Manager, Safety, Health, Environmental

Manager, Safety, Health, Environmental

Location: Chicago, US, 60654

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the Role

The Safety, Health, and Environment Manager manages and coordinates all safety, health, and environment programs, processes, and activities in order to maintain a compliant and safe work environment. This role drives excellence in safety, health, and environment across the site to achieve the best safety and sustainability results. The SHE Manager will develop the local strategy to deliver legal compliance and ensure execution of BC Standards. This role will ensure the implementation of programs to drive the reduction of safety incidents and environmentally harmful impacts. The SHE Manager leads and manages SHE-related incidents on site. This role provides guidance and support on relevant SHE matters. The SHE Manager is a member of the Plant Management Team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designs, maintains, and leads the implementation of the local safety and environmental management systems.
• Leads SHE incident management and drives management of relevant programs and actions relating to documented risks and or incident follow-up.
• Conducts SHE meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective and preventive actions, and implement follow-up assessments.
• Provides site employees, contractors, and visitors with guidance on health and safety and confirms the site complies with Barry Callebaut, industry, local, state/provincial, and national guidelines and regulations.
• Collaborates with management to develop and maintain an Emergency Response Plan and serves as the primary contact for site SHE incident notification, investigation, and case management.
• Integrating occupational health and safety imperatives with business decision-making and risk management.
• Advising on engineering and maintenance practices to drive improvement of safe systems.
• Drive positive SHE culture, through but not limited to: embedding the 10 BC Life Saving Principles, Gemba safety talks and training, and putting Safety first, demonstrated by consistent management behaviors.
• Ensure compliance is regularly audited and performance assessed, and use the results to drive further improvement.
• Responsible for monitoring and measurement of SHE KPIs and targets - SHE Scorecard.

About You

Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering in fields such as Environmental Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Engineering, Public Health, or related technical areas. 5 to 10 years' experience in a factory-based role: Safety, Health or Environment role, Operations, Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement or Quality. Experience with SHE management systems and risk management. Qualifications required by local regulatory authorities: to be added by the location. Project Management skills. Experience with influencing behavioral change in a team/department. Internal auditor or ISO auditor qualification is a plus. Experience with Lean/TPM tools and ways of working is a plus. Good working English required. Understand the requirements of relevant standards such as ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or OSHSAS 18001. Experience with influencing behavioral change in a team/department. Great Leadership skills. Resilient and capable of taking difficult decisions. Strong analytical skills, ability to translate data into action and follow through.

What you can expect from Barry Callebaut: Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Environment that welcomes workplace flexibility. An atmosphere where diversity is embraced, and inclusivity is second nature. We call it #OneBC! Just ask our champions with the Americas Women's Forum and the Racial Equality Forum! Ability to grow personally and professionally within an organization that values development and internal career growth. Be part of our mission in making sustainability the norm through Forever Chocolate with priorities centered around prospering farmers, zero child labor, carbon and forest positive, and creating 100% sustainable ingredients in all of our products.