EHS Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

We are seeking a dedicated Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager to oversee and enforce workplace safety across our food manufacturing facility at La Terra Fina. This role ensures compliance with OSHA, CA-OSHA, and other regulatory standards while fostering a culture of safety, innovation, and continuous improvement. The EHS Manager will partner closely with the Plant HR Manager, Operations, and Warehouse leadership to maintain safe, clean, compliant, and secure working conditions for all employees.

This position blends technical safety expertise with cross-functional collaboration, supporting our commitment to employee well-being, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance.

Role Metrics :

• Improve plant-wide morale across all three shifts
• Safety function to have an easy alignment with how HR operates within LTF
• Maintain current Safety levels with eventual sustained improvement of same
• Clearly have earned the reputation and respect of all client groups and HR colleagues for being a knowledgeable, effective, and pleasant colleague

Primary Responsibilities :

Strengthening Compliance and Documentation

Technical Safety Leadership

Conduct Comprehensive Risk Assessments

Develop and Implement Engineering Controls

Enhance Safety Training and Awareness

Monitoring & Auditing

Safety Leadership and Engagement

Foster a Proactive Safety Culture

Improve Incident Investigation and Response

Incident and Claim Management

Leverage Technology and Data

Collaborate on Emergency Preparedness

Continuous Improvement

Requirements :

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree is required. A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a food production facility is preferred. A commensurate amount of education and experience may substitute. Must be able to work independently while applying safety, GMP and quality principles. Must be able to communicate effectively to provide instruction and direction, to explain how things work, the importance of procedures and to create cultural alignment. Must be available to spend time on each shift every week. Must be comfortable with computers to effectively capture relevant data, critical operational notes, etc. in systems. Bilingual ability in Spanish and English is strongly preferred. Must have great attention to detail, be reliable and proactive. Must have good written and verbal communication skills.