EHS Manager

*Job Title: EHS Manager* *Location: Cabot, Vermont* *Duration: Full-time* *Benefits* · Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance · Paid time off · 401(k) with company match · Training, tuition reimbursement, and a promote-from-within culture · Partial relocation assistance for the selected candidate · Opportunity to support a mission-driven, farmer-owned food manufacturer with a long New England history *Responsibilities* · Provide EHS leadership, guidance, resources, and day-to-day support across the Cabot campus, with primary focus on the cutting and wrapping facility. · Develop, implement, and maintain environmental, health, and safety programs that improve safe work practices, ownership, and employee engagement. · Lead safety initiatives, behavior-based safety efforts, and continuous-improvement activities that move the organization from reactive compliance to proactive risk reduction. · Deliver new-hire safety orientation and required recurring training in accordance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, state, and company requirements. · Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering, human resources, contractors, and employees to identify, evaluate, and control hazards. · Serve as the primary resource and champion for Safety Committees, Emergency Response Teams, and site leadership. · Lead incident and near-miss investigations, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions through closure. · Maintain EHS permits, records, written programs, documentation, and regulatory reports. · Conduct inspections, compliance audits, job-risk reviews, and facility risk assessments; prepare the site for internal and external audits and regulatory inspections. · Evaluate equipment, processes, workstations, and material-handling activities for safety and ergonomic improvement opportunities. · Recommend and implement engineering controls, administrative controls, and appropriate personal protective equipment. · Track and communicate leading and lagging EHS metrics, trends, corrective-action status, and key performance indicators. · Support workers’ compensation case management, return-to-work activity, injury prevention, and collaboration with occupational-health resources. · Support environmental and sustainability programs, including waste management, reporting, and continuous reduction of environmental impact. Pay: $90,000.00 - $103,000.00 per year Benefits: * 401(k) * Dental insurance * Health insurance * Life insurance * Relocation assistance * Vision insurance Education: * Bachelor's (Required) Experience: * EHS: 3 years (Required) * Food & beverage industry: 2 years (Required) License/Certification: * EHS (Required) Work Location: In person