respective postions.
•  SH&E Performance – Analyze SH&E conditions and behaviors and recommends changes to continuously improve Site SH&E performance to world class levels.
•  Compliance– Primarily responsible for implementing systems, procedures, and work practices to ensure “audit ready” state of compliance.
•  Develop and implement processes and procedures (SOP's) to ensure Site compliance with company and regulatory agency policies, including federal, state and local legislation and regulations pertaining to SH&E.
•  Reviews, analyzes, critiques and/or approves engineering design development reports, plans and specifications for compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
•  Partners with factory PSM/RMP coordinator to ensure compliance with PSM and RMP requirement where applicable.
•  SH&E Strategies, Programs and Plans – Drives implementation of SH&E best in class programs, systems, and processes, including training and coaching to establish clear procedures on SH&E measures and precautions.
•  Drives key effective, sustainable implementation Corporate, Division and Site SH&E initiatives, strategies, programs and procedures, responsibilities via hands on leadership, coaching and teamwork.
•  Manages Worker’s Compensation in partnership with Risk Management.
•  Risk Assessment and Elimination - Understand the safety risks associated with jobs, Site wide. Understand the aspects of the Site that impact the environment and optimizes them.
•  Ensures thorough investigation of all incidents, in coor