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POSITION SUMMARY:

As a Safety, Health, & Environmental leader, you will be responsible for championing the SH&E function for the Bridgewater, New Jersey location that consists of the Nestlé Health Science Corporate Offices, Research & Development, and Pilot Plant manufacturing. Bridgewater is a strategic location that is leading the way for innovation for the fast-growing Nestlé Health Science business. This is a key position of the Site Leadership Team in the Safety, Health & Environmental Sustainability area of expertise. The primary objective of the role is to protect and improve the safety of our employees and our Site environmental sustainability through prevention, encouraging a culture of caring where safety, health and environmental sustainability are ingrained as a core value.  

In addition to overall input to Corporate and site SH&E sustainability initiatives, strategies, programs and procedures, responsibilities include supporting the Bridgewater location via hands-on counsel, supervision, assessment, and implementation of safety programs.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Site SH&E Culture – Actively participates on Site Leadership Team and effectively leads, coaches, and develops managers and line leaders across all functions to be effective SH&E leaders/coaches in their respective positions. 
• SH&E Performance – Partners with Site leadership team to develop Site SH&E key priorities, drivers, and activities with key performance indicators to drive Site SH&E performance improvement. 
• Compliance – Ensure sites maintain continuous “audit ready” state of compliance with company SH&E policies and procedures as well as all applicable external regulatory requirements. 
• SH&E Strategies, Programs and Plans – Develops SH&E best-in-class programs, systems, and processes, including training and mentoring to establish clear procedures on SH&E measures and precautions. 
• Risk Assessment and Elimination – Leads the effective implementation and utilization of risk assessment and risk prediction processes across sites to ensure these are effective at identifying and mitigating hazards and are effectively communicated and understood by all affected employees. 
• Ensures investigation of all SH&E-related incidents utilizing tools to drive to root cause and identify actions to prevent recurrence. 
• Ensures all actions to prevent recurrence are effectively implemented while also ensuring an effective injury case management process is fully implemented, well understood, and functioning as desired. 
• EH&S Capability Building – Develops Site SH&E talent through active support, coaching and feedback with the goal of developing talent that can move on to more challenging positions. 
• Liaison and technical expertise support – Provides technical expertise/coaching as needed in all areas and initiatives of the function 
• Provide overall input site SH&E sustainability initiatives, strategies, programs and procedures. 

Experience & Education Requirements: 

• Bachelor's Degree in a scientific or engineering subject area or Safety Health & Environmental (SH&E) - related field, or significant Safety, Health & Environmental professional experience in lieu of a degree. 
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in SH&E roles with the last position held as a Site SH&E leader and/or division, regional, or corporate safety and environmental experience within a manufacturing or production environment. 
• Professional certifications in SH&E-related fields are considered beneficial and may include CSP, CIH, OHST, NEBOSH, etc. 
• Proven experience and a solid understanding of ISO 14001 & ISO 45001, LEAN and TPM concepts and their relationship to production/engineering and job functions as it relates to building in prevention.  
• Detailed knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT regulations. 
• Solid technical understanding of SH&E issues and their relationship to production/engineering and job functions as it relates to building prevention.  
• Must be capable of working in a fast-paced environment with minimal direct supervision and have strong demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, and self-initiative skills. 
• Exhibit the ability to build strong cross-functional teams capable of delivering desired results. 
• Ability to communicate effectively and influence across a diverse range of people from Corporate /Division leadership to a factory floor associate. 
• Proven track record to drive sustainable organizational change. 
• Capacity to think both strategically and tactically and quickly flow across the two. 
• Strong demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills. Must be detailed and results-oriented. 
• Ability to communicate sophisticated regulatory and technical issues in lay terms. 
• Proficiency with Windows-based applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Ability to master other specialized software. 
• Demonstrated negotiation and influencing skills. 
• Ability to achieve results through dotted line situations. 

Requisition ID: 328568 

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