Safety & Health Manager

Meet Us: King Arthur Baking Company has been sharing the joy of baking since 1790. Headquartered in Norwich, Vermont, we’re the ultimate baking resource – providing education, inspiration, and the highest quality products, all while fostering connections and community through baking. Our superior flours and mixes are available in supermarkets nationwide, and our direct-to-consumer business – website and retail stores – offers an even wider selection of specialty baking ingredients, mixes, gluten-free products, baking tools, and more. We bring baking education to millions of bakers through our cookbooks, podcast, recipe app, website, and baking school. We’re proud to be 100% employee-owned, which means everyone who works here has a real voice and a shared stake in what we do. This creates a strong sense of community built on trust, teamwork, and love of baking. As a benefit corporation, we’re committed to the best interests of all our stakeholders - employees, our local communities, our broader community of bakers, and our planet. Join us and help spread the joy of baking. King Arthur – where, as an employee-owner, your passion and ideas can truly make a difference.

The Position: The Safety & Health Manager is responsible for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of occupational health, safety, and environmental programs across manufacturing, retail, bakery, culinary, and administrative operations. This role ensures compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, identifies and mitigates workplace risks, and monitors safety performance through data analysis and reporting. The position partners with operational and functional leaders to integrate safety practices into daily operations, leads incident prevention and investigation efforts, oversees safety training and program execution, and supports health compliance.

The Benefits: Yes, we have the regular "stuff" - medical, dental, vision, company paid short- and long-term disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off to rest, paid holidays to have fun, a 401(k) with a company match. But here's what makes us different: 40 paid volunteer hours a year, profit sharing*, participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)* and knowing that those working with you are dedicated and engaged co-employee owners that believe in you and your extraordinary abilities to move us all forward.

The Location: White River Junction, VT; onsite daily.

The Pay: $75,000 to $100,000 annual salary; commensurate with experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain health and safety programs, policies, and procedures across all operational areas.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local safety regulations and internal standards.
• Conduct audits, inspections, and risk assessments; track and resolve identified hazards and gaps.
• Manages incident response and workers’ compensation processes, including investigations, claim tracking, stakeholder communication, assessments, and coordination of medical appointments.
• Lead investigations of workplace incidents, including injuries, illnesses, and near misses; complete root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Analyze safety data and performance metrics to identify trends, risks, and areas for improvement; develop dashboards to highlight key health and safety metrics
• Oversee and maintain core safety programs, including lockout/tagout, machine guarding, hazard communication, ergonomics, contractor safety, and emergency preparedness.
• Develop and deliver safety training for employees and leaders; setting standards, and holding teams accountable for corrective actions and program participation
• Actively promote a strong safety culture by serving as an engaged leader of health and safety programs, encouraging participation, accountability, and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Monitor environmental health conditions, including chemical safety, waste handling, sanitation, and air quality, ensuring compliance and risk control.
• Prepare reports and communicate safety performance, trends, and recommendations to leadership; drive accountability for corrective actions.

Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene, Safety Management, or a related field; or equivalent experience along with Professional certification such as CSP (Certified Safety Professional), ASP, or similar.
• Minimum of 5–8 years of progressive health and safety experience, preferably with program ownership.
• Experience in manufacturing, food production, retail, hospitality, kitchen, or similarly complex operational environments preferred including experience supporting multi-site or multi-function operations.
• Experience supporting multi-site or multi-function operations.
• Experience with workers’ compensation, return-to-work programs, and claims management, including experience leading incident investigations, audits, and safety program implementation.
• We value those who can demonstrate capability and articulate how prior experiences will help them transition into this role

Competencies

• Regulatory Compliance Knowledge: Working knowledge of OSHA and applicable regulations, with the ability to interpret requirements, apply them to operations, and ensure audits, inspections, and documentation meet compliance standards.
• Training Facilitation and Knowledge Transfer: Ability to develop and deliver effective and efficient safety training programs and ensure employees and leaders understand and apply safe work practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to partner effectively with operations, facilities, HR (People & Culture), and leadership to integrate safety into workflows, projects, and decision-making.
• Influencing and Communication Skills: Ability to communicate safety expectations clearly, provide guidance, and influence leaders and employees to adopt safe behaviors and meet safety standards.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making: Ability to assess complex safety issues, evaluate options, and make sound, timely decisions that balance operational needs with risk mitigation.
• Continuous Improvement Orientation: Ability to identify opportunities to improve safety programs and processes, implement changes, and sustain improvements over time.

Success Factors

• Genuine enthusiasm for King Arthur’s mission and products and a commitment to living our values
• Demonstrates a strong sense of community by actively engaging and volunteering
• Promotes safety as a shared responsibility and serves as an interactive champion of health and safety programs by engaging employees, reinforcing expectations, and supporting practical adoption of safe work practices.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment/Safety

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical requirements

• Ability to work for prolonged periods at a desk, both in a home office and onsite, using a computer and other standard office equipment.
• Regular use of computer keyboard, mouse, and video conferencing tools.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, over the phone, and through digital platforms.
• Regular standing, walking, bending, or reaching.
• May occasionally be required to lift or move items up to 20 pounds
• Visual acuity needed for reviewing documents, spreadsheets, and data on screens.
• Ability to commute to the office for in-person meetings, trainings, or other business needs as required.

Work Environment

• Occasional dusty environment from dry ingredients
• Environment where many common food allergens are present
• Temperatures on the receiving floor that can be below 60 degrees at times

Safety

• Understands that safety is the responsibility of everyone at the organization and is responsible for adhering to/providing work in a safe and ergonomic manner, identifying unsafe conditions and correcting conditions immediately or reporting them promptly.
• Participates in safety and compliance training and safety and health programs.

Supervision

N/A

Travel

N/A

Other Duties

• 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

It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive and safe work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors. As a proud Benefit Corporation, King Arthur Baking expects our employees to adhere to company-wide green norms and remain educated on company impact campaigns.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors protected by law. King Arthur Baking provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to participate in both the application process and during employment. Such individuals are encouraged to seek accommodations to allow them to apply for a position, participate in the application process, and meet the essential functions and requirements of the position.

*Amounts vary based on achievement of financial targets. Participation based on hire date and program entry date.