Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Alex Minnesota St Facility, 3915 Minnesota Street, Alexandria, Minnesota, United States of America

Posted Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Sun Opta delivers customized supply chain solutions and innovation for top brands, retailers, and food service providers across a broad portfolio of beverages, broths, and better-for-you snacks. With over 50 years of expertise, Sun Opta fuels customers’ growth with high-quality, sustainability-forward solutions distributed through retail, club, food service, and e-commerce channels across North America.

This position is responsible for establishing policies and delivering safety training and education that will create and maintain a safe workplace. Evaluates, assesses, and alters safety procedures and policies for the benefit of employees. Understand requirements and maintain correct environmental permitting for environmental requirements while identifying and supporting energy and waste reduction initiatives.

• Develop and execute health and safety plans in the workplace according to legal guideline.
• Prepare and enforce policies to establish and maintain a culture of health and safety.
• Evaluate practices, procedures, and facilities to assess risk and adherence to Sun Opta safety policies and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor compliance to all Sun Opta health and safety policies by inspecting operations.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory bodies, standards, and laws (including OSHA, EPA, etc.), including but not limited to:
  • Wastewater Discharge Permit, Air Permit, Solid Waste Disposal
  • Hazardous Chemical Programs, RMP, PSM, HAZCOM
  • Blood borne pathogens, Accident and Illness, Heat Stress, Hearing Loss
  • LOTO, Hot Work, Confined Space
• Inspect equipment and machinery to observe possible unsafe conditions.
• Investigate accidents or incidents as needed to discover causes.
• Interface with workers’ compensation carrier as needed for claims processing and support.
• Recommend solutions to issues, identify improvement opportunities or new prevention measures.
• Evaluate, assess. and alter safety procedures and policies for the benefit of employees.
• Analyze accident reports to ensure root cause(s) have been identified.
• Prepare and conduct health and safety training sessions for employees and/or assist with securing outside resources for safety training and education.
• Develop and track meaningful incident metrics.
• Research environmental regulations and policies and lead efforts to ensure compliance.
• Oversee the applications for and receipt of necessary permits.
• Lead development efforts of facility safety committees.
• Lead and Implement Projects to reduces landfill, CO2 emissions, electricity/water usage.
• Other duties, as assigned.

• B.A. or B.S. Degree in environmental health and safety, business, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of six years of EHS related experience in manufacturing.
• Solid understanding of health and safety laws and regulations including EPA, OSHA, and other relevant governmental bodies

• Food industry experience.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills/
• Capabilities to create and deliver group training.
• Solid computer skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with an ability to generate system reports good knowledge of data analytics and risk assessment.
• Good attention to detail and observation ability to identify hazards.
• Ability to train, motivate and influence team members

• Travel Requirements:
  Up to 10%.
• Location:
  
  This position will have responsibility for the MN Street and the 3 rd Avenue Sun Opta Plants in Alexandria, MN.
• Work Environment:
  Approximately 50% of work is performed in an office environment and 50% of work will involve being in a manufacturing environment.
• Relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
EOE M/W/VET/DISABLED

Alex Minnesota St Facility, 3915 Minnesota Street, Alexandria, Minnesota, United States of America