Sr. Manager Health and Safety

Title: Sr. Manager Health and Safety

Location: Kennewick, WA

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

Provides support and oversight of all Environment, Health, & Safety (EHS) functions for multiple food manufacturing, distribution, and office locations. Leads and/or participates in the development and rollout of EHS management system, EHS Pillar, and corporate initiatives. Builds capabilities of facility resources and mentors EHS staff. Reports to the Director, EHS. Implements key initiatives of the EHS function by working through the various plant managers and their department leadership teams. Provides 1:1 mentorship to site EHS leaders and occupational health nurses to ensure a safe work environment and engaged employees.

Job Description

• Provide coaching, guidance, and mentorship to EHS Staff (with special focus on direct reports) to build capabilities and ensure effective execution of EHS initiatives.
• Support the EHS pillar and corporate initiatives, aligning them with organizational objectives and driving for continuous improvement. Provide coaching and guidance on integrating the EHS pillar into daily operations to achieve an interdependent culture that protects people and the environment.
• Stay abreast of regulatory changes and industry best practices. Provide EHS leadership and assistance to facilities to comply with all applicable EHS regulations and established standards.  Ensure EHS compliance tasks are managed promptly within our EHS information management system.
•  Bridge communications with regulatory agencies; providing coaching, guidance, and including internal counsel when appropriate (e.g., inspections, conference committees, SME, etc.).
• Ensure that EHS facility teams are leading in the active engagement of all employees in EHS related activities. Train and coach EHS professionals and employees in engagement activities, integrating EHS goals into day-to-day operations, fostering an interdependent culture at each facility.
• Provide leadership toward identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating hazards to reduce risk. 
• Lead assurance efforts to include support for the internal or external audits and assessments and drive plant self-assessments to ensure monitoring and measuring performance.
• Ensure that EHS professionals are included in and providing EHS guidance in plant early management design and review processes.
• Ensure management of change processes are robust at each facility to reduce risk as new materials, processes, or procedures are introduced that may represent a new or previously unrecognized hazard.
• Provide leadership to ensure plants have adequately identified hazards and subsequent emergency response action and response plans.  Support training efforts of responders.
• Provide oversight of incident management efforts and conduct periodic health checks in operations facilities.
• Facilitate effective root cause analysis training (including TapRooT) of plant EHS and operations leaders; ensure timely reporting and analysis of incidents; ensure corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) are developed, shared, and tracked to completion.
• Monitor and analyze EHS metrics and data as related to facility specific losses to identify areas for improvement. Ensure loss related action plans are included in facility master plans.
• Ensure E/HS Managers are effectively supporting and mentoring their direct reports and interns and participate in recruiting efforts.
• Provide regular updates and reports to the EHS Director(s) on the status of EHS initiatives, challenges, and achievements at each plant location.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety or environment or closely related field
• 5 years of experience in safety and/or environment leadership roles, preferably over multiple locations, in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of EHS leadership functions and trainings, root cause investigation, EHS regulatory compliance and inspections, environmental permitting (air and wastewater).
• Working knowledge of EPA, OSHA, and worker's compensation laws.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills. Demonstrated experience in coaching, mentoring, and developing team members while motivating leaders.
• Frequent travel up to 50% domestically, with infrequent travel to international locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS degree in safety or environment or closely related field
• Certified Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Environmental Manager, or Professional Engineer
• 10+ years of experience in safety and environment leadership roles, preferably over multiple locations, in a manufacturing environment. 
• Experience with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 or ISO risk-based management systems preferred

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-258627

Time Type: Full time

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs. Anticipated Close Date: 11/11/2025

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate’s work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $113,930.00 - $170,900.00

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law