EHS Manager

The Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) Manager, under the direction of the Vermont Creamery Director of Operations, is responsible for all aspects of Vermont Creamery’s strategic and tactical execution of health, safety, and environmental initiatives. These responsibilities include sustainability, VC goat producer program, and DOT programs in support of the overall company strategy. The EHS Manager provides leadership and administration to the overall Vermont Creamery EHS program, ensuring alignment with Land O’Lakes corporate EHS standards. This position will support and drive continuous improvement of key performance metrics through project management and facility initiatives. The EHS Manager works collaboratively with the Vermont Creamery Operations, Quality, Finance and Human Resources teams to deliver value for all employees across the business, as well as works closely with Land O’Lakes Supply Chain and Operations teams to ensure strategic growth across all business units. This role requires a strong leadership presence to support the needs of the workforce and the organization.  

Pay: $85-$110k

Shift: 1st, with availability to spend time on other shifts as needed

Qualifications  

Competencies, Skills, & Knowledge 

• Strong technical background in Safety, Environmental, DOT regulations, ergonomics, and behavior-based safety.  

• Excellent communicator, influencer, and negotiator, to work cross-functionally with multiple departments and leadership levels.  

• Intelligent, fast-learner, strategic and innovative thinker, agile, and comfortable with continuous change.  

• Highly driven and self-directed. 

• Preferred knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodologies.  

Education & Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial safety or related field, preferred

• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in environmental, health and safety in a manufacturing environment or related experience required. Preferably at a large facility with 100 employees or greater.  

• Certifications Preferred: Professional Engineer (PE), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Industrial Hygienist in Training (IHIT), Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM), Registered Environmental Manager (REM) or Other Related Certification.  

• Experience in waste/energy conservation preferred.  

Essential Functions & Responsibilities 

Safety / Health  

• Leads all aspects of the safety function including compliance initiatives (Federal and State OSHA/EPA/DOT), training development, risk assessment, reporting and the development, delivery and maintenance of training programs reinforcing a safety culture that promotes an injury-free workplace.  

• Develops the annual safety plan, in collaboration and alignment with corporate standards. This includes achieving consensus on the overall objectives and monitoring the progress against objectives.  

• Performs hazard analysis within the plant.  

• Collaborates closely with EH&S corporate staff to implement the company’s initiatives in EH&S programs. 

• Ensures all procedures, GMPs, Safety, Quality, and Sanitation plans are followed 

• Identifies and reports all potentially non-conforming product and equipment to Creamery Supervisor and the Quality Assurance Department. 

Essential Physical Requirements 

• While performing the duties of this job, the individual is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to reach, handle or feel, talk, and hear.  

• While performing the duties of this job, the individual is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  

• Ability to occasionally lift a minimum of 25 lbs and 26- 150 lbs with assistance of equipment.  

• Use of safety glasses, hard hat, and safety toed shoes.