Senior Health & Safety Manager

In recent years, Double Good has seen 40% year over year growth, and we’re excited about our future! We’re excited about the possibility of you joining our mission. We are looking for a Senior Health and Safety Manager to join our growing team.

Location - This role is onsite at our Burr Ridge, IL facility and will require visits to our Elmhurst, IL facility

The Senior Health and Safety Manager will architect and champion Double Good’s safety-first culture across our two Chicago-area popcorn manufacturing plants — designing programs, leading the hourly Safety Committee, and partnering with Operations to anticipate risk before it becomes incident.

You lead Health & Safety strategy and execution across two manufacturing facilities (Burr Ridge, IL and Elmhurst, IL) with regular partnership with our downtown Chicago corporate office. The role owns Workers’ Compensation through our TPA, OSHA-facing reporting, site security, and emergency response. You also own day-to-day environmental compliance that lives within H&S (hazardous waste manifests, SDS management, SPCC awareness, environmental vendor management); broader environmental scope sits with Operations and Facilities. You partner with Quality and Food Safety so H&S complements our GMP, HACCP, and FSMA programs.

• Lead the design and continuous improvement of H&S programs, policies, and procedures across both plants — calibrated to the specific risks of food/snack manufacturing.
• Own the H&S scorecard: TRIR, DART, LTIR, severity, near-miss reporting rate, observation rate, training completion, and audit-closure SLA. Translate metrics into action plans the Operations leadership team can run with.
• Manage vendor relationships and service contracts (PPE, training, industrial hygiene, audit partners) and own the H&S budget.
• Stay ahead of OSHA, NFPA, EPA, and Illinois EPA changes; brief leadership on impact before regulation hits the floor.

• Build risk-based audit and inspection programs tailored to each plant’s footprint, equipment, and hazards.
• Lead Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) and PPE assessments for every role on the floor; refresh on a defined cadence.
• Drive the technical program work that matters in popcorn/snack manufacturing — combustible dust (NFPA 652 / NFPA 61), flammable liquids handling (NFPA 30), static electricity controls (NFPA 77), powered industrial trucks (PIT/forklift), LOTO, machine guarding, confined space, hot work, packaging-line ergonomics, and chemical safety.
• Partner with Quality and Food Safety so H&S decisions complement (not conflict with) our GMP, HACCP, and FSMA programs.

• Identify training needs and build programs that are engaging, inclusive, and behavior-changing — for employees, supervisors, contractors, and visitors.
• Define high-risk training requirements and maintain company-wide training records.
• Chair the hourly-employee Safety Committee as the primary engine for proactive observations and peer-led safety conversations.

• Build and maintain a comprehensive site-security framework — camera and badge access, contractor/visitor controls, and physical premises protection.
• Develop and exercise emergency response plans (severe weather, fire, active threat, utility interruption) in coordination with local authorities and site leadership.

• No direct reports today. As the function matures, partner with the People Team on a workforce plan that may include site safety coordinators and an EHS specialist.
• Influence at every level — from the line operator at 6 a.m. to the executive team — and make safety personal, not procedural.

• 7+ years in a safety leadership role in food, beverage, CPG, or similar manufacturing/warehousing — multi-site exposure preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, or a related field — or equivalent experience.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA General Industry (29 CFR 1910), recordkeeping (29 CFR 1904), and combustible-dust NFPA standards (652, 61, 30, 77).
• Demonstrated track record building a proactive safety culture — Safety Committees, behavior-based safety, near-miss programs.
• Proven incident investigation and root-cause chops; comfortable presenting findings to senior leadership.
• Workers’ Compensation experience: TPA management, loss-run analysis, underwriter conversations.
• Excellent communication — translates regulation into plain language for hourly teams and executive summaries for leadership.
• Comfortable on a manufacturing floor — varied hours, occasional off-shift presence, PPE-required environment.

• CSP, ASP, or CIH certification.
• OSHA 500 / 501 authorized outreach trainer.
• HACCP / PCQI awareness — supports partnership with Quality and Food Safety.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Prior experience standing up or scaling a safety function (greenfield or expansion).

We’re on a mission to create more joy in people’s lives, and that includes our internal employees. We create a place people love to be a part of, where people can discover and practice their unique skill sets, a place where they can contribute and do their best work. We do this by offering our employees a competitive compensation & benefits plan.

Base Pay range for this position:

• $92,000 - $131,000 annually
• Target Annual Bonus: 20% of base salary

The final discretionary compensation that will be offered for this role depends on a variety of factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location.

This position requires current authorization to work in the United States. We do not provide visa sponsorship, including support for F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT), STEM OPT extensions, or other temporary work authorization programs.