Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator

Position: Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Corporate Coordinator

Department: EHS

Reports To: EH&S Director

Pay Type: Exempt 

Location: Swedesboro

Pay: 60-80K

 

Groupe Bonduelle is a company that is making a positive impact

Groupe Bonduelle is the world leader in ready-to-use plant-based food. By joining our company you will have an opportunity to make a positive and sustainable impact on yourself, others and the planet. You will play an active part in our mission to inspire the transition toward a plant-based diet to contribute to people's well-being and planet health.

 

Groupe Bonduelle Fresh Americas is the U.S. business unit of France based Groupe Bonduelle (BON.PA). We are the first business unit of Groupe Bonduelle to become a Certified B Corporation. We operate four processing facilities throughout the U.S. and employ nearly 3,000 Associates who focus on producing and bringing to market fresh vegetable products, prepared salads and plant-based meal solutions.

 

Groupe Bonduelle is a 170 year old French family-owned company that has been at the forefront of plant based food innovations since 1853. Our ready-to-use plant-based food products are grown on 173,000 acres by our grower partners and marketed in nearly 100 countries. The company currently employees more than 12,000 Associates globally.

 

Join us at Bonduelle Fresh Americas for an opportunity to advance your career in a culture that places people first and makes contributing to a better future through plant-based food our top priority.

Position Summary:

 

The EH&S Corporate Manager’s role is responsible for management of and improvement to the EH&S-EMS programs to reduce risks and increase EH&S performance. By your key position in our company, you will support our environmental and social initiatives to drive progress against our corporate social responsibility and B Corp certification ambitions.

 

What you will Do:

• Manage various EH&S IT platforms and support the Operating Plants with training and upgrades to software.
• Manage the data consolidation of EH&S and EMS results.
• Elaborate official EH&S-EMS KPIs and provides periodic updates to the business unit and at the Group level.
• Analyze the energy consumptions and elaborate the relative KPIs to support the activity of the EMS network.
• Support the EH&S Director in coordinating the EMS network keeping track of the action plans.
• Support designated EH&S site contacts to properly manage post emergency incidents with communications with occupational medical providers and Workers Compensation carrier.
• Support the plants to manage all training to site personnel on various EH&S policies and programs, including, but not limited to, safety practices, fire prevention, personal protective equipment, regulations and standards, and incident investigation.
• Identifies and suggests corrective measures to improve the facility’s accident experience and suggest/implement means to achieve EH&S goals.
• Validates that OSHA recordkeeping requirements are accurate and completed, i.e. OSHA 300 & 300A log, incident notifications, serious accidents, etc.
• Support the investigation of accidents and injuries and prepare supporting documentation as needed.
• Regularly inspects facilities to identify existing or potential accidents, health hazards and determines/implements corrective measures where indicated.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What you will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree required; emphasis on EH&S or related fields (science, engineering) preferred.
• Minimum 2-5 years of OSHA experience; EH&S experience supporting a large manufacturing/production facility required.
• Strong working knowledge of Workers Compensation requirement.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing concepts; Certification in Safety (CSP) strongly preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and proven track record of results with bias for action.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to utilize time and resources effectively and efficiently.
• Sense of urgency, ability to take action quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to establish expectations, motivate, delegate and get work done through others effectively.
• Unquestionably high ethical standards and attention to reputational and compliance risks.
• Willingness and flexibility to work in a cold, wet, fast-paced, 24 hour plant environment.

Desired Traits:

• Excellence- ability to deliver consistent quality results through a sense of urgency and taking initiative, while also demonstrating flexibility to meet business needs.
• People-minded- ability