Sr. Manager, EHSS (West)

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery , Otis Spunkmeyer , and Oakrun Farm Bakery . With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers' expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

The Regional EHSS Manager (West) role will ensure that regulatory requirements for Environmental, Health, Safety & Security across both Canada and USA Bakeries are met and exceeded to continually reduce risk and cost associated with injuries and unsafe behaviors of our employees, contractors, and visitors and environmental fines or citations. This role will lead the effort to ensure compliance, build a strong safety / security culture and reduce injuries and damages / loss to property.

Responsibilities :

• Partner with Bakery Leadership and to drive positive cultural changes and achieve Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security regulatory compliance, organization goals / values, and continuous improvements
• Champion safety culture with zero accident mentality
• Develop, integrate, and manage written Environmental and Safety programs, policies and procedures that comply with legal and corporate policies and guidelines
• Develop and manage EHS process throughout the company
• Develop a strong relationship and facilitate employee-led behavior-based safety process in a team-based environment
• Lead Bakery Teams and conduct regular environmental and safety audits, identify, and evaluate hazards in the workplace and recommend solutions to minimize or eliminate risk
• Help manage and maintain with Bakery Teams existing Environmental Compliance programs (PSM, SWPPP, Air, Water, Waste, etc.)
• Research federal, state and local regulations to define existing and upcoming legal obligations and requirements of associated programs and policies. Experience with local Air Districts (e.g. SCAQMD, SJCAPCD), SWRCB, DTSC, CUPA, CARB rules and regulations
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in all areas of safety and environmental compliance
• Identify, build and manage site EHS personnel and personnel performing the activities though out the organization
• Support all accident and near miss investigations to uncover root cause and track completion of corrective actions
• Track, analyze, and report safety performance results
• Help manage workers compensation cases with Bakery leadership
• Ability travel at least 25% of the time to visit and support bakeries in both Canada and USA

Qualifications :

Candidates can be located at any of our 5 California Bakeries (Ontario, Santa Ana, Van Nuys, Newark or Stockton).

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.