Senior EHS Specialist

Senior EHS Specialist

Gainesville GA Full Time Experienced SoulShine Farms

Founded in 2018 SoulShine Farms has quickly grown to be a local further-processing poultry industry leader. Our work revolves around our values our people and our dedication to quality.

We are seeking a full-time Senior Environmental Health & Safety Specialist to lead and strengthen EHS programs across our poultry further processing operations. This role is based at our Gainesville Georgia facility and will also provide oversight and support for our Carthage Mississippi plant.

The Senior EHS Specialist will serve as a visible hands-on safety leader responsible for driving compliance reducing risk improving training supporting regulatory readiness and helping build a proactive safety culture across fast-paced labor-intensive manufacturing environments.

• Lead EHS compliance safety culture risk reduction and performance improvement across assigned facilities
• Ensure compliance with OSHA standards company safety requirements and applicable federal state and local regulations
• Develop maintain and improve safety programs including lockout/tagout machine guarding hazard communication PPE powered industrial trucks confined space ergonomics fall protection contractor safety and related programs
• Lead incident investigations root cause analysis corrective actions and injury prevention initiatives
• Partner with operations maintenance HR food safety quality sanitation and plant leadership to integrate safety into daily operations
• Conduct audits inspections observations and employee engagement activities to identify and reduce risk
• Develop and deliver EHS training for hourly employees supervisors managers contractors and temporary labor
• Maintain OSHA logs training records regulatory documentation and other compliance records
• Support environmental compliance activities related to wastewater stormwater waste management chemical handling spill prevention emergency response and reporting
• Provide regular EHS support coaching audits and training for the Carthage Mississippi facility
• Track and report key EHS metrics trends corrective actions and improvement priorities

• Minimum of five (5) years of Environmental Health & Safety and OSHA experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of OSHA general industry standards and practical manufacturing safety programs
• Experience leading audits incident investigations root cause analysis corrective action tracking and compliance activities
• Ability to build credibility with hourly employees supervisors managers and senior plant leaders
• Strong communication coaching leadership and organizational skills
• Ability to work effectively in a large fast-paced labor-intensive plant environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and EHS reporting training or safety management systems
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to Carthage Mississippi
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

• Bachelors degree in Occupational Safety Environmental Health & Safety Industrial Safety Engineering Environmental Science or a related field
• EHS experience in poultry meat processing protein manufacturing refrigerated food manufacturing or similar high-volume industrial environments
• Multi-site EHS experience
• Knowledge of ammonia refrigeration safety PSM/RMP industrial hygiene ergonomics wastewater stormwater or environmental permitting
• Professional certification such as ASP CSP OHST CHMM or similar
• Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills
• Experience with behavior-based safety lean manufacturing continuous improvement or operational excellence systems

This role is based in a poultry further processing plant and requires regular time on the production floor. The work environment may include refrigerated wet noisy and fast-paced production areas. The role requires walking production floors climbing stairs accessing equipment areas wearing required PPE and supporting multiple shifts as needed.

• Weekly Paychecks
• Six (6) Paid Holidays
• Earned Vacation
• Medical Dental and Vision Insurance (a portion of premiums paid by SoulShine Farms)

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