Safety and Environmental Manager - US

Shearer’s Foods, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Massillon, OH, is a leading manufacturer of salty snacks, cookies, and crackers. Specializing in private label and co-manufacturing, Shearer’s is the largest supplier of private brand salty snacks and second-largest supplier of private brand cookies and crackers.

With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer’s has been awarded the food industry’s highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards.

Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5000 team members, Shearer’s is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for our customers, colleagues, and community.

At Shearer’s Foods , we believe in a skills-first approach to recruitment and employment. This means focusing on what you can do and how you can grow, rather than traditional metrics alone. We are committed to adhering to anti-exclusion practices, removing barriers to access, and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential. Your skills, experience , and perspective are valuable—and we want to empower you to make your mark here with us. 

EHS Environmental Health and Safety Manager  

This role is a part of the senior team at the Brewster, OH plant and is accountable for leading a comprehensive safety and wellness process using a proactive approach. Creating a Safety Culture, where our associates’ safety and well-being is always the #1 priority is the primary responsibility for this Safety Leader.  This highly energized, on-the-floor leader will engage with associates daily, help lead safety messaging and stretching exercises during shift meetings and work cross-functionally to ensure safety training and compliance is very effective.  Creation and implementation of a Safety Strategy for the plant will be required.  Sharing key learnings, issues, opportunities, and best practices as an active contributor to the Safety Community across the plant network and building relationships with peers and cross-functional partners will be critical to success.

Your Seat at the Table

• Lead a caring safety culture that is focused on people.

• Lead processes necessary to ensure a safe working environment – every shift, every day

• Lead the facility to meet or exceed established corporate safety goals aligned with business needs.

• Lead processes necessary to be compliant with applicable federal, state and local safety requirements and remain current on changing requirements; handle any applicable audits or OSHA visits

• Lead programs, training and messaging to recognize, reward and promote safe behaviors throughout the facility – catch our associates doing things right.

• Drive strong accountability with leaders to be role models of safe behaviors.

• Lead programs to correct unsafe acts and unsafe conditions with the workplace.

• Work collaboratively with the Site Director, HR and Worker’s Compensation/Leave Experts (both in the plant and at the support center) on all decisions related to injuries, leaves, reasonable accommodations/return to work, discipline and leave case management.

• Strong sense of urgency around communication and proactive approach to issues and concerns.

• Stay apprised on trends and best practices – both across the network and within the marketplace and the Safety Community

• Ensure relevant data, compliance records & training, postings, procedures and reporting is complete, accurate and in compliance.  Extract insights from our data to identify trends/issues/opportunities and create a plan to address those insights (may be ergonomic, PM issues, training gaps, etc.)

• Build high performing teams, develop and retain top talent

• Financial Controls and Budgeting: Responsible for providing leadership and guidance to maintain a safety budget with an emphasis on practical business and financial responsibility

• Coaching and Leading others

What You Bring to the Table

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, operations, engineering, business or related field is preferred.

• 3+ years of experience in EHS is required.  

• Experience influencing and training large manufacturing teams and management to promote and lead by example a safe work environment and to always remain in compliance with all legal and company safety regulations.

• Minimum three years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to lead others – servant leadership style is the best fit for our culture.

• Knowledge of OSHA, Logout Tagout, Machine Guarding and other State/Federal requirements

• Ability and willingness to work flexible schedule.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law .