Central Offices - Sr. Safety Compliance Manager

Bachoco Group is a leading multi-business and multiprotein producer, and one of the top ten largest globally, with over 40,000 employees. We offer a wide portfolio of products, including chicken, eggs, pork, beef, pet food, and more. Through Bachoco USA, we deliver high-quality chicken products to the U.S. market, serving retail, food service, and national accounts through our fully integrated operations, which include farms, hatcheries, feed mills, and processing plants.

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Summary

The Sr. Safety Compliance Manager leads safety compliance and process safety programs for assigned Bachoco USA operations. The manager coordinates with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and EHS to maintain effective controls for covered processes, close compliance gaps and communicate material risks to leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned

Safety Compliance

• Own the safety compliance plan for assigned facilities; maintain applicable policies, procedures, training requirements, inspection schedules and records with facility leaders.
• Conduct or direct risk-based facility assessments and audits; document findings, assign owners and due dates, and verify that corrective actions address the underlying hazard.
• Lead reviews of incidents, near misses and regulatory findings; ensure root-cause analysis, control improvements and communication of lessons learned.
• Analyze safety metrics and recurring hazards, prepare management reports and recommend priorities based on risk and the effectiveness of existing controls.
• Coordinate regulatory inspections, document requests and responses with EHS, Legal and site leadership; maintain supporting evidence and escalate material compliance gaps.

Process Safety Management

• Lead and maintain the PSM program for covered processes, including ammonia refrigeration where applicable, and coordinate EPA Risk Management Program responsibilities when required.
• Maintain program ownership and documentation; coordinate process safety information, process hazard analyses, recommendation closure, operating procedures and employee participation.
• Administer management of change and pre-startup safety review workflows for covered equipment, processes and procedures; verify required reviews, training and documentation before startup.
• Coordinate mechanical integrity schedules, inspection and testing records, and deficiency resolution with Maintenance and Engineering, which retain responsibility for technical execution.
• Coordinate process safety training, contractor safety, safe work practices, hot work permits and emergency preparedness with the accountable site teams.
• Lead PSM incident investigations and compliance audits; track recommendations and corrective actions through verified closure and escalate overdue high-risk items.
• Maintain RMP documentation and required updates, and coordinate emergency response planning and communication with local responders where applicable.

Program Leadership

• Set priorities for assigned safety and PSM work, coach site leaders and action owners, and integrate process safety requirements into routine operational decisions.
• Review proposed operational or project changes for safety compliance impact and recommend controls or escalation before implementation.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provides functional direction to safety and PSM action owners across facilities and reviews the work of any assigned safety personnel. Direct-report assignments follow the approved organization structure.

Qualifications: Working knowledge of occupational safety compliance, OSHA PSM elements and EPA RMP requirements where applicable; process hazard analysis, incident investigation, management of change, mechanical integrity, audits and emergency preparedness.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, engineering, environmental science or a related field.

Experience: Progressive experience leading safety compliance in manufacturing or food processing, including coordination of PSM-covered processes or comparable high-hazard systems and cross-functional corrective actions.

Skills: Ability to interpret technical and regulatory requirements, lead audits and risk reviews, analyze safety data, write clear procedures and reports, and work effectively with plant employees, leaders, regulators and emergency responders. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and safety record systems.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Company-required safety, process safety and emergency response training; relevant professional safety certification preferred.

Physical Demands: Requires regular computer use and periodic facility visits involving walking, standing and stair climbing. Must wear required personal protective equipment when entering operating areas.

Work Environment: Work is performed in offices and operating facilities, including processing, refrigeration, warehouse and maintenance areas. Facility visits may involve noise, temperature changes and controlled exposure to industrial processes under site safety procedures.

 

Bachoco USA reserves the right to conduct background screenings for positions deemed necessary and in accordance with applicable laws.

 

An Equal Opportunity Employer to include women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities.

 

*Unsolicited Assistance: Please note that Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries shall explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Bachoco USA.