You know our brands, The Laughing Cow, Babybel, Boursin, Kaukauna, Merkts and Price's, which elicit smiles across America. They are daring, responsible and deliver dairy goodness. As you imagine, this mindset is contagious! Bel Brands USA is part of an international family company, which has led an ambitious growth strategy for 150 years and is today the world's third largest branded cheese company. If like our 12,000 employees globally, you want to have an impact in an entrepreneurial and demanding company, and share smiles around the world, dare to live the Bel experience!

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Bel Brands USA has been named Chicago's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" for 10 years in a row. The company is headquartered in Chicago and operates three manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI, Leitchfield, KY, and Brookings, SD.

Job Description Summary:

The Safety & Environmental Manager supports Bel corporate and local safety, security and environmental mission through the design, implementation and management of safety, security and environmental programs and processes. This position is accountable for delivering safety, security and environmental solutions for the Little Chute Bel manufacturing facility and ensuring the internal programs and policies are compliant with company, local, state and federal regulations. The incumbent will provide support to plant leadership and plant employees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluates site hazards and safety, security, and environmental compliance through internal audits and risk assessments to develop and implement improvements to achieve best-practice standards.
• Develops and reviews internal policies and programs to ensure compliance with company, local, state and federal policies and regulations relating to safety, security, and environmental matters. Makes changes and updates to policies as necessary.
• Provides leadership and coaching to Supervisors with various safety, security, and environmental related initiatives.
• Manages the safety and environmental budget.
• Evaluates processes and equipment modifications for safety, security, and environmental performance.
• Manages the administration of safety and environmental records, including TF Bel, accidents, near misses, property damage, good catches, and corrective action reports.
• Tracks and monitors Key Safety, Security, and Environmental Performance Indicators and analyzes results to establish goals and recommendations for new approaches to effect continual improvements and mitigate risks.
• Develops and implements training requirements, including conducting safety, security and environmental orientation for new hires, and facilitating training for current workforce.
• Acts as Lead and/or Sponsor for each of the 5 internal safety teams to ensure appropriate investigation, collaboration, and completion of incidents and actions from each team (i.e. Incident/Near Miss, Behavior Safety, Leadership, Safety Committee, and Policy/Program).
• Acts as “change agent” and advocate as it relates to continuous improvement programs for the Little Chute.
• Leads and supports plant certification and audit activities associated with 14001 and 45000 certifications.
• All other duties as assigned.

Safety, Environmental and Quality

• Follows all safety rules and procedures by working safely and ensuring safety of others.
• Follows all environmental protocols as applicable to the job.
• Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices as stated within the policy.
• Follow all food safety procedures.
• Maintains a sanitary and safe work area; performs housekeeping duties as necessary and/or required.
• Detects potentially hazardous conditions and problems and takes appropriate action to report and/or correct.

Knowledge and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field with at least 2 years of Safety and/or Environmental experience in a specialist role.
• In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, demonstrated experience in safety leadership role for a minimum of 5 years.
• Experience in dairy or food manufacturing industry is preferred.
• Safety professional certification is preferred.
• Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Office) required.
• Ability to read, write, speak Spanish is preferred.

Competencies and Abilities

• Ability to communicate and develop good working relationships with team members.
• Strong management skills with the ability to clearly communicate expectations and motivate peers, and other interested parties.
• Excellent communication skills; understands audience and adjusts communication to drive desired results.
• Must be able to accurately and efficiently perform all job duties with a sense of urgency.
• Exhibit Bel’s core values of:
• CARE
  • Inspire and grow self and others by developing yourself and others through challenge and support with honest constructive feedback
  • Act with people and planet front of mind in all decisions and actions.
• DARE
  • Think bold, act fast by being ambitious with ideas and initiatives. Make decisions and deliver quickly.
  • Simply and focus by prioritizing what delivers the most value. Promote simplicity and remove complications.
• COMMIT
  • Play to win as a team by taking accountability to deliver on results and maximize impact by actively collaborating.
  • Make customers smile by improving internal and external customer satisfaction in everything we do.
  
  

Performance Expectations: Confidentiality, quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and thoroughness of work performed; ability to gain the trust and respect of senior management, management team at the facility and employees, maintain the integrity of confidential business and product information; ability to communicate effectively and develop good working relationships with employees at all levels of the company, ability to work with and through others is essential to accomplish goals and objectives of the Company.

Working Conditions: Work is performed largely in an office and Plant environment. Hours of work will generally be during regular business hours and average 40 hours a week. There will be some variation in work hours due to special projects, deadlines and other concerns. Likely to experience frequent interruptions to work flow. Limited travel may be required.

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

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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