Bachoco USA produces the highest quality chicken products for the U.S. market. Currently, the Bachoco USA family includes more than 4,000 team members who are dedicated to consistently producing high-quality chicken products and nourishing people around the world.
Bachoco USA is seeking an Environmental, Health, and Safety Compliance Specialist for the Fort Smith, AR facility.
Summary: EHS Compliance Specialist is responsible for providing management, oversight and direction of the Environmental Health and Safety program for the Bachoco USA locations as directed. Ensures environmental, health and safety compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory EHS requirements, Follows policies, EHS standards and procedures. Supports Corporate EHS Strategy and Objectives, contributes to development and implementation of site specific EHS programs and promotes facility alignment with same. Promotes a culture of EHS excellence at the facility and provides high quality EHS technical leadership to management team members. As a key member of the site leadership team, provides advice and counsel, and communicates critical EHS issues to site and corporate management.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Ensure compliance in areas of environmental, safety and health through risk assessments, self-audits, and incident investigations.
- Assist in the development of controls to reduce or eliminate hazards found within the workplace.
- Responsible to keep current with all new and pending EHS regulations that might have an impact upon the business.
- Provide information and guidance to management on safety and environmental issues as they affect current and proposed processes, equipment and procedures including the review of all new projects.
- Responsible for the development and implementation of policies and procedures in the facility to ensure safe and efficient operation of and to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Maintain all records and reports as directed by regulatory agencies and corporate EHS.
- Oversee the Emergency Response Plan/Emergency Action Plan and EHS policies for compliance.
- Communicate effectively with all levels of management, directing operations personnel and project teams as appropriate. This includes informing site management and corporate EHS Management of regulatory and operational issues impacting the site (current and emerging).
- Serves as local expert in EHS regulatory issues and directs compliance activities on these matters.
- Responsible for learning the production machines and processes throughout the plant.
- Conduct daily safety walks inside and outside of the facility.
- Conduct monthly facility audits for policy compliance.
- Update the Action Item Register and coordinate with maintenance on repairs or projects.
- Willingness and flexibility to work different shifts from time to time when required.
- Conduct Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual inspections for Wastewater, SPCC, SWPPP, Transformers, Air Emissions and other tasks as designated by the Environmental Manager.
- Coordinate and monitor onsite Chemical Management program.
- This is a safety sensitive position.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent working experience. Practical experience in safety and/or environmental/engineering health science related positions, including knowledge of EHS incident investigation processes is desired. 1-2 years working in a production / manufacturing environment preferred.
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability: To apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Certificates, Licenses, Registration: Must have a valid driver's license. OSHA 30 preferred.
Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully an individual should have practical knowledge of Microsoft office programs.
Other Qualifications: Highly organized and able to think systemically to structure the work and design in a logical flow. Other key attributes include self-motivated, organized, computer literate, attention to detail and follow through with exceptional writing and communication skills.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
An Equal Opportunity Employer to include women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities.
*Notice to Third Party Recruitment Agencies: Please note that Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries shall explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Bachoco USA.