EHS Leader - Plant Site

Become the driving force behind a safer, healthier, and more environmentally conscious workplace at our thriving 400+ employee Minnetonka site. As the EHS&S leader, you'll spearhead cutting-edge strategies and innovative programs designed to protect our most valuable asset – our people. Your mission? To create a workplace where risks are minimized, compliance is second nature, and a culture of safety flourishes.In this pivotal role, you'll craft and implement forward-thinking Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security (EHS&S) initiatives while ensuring seamless regulatory compliance and providing expert technical support. You'll deliver engaging training sessions that empower employees at all levels, champion a positive safety culture that inspires and motivates, and work tirelessly towards the ultimate goal: an injury-free and healthy work environment.Join us in shaping a workplace where safety isn't just a priority – it's a way of life. Your expertise and passion for EHS&S will make a tangible difference in the lives of hundreds of employees every day. Are you ready to lead the charge towards a safer, more sustainable future?Key Responsibilities:Proactively designs, develops, and implements strategies, policies, programs, processes, and systems that ensure EH&S compliance, enhance performance, and drive core values and results to an operational level. Gathers and analyzes EHS data, develop goals to meet targets, manage scorecards, databases, and dashboards for EHS related programs and metricsDevelops effective communication processes to make safety priorities and performance visible.Analyzes data to proactively assess health and safety challenges from risk assessment methods and develop action plans to ensure all significant risks are controlled and managed as part of the operational controls defined within the EHS management system and procedures.Provides regulatory assistance, technical support, and training for the site.Responds to safety and environmental compliance issues, enforcement actions, emergencies, and changes in operations or security, coordinating with corporate resources as required.Leads the deployment, application, renewal, and reporting process for environmental permitting and plans (EPA, MPCA, SPCC, etc.)Conducts and/or coordinates EHS audits, incident investigations, emergency response plans, ergonomics, PPE programs, machine guarding, management of change, industrial hygiene, and other EHS programs.  Logs and tracks audit recommendations to completion and assists all levels in developing corrective actions for audit findings.  Reviews capital projects for safety and environmental impacts and permitting requirementsMaintains expert knowledge of existing and proposed regulations including chemical management and Hazardous WasteManage, supervise, train, coach and mentor direct reports and support team members involved in delivering the EHS programs.Supports the Safety CommitteeWorks to reduce workers’ compensation risks and costs.Serves as member of the facility’s emergency response and crisis management team, during times of serious incidents, by directing efforts when requested, offering recommendations, interpreting regulations, and coordinating communication with government regulators or agencies