Sr Environmental Health & Safety Supervisor

Golden State Foods • Opelika, AL • 2d ago

Location: Opelika, AL, United States

Description

ABOUT GOLDEN STATE FOODS

Golden State Foods is a distinguished leader in the food service industry, offering an extensive array of products and services to a diverse clientele. Rooted in the values of quality service and integrity, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where employees can advance, innovate, and contribute to our ongoing success.

Role Summary

Leads environmental, occupational health, and safety programs for business, ensuring regulatory compliance, reducing risk, and supporting workers' compensation, loss control, pollution prevention, and waste minimization. Serves as an EHS subject matter expert, advises leadership on regulatory changes and business impacts, and supports interactions with agencies, industry groups, and other external stakeholders.

Core Functions

Develop, implement, and monitor EHS programs and management systems to meet company policies and all applicable regulatory requirements.

Lead training and compliance efforts for associates across key safety and environmental topics, including hazard communication, PPE, powered industrial vehicles, emergency preparedness, spill response, stormwater, and equipment safety.

Interpret regulatory requirements, assess operational risk, and guide facilities on corrective actions, compliance planning, and issue resolution.

Conduct audits, inspections, and behavioral observations; identify gaps; and drive corrective and preventive actions.

Track and communicate EHS performance, KPIs, audit results, and special project findings to support management decision-making.

Support external agency interactions, compliance negotiations, investigations, due diligence activities, and review capital projects for EHS impact and resource stewardship.

Promote continuous improvement, best-practice sharing, emerging EHS technologies, and a proactive safety culture across facilities.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Life Science, Safety, Risk Management, or a related field required.

An associate degree may be considered with a commitment to complete a bachelor's degree within 2-3 years.

CSP certification and OSHA 30 are preferred.

Experience

3-5 years of relevant EHS experience in food manufacturing, warehousing, or distribution environments.

Key Skills & Knowledge

Strong knowledge of safety and environmental compliance programs

EHS auditing, regulatory interpretation, and continuous improvement/root cause analysis.

Effective in problem-solving, influencing without direct authority, training associates, communicating with internal and external stakeholders, and preparing reports.

Proficiency with standard business software is expected

Experience with incident reporting systems is a plus.

Leadership & Performance Expectations

Lead through influence across all levels of the organization

Drive compliance and measurable EHS performance improvements

Support audits and agency/customer relations

Serve as a change agent for continuous improvement.

Skills and Abilities

Ability to analyze and resolve complex EHS, operational, and compliance issues using sound judgment and root cause analysis.

Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills, with the ability to train associates, collaborate across teams, interpret regulatory and operational information, prepare clear reports, and manage multiple priorities.

Able and willing to travel as needed, including by automobile and air

Act consistently with GSF's Values and Creed.

Leadership/Management Responsibility

Lead and achieve results through influence in environments with limited formal authority, using a facilitative and effective management style.

WHY JOIN US

Golden State Foods (GSF) is one of the largest diversified suppliers in the food industry, manufacturing a range of products including sauces, dressings, condiments, syrups, and toppings for leading restaurant and retail brands.

Join GSF and grow your career with a global food industry leader who:

?People First:At Golden State Foods, we're not just a company; we're a dynamic community where your talents are celebrated, and your ambitions are nurtured.

Values Driven:Our core values drive everything we do, creating a culture of innovation, integrity, and excellence. But we're not content with just being great; we strive for greatness in every aspect of our work.

People Development:At GSF we strive to continually develop our people to prepare us all for the needs of tomorrow.

Philanthropy & Sustainability:We're committed to making a difference beyond our walls through philanthropy and sustainability efforts across all our locations around the globe.

Extensive Benefits:Golden State Foods believes in a holistic approach to wellness focusing on the whole person with benefits that support those needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our company values diverse perspectives and is committed to creating an inclusive and respectful workplace where every person is supported and empowered to thrive.

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