We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. Pioneers at heart, we operate at the forefront of consumer trends to provide food & beverage manufacturers with products and ingredients that will delight their consumers. Making a positive impact on people and planet is all part of the delight. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable, and transparent supply. Supplying products and ingredients at scale is just the start. We add value through our unique, complementary portfolio of natural, delicious, and nutritious products. With our fresh thinking, we help our customers unleash the sensory and functional attributes of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts, and spices so they can create naturally good food & beverage products that meet consumer expectations. And whoever we're with, whatever we're doing, we always make it real.

• Manage EHS programs at the HNI location to ensure a safe and accident-free work environment and provide coaching and mentoring to colleagues.

• Oversee EHS processes to provide the road map to zero injuries and world class performance.
• Plan and deliver programs to train managers and employees in work site EHS practices.
• Study causes of industrial and agricultural accidents and recommend EHS processes to address areas where the organization may be at risk.
• Inspect facilities and equipment to detect existing or potential accident hazards or environmental incident and determine corrective or preventive measures.
• Establish plant EHS policies/procedures to ensure compliance with company policies and federal/state/local regulatory requirements.

• Promote plant EHS by working with all departments to analyze current situations and recommend EHS improvements.
• Analyze incident data to identify trends and incident types that can be prevented.
• Oversee the incident investigation process to determine root cause and timely corrective action.
• Manage and establish objectives for the overall EHS program. Work directly with the Director Environmental, Health & Safety to ensure alignment across the Olam Americas EHS team.
• Track progress and publish results on current EHS objectives and metrics.

• Drive EHS process ownership to the floor level where appropriate.
• Develop training programs for all levels of operations with the objective to have a safer, more efficient, engaged, and productive plant and field department.
• Manage and monitor training programs to meet EHS requirements.
• Assure all records are kept in accordance with State and Federal regulations including OSHA logs and training documents.
• Develop, implement, and recommend programs and practices designed to reduce work-related injuries and illnesses including but not limited to ergonomic assessments and job hazard analysis.

• Manage Workers' Compensation cases with a focus on returning employees to work following workplace injuries, with support of Human resources
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree is required, major in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, EHS Engineering or another related field is preferred.
• Five (5) years of EHS management experience in an agricultural and/or manufacturing environment is required. Experience should include:
• Experience in hazard recognition, evaluation and analysis, and development and implementation of control processes.
• Experience leading and influencing and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in developing and managing training programs to promote workplace health and safety.
• Experience with Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development and training delivery.
• Experience working with data, database applications, and reporting (SAP-EHS, TREO, etc.)
• Knowledge of EHS equipment.
• Knowledge of safety, industrial and environmental testing methods.
• Experience in providing technical support to adhere to EHS policies.

• Applied knowledge and working understanding of OSHA, EPA, regulatory compliance, experience with inspections, incident investigations, remediation, process safety, contractor safety, EHS training, hazard reviews, and job EHS analysis.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs including Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint is required.

• Strong organizing, planning, analytical problem-solving and decision making are required.
• Resilience, persistence, and optimism is required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• Bilingual, English and Spanish, is preferred. Ability to speak, read, and interpret documents in English and Spanish such as EHS rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals is preferred.
• Ability to train on the use of diagnostic equipment/tools. Ability to write in English routine maintenance reports or correspondence is required.

The pay for this role in the state of California ranges from $107,000 - $139,000 and is based on the position responsibilities and geographic location. Actual pay within this range may be determined based on a candidate's experience, qualifications and/or other determining factors.