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Danone

Global foods and beverages company

Health Manager - Health, Safety and Environment

Environmental Health & SafetyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBoucherville, QC, Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university degree in health and safety or environmental studies.
  • Knowledge of CNESST regulations and the Ministry of the Environment (MELCC) requirements.
  • Three to five years of experience in a similar role, ideally in a food factory.
  • Experience in a food-processing environment.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to coach and motivate teams and managers, build alignment, and act as a change agent.
  • Ability to assess and implement health, safety, and environmental best practices.
  • Ability to manage multiple matters under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
  • Strong organizational, recordkeeping, and documentation skills.
  • Ability to interact with a wide variety of stakeholders and handle difficult situations professionally.
  • Analytical ability to evaluate multiple variables and select effective solutions for the organization.
  • Problem-solving and conflict-management skills, with strong interpersonal abilities.
  • Ability to support a 24/7 manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute programs that provide a safe workplace for employees and minimize the plant’s environmental footprint, ensuring compliance with federal, provincial, local, and company requirements.
  • Deploy a sustainable plant-level health, safety, and environment management system, coach managers and teams on applying standards, and foster a culture of prevention, accountability, and continuous performance improvement.
  • Coach managers, maintain a regular presence on the plant floor, and develop teams’ capability to apply health, safety, and environment standards.
  • Act as a change agent to evolve processes and the prevention culture.
  • Develop management teams’ capabilities in event investigations, contribute to identifying root causes, and follow up on corrective action plans.
  • Supervise the plant’s unionized preventionist.
  • Ensure plant compliance with and monitoring of health, safety, and environment standards.
  • Advise the organization on health, safety, and environment legislation and legal requirements.
  • Maintain the facility’s ongoing compliance with CNESST requirements, CSA safety standards, Danone standards, and environmental management practices.
  • Serve as a contact for local, provincial, and federal agencies as needed.
  • Implement and lead cost-effective compliance training and regulatory safety and environmental programs.
  • Deploy policies, programs, and procedures reflecting health, safety, and environment best practices.
  • Integrate new regulatory requirements and implement controls to reduce or eliminate company health, safety, and environmental risks.
  • Conduct site health, safety, and environment assessments, identify improvement areas, and lead corrective actions arising from internal, corporate, and third-party audits.
  • Champion plant sustainability projects.
  • Prepare and maintain environmental reports and permits required by government agencies and company health, safety, and environment standards.
  • Manage and track injury, occupational illness, and environmental indicator data.
  • Report health, safety, and environment results to the Senior Health, Safety and Environment Manager.

Desired Qualifications

  • Food-factory experience is identified as ideal.

About the Company

Danone

Global foods and beverages company

Danone is a global food and beverage company focused on Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition. It sells brands like Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Evian, Nutricia, and Volvic across more than 120 markets, employing over 100,000 people. Its products aim to support health and sustainability, guided by the One Planet. One Health framework and 2030 goals, with a plan to pursue B Corp certification by 2025. It differentiates itself with a mission-driven approach, the Entreprise à Mission status in France, and strong sustainability commitments across a diversified brand portfolio to bring healthy, sustainable eating to as many people as possible.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1919

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