Environmental Health and Safety Manager

The role

The EHS Manager ensures employees follow health and safety regulations and supervises operations to promote wellbeing. This role involves creating safety policies, documenting accidents, and investigating illnesses or injuries.

What you will do

• Monitor the removal of biological, physical, or chemical hazards from a workplace.
• Provide safety training for employees on policies, regulations, and procedures.
• Advise the company's administrative team on safety issues and compliance.
• Inspect and verify company compliance with relevant safety regulations.
• Maintain accurate and current records in accordance with guidelines.
• Analyze incident reports, metrics, and injury case studies.
• Develop new policies related to safety, health, and environmental concerns.
• Advise and lead employees on various safety-related topics.
• Work with HR to set up a new employee on-boarding process for safety.
• Check if all the employees are acting in adherence to rules and regulations.

Required qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in environmental health and safety or a related field OR 3-5 years' experience as a safety manager or similar role.
• In-depth knowledge of OSHA and EPA standards
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead and teach a team.
• Great attention to detail.
• Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to explain technical concepts in simple terms.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Experience with writing policies and procedures for health and safety
• Familiarity with conducting data analysis and reporting statistics
• Proficient in MS Office
• Certified in risk management and health/safety management.

About the company

J&J Snack Foods provides branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include brands such as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots.