Senior EHS Manager - Sodexo

We are the Communities we serve!

This account is part of the SodexoMAGIC portfolio of business.

Use your passion for service to create a positive impact and make a difference in the communities we serve!  SodexoMAGIC is a joint Sodexo/ Magic Johnson venture and SodexoMAGIC promises to empower the communities we serve by offering best-in-class food & facilities management solutions, which create a positive impact and make a difference in the lives of our clients and customers.  SodexoMAGIC offers our dedicated service via the following Sodexo segments:  Corporate Services, Hospitals, K-12 Schools, Universities.

The SodexoMAGIC partnership represents the union of two global brands that operate at peak performance.  Sodexo, a long-standing leader in “quality of life solutions” around the globe, and Magic Johnson Enterprises, the brainchild of NBA all-star Earvin Magic Johnson, who literally took the game to new heights. To learn more about SodexoMAGIC and read a message from Earvin “Magic” Johnson himself click here.

You are a strategic, innovative facilities safety manager ready to help clients optimize their business!

Sodexo is seeking a Unit Safety Manager for a pharmaceutical client located in Rahway, NJ. The primary purpose of this role is to ensure a safe work environment at a client site by providing strategic safety oversight. This role drives a safety culture at the site level and will be responsible for recognizing and mitigating any potential risks surrounding Health & Safety, in facilities maintenance and construction projects. This position is responsible for ensuring the implementation and compliance with the client’s safety policies and ensures legal compliance to all Federal, State and Local regulations. 

This position will be required to be on site 5 days a week

Are You the One?

Our clients depend on your expertise to help them to optimize their business. If you are a Strategic Safety Manager with the ability to develop innovative technical solutions while successfully managing key performance indicators to drive strong business results, this may be the opportunity for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Successful client and third-party audits of Sodexo and client HSE activities
• Timely reporting and investigation of HSE related incidents and audit findings
• Added value to the business through implementing efficient, standardized systems and processes
• Maintain an effective relationship with the client 
• Maintain communication with key Sodexo and client personnel, monitoring HSE and providing support, advice and expertise to operational teams at all levels
• Provide expertise in Health, Safety and Business Risk and advice and consultancy for the client
• Perform inspections of HSE compliance for all project activities which Sodexo provide to the client
• Work with client and Sodexo teams to investigate, analyze root-causes and implement corrective actions (CAPA) where HSE deficiencies are discovered
• Present HSE related topics to Sodexo and client management and produce reports as required
• Conduct training in HSE topics to the wider Sodexo operations team
• Promote and develop a health and safety culture which secures effective implementation of policy, procedures and responsibilities
• Ensure compliance with contractor safety program and high-risk work requirement
• Perform Daily site walkthroughs to identify areas of non-compliance (E.g. Blocked exits, trip hazards, improper storage) and work with area personnel to correct observations

Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who have:

• A Bachelor's Degree or 5 years Equivalent Experience in R&D Facilities
• Knowledge of site specific and OSHA requirements, and can measure the effectiveness of Operational Excellence / HS&E strategies and programs in a fact based and objective manner  
• Experience training staff, overseeing project work, proactive evaluation of potential hazards, thorough reporting and safety communications
• Unit specific knowledge of policies and procedures for controlling occupational health, safety, and environmental hazards that come under Federal, State, and local regulations (e.g., Control of Hazardous Energy; Permit Required Confined Space Identification and Entry, Asbestos, Lead, Right to Know (GHS), Fall Prevention, Slips/Trips/Falls, Storm Water, etc.)
• Complete Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental audits. Recommend, justify, implement, and manage safety devices, equipment, and/or products that help protect employees and customers and mitigate losses
• No less than 5 years relevant experience administering Corporate Safety Programs
• Leadership experience managing technical safety employees

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Basic Education Requirement - Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Basic Management Experience - 5 years   

Basic Functional Experience - 3 years of related experience

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.