Vice President, EHS & Quality


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Job Title: Vice President, EHS & Quality
Location: Lancaster, PA, Mid-Atlantic United States, USA

Company: The Wenger Group
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Who are we:

We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement.

We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 850 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector - agriculture!

Learn more here: https://www.thewengergroup.com

What your day looks like:

The Corporate Vice President of EHS & Quality provides strategic leadership and corporate oversight for the company's Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) and Quality Management Systems, ensuring alignment with ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and SQF standards across all operations.

This role is accountable for maintaining compliant, effective, and continually improving management systems that protect employees, the environment, customers, and the business. The position partners closely with executive leadership, site management, and cross functional teams to embed safety, environmental responsibility, and quality excellence into daily operations and long-term strategy.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Occupational Health & Safety
  • Establish, implement, maintain, and continually improve the ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS).
  • Lead hazard identification, risk assessment, and control processes consistent with ISO 45001 requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA and workplace safety regulations and internal safety standards.
  • Oversee incident reporting, investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions, ensuring nonconformities are addressed and prevented.
  • Lead development and execution of emergency preparedness and response plans.
  • Conduct and oversee internal ISO safety audits, site safety inspections, and management reviews.
  • Define and track safety KPIs, objectives, and targets aligned with the organization's strategic direction.
  • Promote worker participation, leadership engagement, and a proactive safety culture across all levels of the organization.
  • Serve as the primary corporate contact for safety regulatory agencies and thirdparty auditors related to ISO 45001.

Environmental Management
  • Lead the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS), ensuring alignment with environmental regulations and corporate sustainability goals.
  • Identify and manage environmental aspects and impacts, including air emissions, wastewater, waste management, and chemical handling.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations and permits.
  • Develop environmental objectives and programs that support risk reduction, regulatory compliance, and continual improvement.
  • Oversee environmental monitoring, reporting, and documentation.
  • Lead environmental audits, inspections, and corrective action processes.
  • Support sustainability initiatives that reduce environmental risk and improve resource efficiency.
  • Act as the corporate liaison with environmental regulatory agencies and auditors.

Quality & Food Safety
  • Oversee the SQF Quality and Food Safety Management System, ensuring compliance with current SQF Code requirements.
  • Serve as, or support, the SQF Practitioner role as required by the SQF standard.
  • Ensure food safety and quality policies, procedures, and prerequisite programs are implemented and effective.
  • Lead internal and external SQF audits, thirdparty certifications, and customer audits.
  • Manage corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes related to quality or food safety nonconformities.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to product safety, quality, process control, and customer satisfaction.
  • Ensure supplier quality and food safety expectations are defined and managed.
  • Monitor quality performance metrics and report trends and risks to executive leadership.
  • Support product, process, and facility changes to ensure continued SQF compliance.

Management Systems & Continuous Improvement
  • Integrate ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and SQF requirements into a cohesive, efficient management system framework.
  • Lead management review processes, including performance evaluation of objectives, audit results, incidents, and improvement opportunities.
  • Maintain system documentation, records, and change-control processes.
  • Ensure effective training and competency programs related to safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
  • Drive a culture of preventive thinking, operational discipline, and continual improvement.

Leadership & Corporate Governance

  • Advise executive leadership on EHS and Quality risks, compliance status, and strategic priorities.
  • Partner with site leadership to ensure consistent application of corporate standards across all locations.
  • Provide coaching, technical guidance, and oversight to site-level EHS and Quality resources.
  • Represent the company with certification bodies, regulators, customers, and external stakeholders as required.
  • Support mergers, acquisitions, and facility expansions from an EHS and Quality systems perspective.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
  • Bachelor's degree in EHS, Environmental Science, Quality, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience managing EHS and/or Quality systems in a regulated environment in agri businesses (or similar manufacturing, food, or industrial operations)
  • Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, Lead ISO Auditor, SQF Practitioner, or Six Sigma
  • Demonstrated experience with ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and/or SQF systems.
  • Proven audit leadership experience (internal and external).
  • Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance and management system frameworks.
  • Multisite or corporate-level program leadership experience.
  • Ability to influence leadership and drive cultural change.
  • Adherence and agreement with the Company core values
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Regular (approximately 2 days per week) travel to company facilities. Occasional off-hours support during audits, incidents, or regulatory events .

In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks and numerous resources for professional development and team building:
  • Promotional opportunities
  • Rewards and recognition programs
  • Robust onboarding and training program
  • Employee Discount Programs (Perks at Work)
  • Employee referral program
  • Encouraging and collaborative culture

What our benefits are:
  • Paid Time Off, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Parental Leave, etc.
  • Carebridge Employee Assistance Program

For all full-time members:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Medical Flexible Spending Account
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Pet Insurance

Each team member has the potential to earn a yearly bonus based on the achievement of company goals.

The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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Job Post Date: 02/28/26
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