Position Summary: The Health and Safety Specialist provides specialty support services promote a culture of health and safety in the organization. The Specialist works with retail operations, training, facilities, food service teams and other support operations, on strategies, initiatives and programs that address food, team member and customer safety concerns at to promote a culture of Health and Safety.

Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of processes and programs that continuously enhance the overall food safety ,quality and safety and health of EG America operations.
• Work with store teams to help resolve store level food, workplace , customer health and safety risks.
• Assist retail operations in the resolution of Health Department risk factors and compliance with the FDA Food Code
• Acts as liaison with federal, state, or local safety inspectors and acts to comply with their recommendations.
• Execute specialized guidance documents that support department initiatives, programs and store-level health and safety needs
• Actively assist in the identification, mitigation and resolution of all food safety and quality related emergencies, including recall situations, which may affect the supply chain.
• Provide guidance to retail store teams regarding proper pest control, sanitation, Good Retail Practices and other food safety related prevention programs.
• Review store level health and safety challenges to identify potential root causes and determine solutions that will resolve each challenge.
• Perform routine and emergency store level gap asssesments and validation audits
• Follow-up on store team member and guest complaints
• Work with store teams to prepare for government and 3rd party health and safety audits. Assist the store teams with corrective action determination and implementation.
• Conduct on-site and classroom health and safety training and support the Training department with other health and safety related training initiatives.

Working Relationships: Ability to collaborate with internal and exeternal customers; meeting their needs in a timely manner. Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment.

Requirements & Qualifications:

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Occupational Safety or related discipline or extensive (2 - 5 years) retail, grocery, QSR or restaurant experience in a food, workplace or customerhealth and safety role.
Preferred Education: N/A
Minimum Experience: N/A
Preferred Experience: Working experience in grocery, C-store, foodservice, QSR or restaurant industries
Licenses/Certifications: N/A
Soft Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; the ability to provide exceptional customer service to internal and external customers; a professional demeanor; the ability to solve problems; self-starter and able to work on their own; demonstrated time management skills; the ability to organize and manage multiple projects; the ability to work under pressure and effectively handle / resolve issues on a proactive and reactive basis; excellent attention to detail; the ability to interact effectively with people in positions of influence. Computer skills: Proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Other Requirements:
Hours & Conditions: Monday through Friday, normal business hours. Hours may vary depending on the needs of the company.
Driving Requirement: Yes, need a valid driver's license.
Travel: Minimum of 40% travel
Physical: N/A
Other: Other / Miscellaneous