The Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist is responsible for supporting and promoting a safe, compliant, and environmentally responsible workplace. This role partners with leadership and team members to implement safety programs, ensure regulatory compliance, investigate incidents, and drive a culture of continuous safety improvement across assigned locations with regular local travel between sites.Responsibilities:
- Adhere to Herbruck’s biosecurity protocols for multi-site travel.
- Implement & support company EHS policies, procedures, and programs, including continuous improvement initiatives.
- Conduct safety audits, inspections, & risk assessments.
- Identify hazards & recommend corrective & preventive actions.
- Lead/assist incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective action tracking
- Support injury management, workers’ compensation, and return-to-work programs.
- Monitor safety metrics & prepare reports.
- EHS training, including the ability to operate powered industrial equipment and provide operator training.
- Maintain required documentation, logs, permits, and records (OSHA 300, inspections, training records, etc.) in an audit-ready manner; support regulatory inspections as needed.
- Promote employee engagement in safety programs, committees, and initiatives.
- Support EHS program development and continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Additional duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental health & safety, Occupational Safety, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 1-3 years of EHS, safety, or compliance experience.
- Working knowledge of OSHA regulations & safety management systems.
- Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel between sites
- Does not own or maintain regular contact with birds, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, or unprocessed eggs.
- Ability to walk & stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds as needed.
- Ability to climb ladders and work at height.
- Ability to work in operational environments.
Benefits Highlights:
- Competitive wages & PTO
- Free Wellness Clinic
- Premium Free Health Care option.
- 401(k) match.
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What We Do
Herbruck’s is one of the leading cage-free egg producers in the country. Though we’ve grown significantly since our humble beginnings, we still firmly believe in what our grandparents before us stood for: if we treat hens right, they will lay the absolute best version of nature’s perfect food — eggs. In committing ourselves to the highest standards of care, nutrition and housing, we’ve earned an industry-wide reputation for ensuring our birds live their best lives. Why do we hold ourselves to such rigorous standards? Because it’s the right and good thing to do. And because this is the turning point in egg manufacturing as we know it. Now more than ever, people are demanding ethically sourced, higher-quality eggs. Not because it’s trendy — but because like us, they recognize the value in doing the right thing.
