_Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we helpcustomers 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._Why work for Dawn Foods?
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Why should you apply? We invest in you!Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!Competitive Pay401(K) + company match10 Paid Company HolidaysPaid Time OffProfessional trainingFamily-owned business over 100 years in serviceAn opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce.
Job Purpose and OverviewThis position is accountable for the continued development & execution of Dawn's Safety & Environmental strategy aligned and serving as the company's foremost subject matter expert for all things EHS related. The Director of EHS will champion a continuous improvement culture across the Dawn organization and will work closely with people and business leaders to develop and implement effective proactive action plans to ensure highest standards in workplace safety and environmental programs/policies. This position is accountable for ensuring that Dawn enhances safety and environmental programs and performance throughout the organization; both internally and externally, and consistently leverages best practices.
Work Environment: This is a remote role giving you the ability to work from home the days you are not traveling.Travel Requirements: This role requires travel 50% of the time.
What will you do as a Director of EHS - North Americaat Dawn Foods?This role directly manages regional EHS team/functional SMEs and has influence over EHS resources that work onsite at our facilities.This role is ultimately responsible for NA EHS performance while providing support to Global Dawn EHS functions and is expected to leverage influence and relationships to get work done through others without direct authority.Provides strategic leadership of environmental, health and safety initiatives and programs, driving performance improvement and strengthening the safety culture. Provide guidance in prioritizing projects and workloads.Responsible for the development, implementation, and the management of safety, environmental, and security programs, policies, permits, and training to ensure compliance with company policies and government mandated programs.Provides technical support and professional expertise to the overall Dawn organization, inclusive of leadership, engineering, plant operations, and distribution operations.Consult with Engineering, leadership, and team members to identify and resolve potential EHS issues through engineering design changes or other means necessary.Support capital projects as the EHS expert.Ensure that safety records and documentation are maintained in accordance with company policies and legal requirements.Responsible for timely submission of environmental reports/permits to US regulatory agencies.Manage and oversee Dawn's overall DOT compliance with shipment of hazardous materials.Lead compliance to applicable NFPA and insurance provider property recommendations (i.e., combustible dust, storage of flammable liquids and property loss prevention inspections)Maintain in-depth knowledge of existing and proposed environmental health and safety Federal and State regulations.Supports EHS investigations and incident reporting including root cause analysis problem solving, incident prevention, etc.Developing sustainable action plans to reduce incident rates & mitigate risk areas.Responsible for the follow-up of th