Environmental, Health & Safety Manager | Dairy Manufacturing | Cabot, VT

Location: Cabot, Vermont 05647

Work Arrangement: 100% onsite

Employment Type: Full-time, permanent

Experience Level: Senior

Reports To: Plant Manager

Base Salary: $93,000–$103,000

Travel: Local travel between nearby facilities as required

Relocation Assistance: Partial assistance available

Visa Sponsorship: Not available

Position Overview

A respected, farmer-owned dairy manufacturer is seeking an experienced Environmental, Health & Safety Manager to lead EHS programs across its Cabot manufacturing campus.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, this role provides strategic and hands-on leadership across workplace safety, environmental compliance, regulatory reporting, employee training, incident investigation and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead environmental, health and safety activity across the manufacturing campus.

• Develop, implement and maintain comprehensive EHS programs.

• Advise plant leadership and department managers on risks and priorities.

• Strengthen employee participation, accountability and behavior-based safety.

• Maintain compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT and state requirements.

• Monitor regulatory changes and translate them into practical operating controls.

• Maintain permits, logs, records and regulatory reports.

• Lead orientation and annual EHS training.

• Investigate incidents, injuries, environmental events and near misses.

• Apply structured root-cause analysis and manage corrective actions.

• Conduct audits, inspections, job-hazard analyses and risk assessments.

• Manage emergency preparedness and response planning.

• Track and report EHS metrics, leading and lagging indicators and improvement actions.

• Partner with Production, Maintenance, Quality and HR.

• Support local travel between nearby facilities when required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.

• Significant progressive EHS experience within manufacturing.

• EHS leadership experience in an active plant environment.

• Strong OSHA, EPA, DOT and state regulatory knowledge.

• Experience leading audits, investigations, risk assessments and corrective-action programs.

• Knowledge of industrial hygiene, ergonomics, environmental compliance and emergency response.

• Strong training, influencing and change-management skills.

• Ability to work onsite in Cabot and support nearby facilities.

• Current U.S. work authorization without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Food, beverage or dairy-manufacturing experience.

• CSP, CIH, CHMM or another recognized EHS credential.

• ISO 14001 or ISO 45001 experience.

• Behavior-based safety and employee-engagement program experience.

• Sustainability and environmental-reporting experience.

Benefits may include medical, dental, vision and life insurance, retirement benefits, paid time off, wellness programs, professional development and a performance-based incentive.

Equal Opportunity

The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants without discrimination based on any status protected by applicable law.

Manufacturing Maintenance Manager - Plant Engineer - West Chicago, IL - $116,160 to $130,680

Manufacturing Maintenance Manager - Plant Engineer - West Chicago, IL
$116,160 to $130,680

Job Description

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Maintenance Manager/ Plant Engineer is responsible for achieving the highest level of reliability for plant equipment through committed support for the Company’s Performance System (known as SPS), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and strong ownership of the Maintenance Excellence process within their plant.

What you will be doing:

Ensure the safety of all employees by leading a comprehensive business safety process to prevent injuries.  Lead plant compliance of all federal, state and local environmental and safety regulations.

Effectively implement/maintain a reliability-centered maintenance process that drives machine uptime, improves OEE and lower operations costs by championing the business Maintenance Excellence process.

Provide department leadership to ensure the highest standards of plant condition and equipment performance are achieved and sustained.

Ensure maintenance department personnel possess the appropriate skills and are qualified and proficient. Identify and support technical training and development for department employees.

Scope and execute capital projects, participate in annual plant budgeting, manage department spend. Identify technical improvements to equipment/processes.

Apply reliability tools to determine the root cause of critical equipment failures and downtime. Identify the appropriate countermeasures and solutions to improve equipment reliability and prevent recurrence.

Perform as a key member of the plant leadership team – positive communicator and problem solver - driving for plant/process improvements, meeting objectives and setting the bar for performance standards.

Support pillar continuous improvement activities.

This position is located in  Chicago DuPage, IL.

We'd love to hear from you if:

Strong understanding of OSHA requirements related to equipment in-house.  Ability to identify gaps and assist in implementing countermeasures to achieve Zero Safety Incidents.

Ability to lead and develop a highly collaborative and effective team.

Excellent organization, project management and communication skills

Proficient in Root Cause Analysis techniques (FMEA’s, 5Why’s, ATS, etc.) and developing/implementing Countermeasures to drive Zero Breakdown culture.

Process-oriented.  Can identify gaps in any process and implement solutions.

Basic mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, instrumentation, lubrication and predictive maintenance understanding

Ability to manage costs and reduce/optimize where needed

Proficient in Microsoft Office and CMMS experience

Minimum experience 3+ years of successful experience leading a plant maintenance department in an industrial manufacturing environment and/or 5+ years of supervisory manufacturing experience.

Minimum education required: Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience with CMMS preferred.

Experience in TPM or Reliability field preferred.

Compensation: 

The annual base salary range for this role is from $116,160 to $130,680, plus annual target bonus of 12.5% of base salary.

If applicable…An annual bonus is awarded to eligible employees upon attaining various business and individual goals as defined by the Company and the department leader.  This annual bonus is discretionary, and the Company has sole discretion to determine the amount of the award.