Regional Manager, Health & Safety at Saputo in Dallas, TX

Job description

At Saputo, we bring good to the table by making high-quality products, investing in our people, and supporting communities around the world . As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best? Company Introduction (auto-populates in Workday) At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We’re a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence. Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we’ve grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter - from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between. JOB DESCRIPTION How you will make contributions that matter... Responsible for implementing and sustaining the organization’s health and safety management programs, directing health and safety activities for all assigned plants and locations to ensure regulatory compliance, and protecting human health and the environment. Provide direction to the plant health and safety teams and assist the plants in developing, implementing, sustaining and managing plant specific policies, procedures, programs and training to achieve and maintain compliance with health and safety-related laws and regulations (i.e., Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), Management of Change (MOC), Insight, etc.) Implement divisional health & safety programs and directives across assigned plants and facilities. Provide technical and high-level health and safety-related training as required. Maintain working knowledge of federal, state and local health and safety regulations. Develop Health Safety Champions in the plants, driving accountability into supervisory levels. Conduct audits and inspections of plant and warehousing activities. Train others on conducting such audits and inspections. Inform plant management of conditions which could lead to potential violations of laws and regulations or company policies and procedures and support resolutions. Assist with peer-to-peer audits. Support health and safety teams and the activities of their members. Review and assist with plant incident reports, conduct investigations, and take appropriate action steps to address problems as needed. Provide plant-level support during agency inspections. Assess costs to the company from safety incidents and report to management to facilitate decision-making. Provide safety guidance and recommendations to operations, engineering, and other departments on any plant projects. Support environmental, refrigeration services and risk management initiatives and work closely with key personnel from these departments. Provide leadership in all areas of health & safety. Perform additional duties as required (e.g. project management, program management, etc.). You are best suited for the role if you have... Bachelor’s degree in safety management, environmental or chemical engineering, industrial hygiene, industrial risk, management or a related field or equivalent experience. Minimum of five (5) years of health and safety experience in a manufacturing environment. Knowledge and understanding of OSHA regulations is required. Strong customer orientation; ability to develop relationships and influence managers at all levels internally (i.e. management teams) and externally (regulators). Strong interpersonal and presentation skills as well as strong and positive leadership presence. Ability to persist in sustaining initiatives past project completion dates. Strong sense of urgency in solving problems and getting the work done. Train and motivate others to champion Health & Safety success. Business knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel, Power