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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE.   CUSTOMERS.  PRODUCTS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce.

Shift Schedule:

Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

Job Purpose and Overview

The EHS&S Specialist will report directly to the site EHS Manager with a dotted line to the Regional EHS&S Manager. This position will provide hands on assistance to one distribution center and one manufacturing plant at their assigned location.  The EHS&S Specialist will assist the site EHS Manager, Regional Manager EHS&S, and distribution center site leader to champion a continuous improvement culture at their assigned location and will work closely with the site teams, to implement effective proactive action plans to ensure the highest standards in workplace safety and environmental programs/policies.  You will help lead the implementation of all EHS activities at your assign locations, including standards & procedures, capability processes, reporting, compliance, and audits. The EHS&S Specialist works with all site teams in the manufacturing facility and the assigned distribution center.  This position provides the opportunity to join a dynamic team focused on implementing the Dawn Safety Management System, ensuring legal compliance, and supporting continuous improvement of health, safety and environmental programs and implementing best-in-class systems and metrics.  This position is accountable for assisting the site EHS Manager, Regional EHS&S Manager and distribution center site leader to achieve success at advancing Dawn Food’s safety and environmental programs and performance in their assigned region and consistently leverages best practices. 

What Does It Take to be a Environmental Health & Safety Specialist at Dawn Foods? 

 Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job:

• Bachelors’ degree in a relevant field such as Environmental Health, Environmental Science, Occupational Health, and Safety and at least 2-3 years of relevant experience or 6-7 years of equivalent experience in lieu of degree, required
• Strong knowledge of local, state and federal EH&S regulations and guidance required
• Prior experience with delivery driver safety preferred
• Prior experience with DOT (FMCSR) preferred
• Ability to travel up to 25% required
• Demonstrating the following competencies: time management, organizational, problem solving, decision making, self-starter, high energy, and excellent communication skills
• Ability to create partnerships, decision making, teamwork, culture ambassador
• Ability to be self-directed and complete work with minimal day-to-day supervision
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work and engage with all levels of stakeholders
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 suite

What will you do as a Environmental Health & Safety Specialist at Dawn Foods?

• Maintaining an up-to-date incident reporting system, assisting with investigating incidents in conjunction with the site EHS Manager, site teams, and driving the completion of corrective actions to eliminate root causes/reoccurrences
• Developing technical guidance programs to identify and remove physical hazards
• Provide support/technical advice to the site for proper administration of EHS programs
• Maintain and receive updates for the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and ensure the receipt and review of lost/missing/new ones as required
• Under the direction of the Regional EHS&S Manager, implementing the Dawn Safety Management System
• Ensure appropriate risk assessments are in place and/or conducted, and follow ups are implemented
• Conducting health, safety, security, and environmental training, as directed
• Implementing site required and corporate directed EHS programs as required.
• Maintaining the monthly EHS metrics (KPIs & KAIs) as well as communication.
• Maintaining safety equipment inventory.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.  

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.”

About Our Benefits

Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits.

 
Compensation 

$65,380 - $100,690 with bonus potential

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An Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 36860