Summary
Location
New Century
Type
full-time
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About this role
About Flora Food Group
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.
Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.
Location: On-Site at New Century, KS
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced EHS Manager to lead environmental health and safety initiatives at our New Century plant. In this role, you’ll develop and implement strategies that reduce risk, improve compliance, and embed a culture of safety and sustainability across the site. You’ll work closely with Supply Chain teams to deliver measurable improvements in safety performance and environmental impact, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. This is a high-impact leadership role where you’ll influence senior management, drive continuous improvement, and champion our sustainability agenda.
What You'll Do
- Deploy global and regional EHS strategies, policies, and standards at the site level.
- Lead EHS teams to deliver Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental results.
- Conduct risk assessments and implement controls to reduce safety and environmental risks.
- Oversee initiatives to reduce environmental impact (waste, emissions, water, and energy usage).
- Support the deployment of Process Safety Management (PSM) and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Monitor legal compliance and advise on national EHS legislation; implement relevant procedures and policies.
- Partner with Occupational Health to mitigate risks related to employee health.
- Lead internal safety and crisis committees; manage serious incident investigations and root cause analysis.
- Conduct trend analysis from incidents, near misses, and audits; implement corrective actions.
- Develop and deploy internal EHS auditing and inspection systems; participate in cross-site audits.
- Ensure compliance with environmental regulations (SPCC, SWPPP, Air Permits, Wastewater Permits, EPCRA, etc.).
- Support sustainability initiatives and ESG data collection for manufacturing practices.
- Oversee site security operations and access control systems.
- Identify EHS training needs and assist in program delivery.
About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety Management, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, or Engineering (Chemical, Industrial, Mechanical).
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of practical EHS experience in manufacturing or engineering environments.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance and environmental standards.
- Proficiency in MS Office and EHS reporting tools (Power BI, Ariba).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to influence at all levels.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to drive change and innovation.
- Experience managing audits, investigations, and compliance programs.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and deliver results with ownership and accountability.
What’s next
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now!
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We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
Other facts
About Flora Food Group
The driving force behind our success are the circa 4,700 Flora Foodies who live our purpose every day and are engaged in our mission, delivering through our values of Performance, Care and Passion. Results Matter. With an ‘Always Day 1 mindset’. Always one step ahead, driven by data, with a finger on the pulse – our customers and consumers are at the heart. We identify the sweet spot; we relish challenge; we own it. We're agile decision-makers, with the courage to pivot, we sometimes fail fast - but learn even faster. Kindness wins. With a long-term focus on building a sustainable future, Flora Foodies show the 'Courage to Care' for each other, our communities, and the next generation. We believe in doing the right thing and 'Come As You Are' is not just a saying; it's an invitation to be authentic and bring your whole, true self to work. Difference brings angles and ideas to the party – we want you to be you. Passion fuels our Next Generation of the Food journey. Full of energy and possibility, Flora Foodies constantly raise the bar, driving the Flora Food Group and one another forwards. We're a team of food lovers and enthusiasts – our sum is truly greater than our parts, and we absolutely love what we do.
What you'll do
- The EHS Manager will lead environmental health and safety initiatives, developing strategies to reduce risk and improve compliance. This role involves working closely with Supply Chain teams to enhance safety performance and environmental impact.
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