Responsibilities & qualifications: the north american environmental, health and safety manager develops, manages, and administers environmental safety programs, property protection standards for gordon food service (gfs) and advises process safety managementProvides compliance standards and guidance for us and canadian divisional safety representatives to maintain consistency amongst all gfs divisions and strategic alliancesResponsible for all property protection issues across gfs; this includes identifying site security risks, implementing key strategies to prevent any security and loss related incidentsProvides compliance and safety requirements for all new construction and expansion projects.
Subject matter expertise
Provides counsel and advice to the north american warehouse leadership team (nawlt) through detailed review, analysis and publications which fall within the areas of responsibility.
Serves as an expert for regulatory information, risk assessment, mitigation strategies, gfs procedures, and best practices related to safety, environmental, security and national fire protection association (nfpa)Works directly with the nawlt to insure proper support and accuracy of their communication to the organization.
Responsible for identifying and addressing workplace risks, ergonomic improvement, industrial hygiene, machine safeguarding, and innovation roadmaps.
Serves as a subject matter expert that offers recommendations for functional safety solutions that enable optimal operational efficiency.
Policy and reporting
Reports current state of existing policy and compliance as well as future direction for north america locations within the areas of responsibility.
Develops, designs and maintains policy libraries within the area of responsibility and coordinates updates with the nawlt.
Collaborates with the various auditing functions to ensure that standards within the areas of responsibility are accurate and consistent across functional areas, i.e., ia, dc99, fm global, qa.
Rapid response
Responds quickly to regulatory news, incidents (internal or external) and citations to advise the nawlt with recommendations specific to distribution centers as well as network wide.
Management
Responsible for timely reporting and communication with local, state and federal agencies within the areas of responsibilities.
Responsible for ehs compliance and regulatory processes, strong knowledge of osha, epa and other industry ehs standards; strong understanding of how to interpret regulatory standards and how they impact specific business situations; knowledgeable to maintain professional interactions with regulatory officials.
Responsible for the property protection roadmap for all divisional locations that is aligned with the goal of fm compliance.
Works with the nawlt to address property standards as well as new construction standards.
Strong knowledge with incident investigation and prevention processes; knows how to uncover true root causes of incidents; utilizing a proven root cause analysis process; strong skill set and leadership with continuous improvement processes that would implement corrective and preventive actions
Maintains capital and expense needs in order to prioritize and assist the business units with planning.
Strong leadership skills to manage a team; ability to guide and direct a team that will influence, communicate and execute solutions effectively; lead the team`s performance and continuously influence them to make a difference; expert in effectively communicating and influencing key stakeholders.
Interviews, hires, trains, and retains staffConducts performance monitoring of staff, initiating follow through with disciplinary action and termination in consultation with human resources when appropriate for the departmentMentors, motivates, and develops staff and acts as a role model and resource to them.
Areas of responsibility:
Process safety management (psm), risk management plan (rmp), physical hazard analysis (pha), occupational health and safety administration (osha), environmental protection agency (epa) and underground storage tanks, fire protection, msds, hazmat, severe weather preparedness plan, safety policy, physical security standard, safety training curriculum.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Leading candidates will differentiate themselves with..
Minimum 10 years experience in corporate safety and environmental management.
Including previous experience in insurance and property protection, and familiarity with fire protection engineering standards.
Previous leadership/management experience preferred.
Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Bachelor of science degree in occupational safety and health management preferred.
Certifications or licenses strongly preferred:
Process safety management
Underground storage tank class a,b,c
Storm water operator
Osha 40 hour
Nfpa and certified safety professional
Osha train the trainer and personal industrial vehicle train the trainer preferred.
Must have excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills with comprehensive communication skills.
Skills in problem solving, critical thinking, organizational, administration, planning and execution.
Knowledge of federal, state, and provincial regulatory agencies including osha, epa, nfpa, fm data sheets, national electrical code (nec) and compliance safety accountability (csa).
Must understand accident and injury investigation techniques and procedures.
Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field.
Knowledge and understanding of engineering practices in fire protection and design.
Must have knowledge of applications related to safety tracking and reporting.
Will require frequent travel up to 65%.
Our commitment:
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Gordon food service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforceTo demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a gordon food service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.
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All gordon food service locations are tobacco-freeGordon food service is a drug-free workplace and drug tests all employees.
