Job Purpose: The Plant EHS Specialist is primarily responsible for working closely with the EH&S Manager, promoting and supporting the safety culture, and leading all safety and environmental programs for the plant.

Key Accountabilitie s:

Safety:

+ Support the plant safety committee bi-monthly meetings and follow up activities

+ Support review of all incident investigations and ensure all necessary follow-up is completed

+ Assist with audits, ensuring compliance with adherence and documentation of LOTO programs

+ Support and promote safety recognition and celebration activities

+ Participate in OSHA required training and programs

+ Support tracking of the safety observation program

+ Assist with annual required safety trainings

+ Participate in safety on-boarding/orientations

+ Support the coordination of hearing conservation program and ensure noise surveys are completed

Environmental:

+ Support internal environmental audit activities

+ Support preparation of plant for ISO 14001 certification

+ Comply with the environmental policies and procedures at Barilla Ames facility including energy efficiency, reduce – re-use – recycle goals, reporting requirements and sustainable initiatives. Complete any environmental tasks as assigned and report environmental concerns immediately.

+ Follows ISO22000 policies and procedures, address / communicate quality and food safety issues as they occur.

Additional Information:

+ A Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety or related field or equivalent level of experience (1+ years) in safety and environmental experience at a plant facility.

+ Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations desired.

+ Experience in an ISO environment desired.

+ This position will spend 50% of time climate controlled offices and 50% of time on the production floor. This entails working in an environment of temperatures up to and exceeding 130 ° F, high humidity and 85-94 dB noise levels