EHS Lead
Why Hershey:
At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day.
Location: Hershey, PA
About The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.
At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.
Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.
The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose.
How will you fit in the big picture?
At our West Hershey plant, you will independently lead environmental, health and safety programs and projects that support multiple teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will serve as a trusted EHS resource, helping plant leaders and employees identify hazards, strengthen preventive controls, meet regulatory and company standards, and advance environmental stewardship and employee wellbeing.
What will you do?
• Implement and improve safety and environmental programs, documentation, training, and operating practices to support compliance with applicable regulations and company standards.
• Conduct hazard and risk assessments across plant operations, recommend practical controls, and communicate requirements to relevant teams.
• Lead scheduled EHS audits and inspections, document findings, partner with plant teams on action plans, and verify timely closure of corrective actions.
• Investigate incidents to identify root causes and trends, recommend corrective and preventive actions, and communicate findings to plant leadership and operational teams.
• Support the site's Safety Management System through program reviews, proactive metrics, verification activities, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Provide EHS training for new-hire orientation, regulatory requirements, and site-specific needs, reinforcing consistent safe-work expectations.
• Support workers' compensation follow-up, industrial hygiene sampling and report review, engineering and project risk reviews, and environmental compliance activities.
• Provide EHS guidance to cross-functional teams and help coach safety specialists and employee safety committees when needed.
Minimum Requirements
Experience: 3+ years of relevant EHS experience, including work in a manufacturing environment and experience supporting EHS program management. Food, food-related, or consumer packaged goods experience is preferred.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Occupational or Industrial Safety, Safety Engineering, Human Factors, or another EHS-related field preferred. Equivalent related work experience will be considered.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local occupational safety and environmental requirements, including OSHA and EPA standards.
• Strong auditing, incident investigation, risk assessment, problem-solving, documentation, training, and communication skills.
• Ability to influence across levels, manage changing priorities, work independently and collaboratively, and support flexible hours as business needs require.
• Ability to access plant work areas, including stairs, ladders, and platforms, and to lift moderately heavy testing equipment or materials.
Benefits and Perks
At Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and life outside of work.
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Health & Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health
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Financial Security: Competitive pay, annual incentive opportunities, and a 401(k) with company match
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Time Off & Flexibility: Paid time off, company holidays, and flexible ways of working where applicable
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Growth & Development: Career development programs, learning opportunities, and internal mobility
Benefits may vary based on role, location, and eligibility.
The anticipated base salary range for this role is $86,560 to $108,200 per year. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of job‑related factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skill set, education, and training. In addition to a market-competitive base salary, our Total Rewards package includes performance‑based incentives and a comprehensive, competitive benefits package designed to support overall physical, mental, and financial well‑being (as applicable). Learn more about Hershey’s benefits and all the resources Hershey provides to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well‑being by visiting the Hershey Digital Employee Experience at www.askHRbenefits.hersheys.com
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans. You may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application process as a result of a disability.
You can request an accommodation via phone or email.To request an accommodation via phone, please call +1 877-804-1794 and leave a voicemail with your contact information. You may also email a request for accommodation to ApplicationHelp@hersheys.com. Please be sure to include “Accommodation Needed” in the subject line. This will ensure that your email is routed to the appropriate contact who will handle your request.
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