Senior Manager, Environmental Health &… at Mark Anthony… · Waddell

Mark Anthony Group is an entrepreneurial drinks company, built from the ground up by thinking differently, innovating and doing the unexpected. Our company is rooted in family values, a bold vision and relentless determination to continuously raise the bar and make a positive difference in consumers' lives. Founded in 1972, we’ve grown organically from a one-person import wine business into an international drinks company whose hallmarks include a portfolio of luxury wineries and iconic beverage brands, including White Claw® Hard Seltzer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, and Cayman Jack.

Role Purpose:

The Sr. Environmental, Health & Safety Manager (EHS) is the custodian and driver of the site’s Safety-First culture. This role owns delivering the EHSS roadmap, deployment of Mark Anthony Brewing (MAB) standards, and the cultural transformation required to move the workforce from Dependent to Independent safety behaviors. This role will oversee all critical environmental, safety, and operational initiatives across the facility; they are also responsible for leading site-level programs that strengthen regulatory compliance, enhance operational resilience, and ensure safe execution of strategic capital improvements. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise, strong leadership capabilities, and the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional team

Accountabilities and Impact

Ownership of MAB EHS Strategy

• Lead the implementation and execution of the Mark Anthony Brewing, Inc. EHS policies, procedures, and Annual Operating Plans (AOP).
• Regulatory Command: Ensure 100% site compliance with all federal, state, and local OSHA/EPA requirements, including LOTO, Haz Com, and Machine Safety.
• Systemic Integrity: Develop and maintain written departmental procedures that align local operations with established MAB environmental, health, and safety processes.
• Financial & Resource Planning: Execute departmental tools, systems, and resourcing plans to meet business outcomes.
• Data Management & Compliance Reporting: Maintain high-quality records, metrics, and documentation to support compliance tracking, trend analysis, and strategic decision-making.

Wastewater Treatment Enhancement:

• Wastewater Project Leadership: Manage and provide technical leadership for the safe and successful implementation of wastewater treatment system upgrades.
• Construction & Commissioning EHS Governance: Establish and enforce EHSS expectations for contractors; conduct safety reviews, audits, and incident investigations throughout construction.
• Lead EHS readiness reviews, and hazard assessments prior to system startup.
• Environmental Performance & Compliance Assurance: Oversee monitoring, sampling, and reporting programs during construction, commissioning, and ongoing operations. Lead internal audits and ensure alignment with corporate and regulatory requirements.

Drive Progression of Bradley Curve from Compliance to Independence

• Cultural Evolution: Act as the primary change leader, moving the site culture away from supervisor-dependent compliance toward a state of Independent personal ownership.
• Behavioral Coaching: Spend significant time on the floor to recognize and verify the effectiveness of control measures while coaching the team to move beyond "check-the-box" safety.
• Engagement Leadership: Lead the evolution of a robust MAB Quality and Food Safety Culture by reinforcing personal accountability for the integrity and legality of all processes.

Technical Execution & Risk Reduction in High-Speed Manufacturing Environment

• Automation Risk Management: Perform advanced risk assessments and assist in the implementation of effective physical and behavioral controls for highly automated production lines.
• Root Cause Mastery: Lead root cause analyses (RCA) for all incidents and near-misses, identifying management system weak-spots and developing corrective actions through industry-recognized techniques.
• Operational Authority: Identify unsafe equipment operation and conditions, with the authority to drive immediate corrective action for unsafe conditions or equipment use.

Environmental Program Leadership:

• Environmental Compliance Leadership: Oversee the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of environmental compliance programs, ensuring alignment with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Risk Management & Mitigation: Identify, assess, and mitigate operational and environmental risks across site activities. Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions to strengthen performance and prevent recurrence.
• Compliance Oversight: Serve as a point of contact for environmental agencies and external auditors; coordinate inspections, reporting, remediation activities, and communication of compliance status to leadership.

Contractor Management Governance:

• Adherence: Lead the site’s contractor management program by enforcing safety, environmental, and operational requirements.
• Verification: Ensure contractor compliance with all regulatory, corporate, and adherence to MAB standards, provide oversight of contractor high-risk activities.

Skills and Experience Needed:

• Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years’ relevant work experience in EHS
• Safety management experience in a related industry, including consumer packaged goods, distribution/transportation, or manufacturing
• Strong understanding of environmental compliance and requirements.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, ability to influence, effective communication and interpersonal skills including public speaking skills and presence in meetings and training environments
• Ability to make and deliver training presentations, work collaboratively with colleagues to create results-driven, team-oriented environment, maintain confidentiality, make independent decisions, demonstrate excellent organizational skills, use PC and related software (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), handle multiple priorities and meet critical deadlines
• Strong Work Ethic & Ownership Mindset: Demonstrates commitment to high performance and willingness to take on tasks at any level to support team and organizational goals.
• Strong Communication Skills: Communicates clearly and effectively in both verbal and written formats; adjusts style to audience, from frontline employees to senior leadership.
• Positive, Solution-Oriented Mindset: Maintains a constructive “can-do” mindset, even during high-pressure situations or organizational change.
• Adaptability & Collaboration: Works effectively across Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, and corporate functions; tailors’ leadership and communication style to diverse teams.
• Ability to Receive & Provide Feedback: Engages in open feedback loops, actively listens, and adjusts behavior or approach as needed.
• Thrives Under Pressure: Effectively manages competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while remaining aligned with organizational values and safety commitments. 7
• Sense of Urgency: Understands criticality of timely action in manufacturing environments and responds promptly to issues impacting safety, compliance, or operations.

This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position within the state of Arizona.

At Mark Anthony, we exist to Unearth the Extraordinary:

Our Purpose is not just a statement; it is a call to action that binds us together and ignites our passion for making a difference. It is the driving force behind why we do what we do every single day, connecting our global organization across all business units, roles, and locations. We are:

Best in Our CraftWe set the standard with a pursuit of excellence that can be found in everything from our products and processes to our plants and people.​

Ambitiously CuriousWe stay curious, dreaming big and navigating the unknown with an enduring belief in better.​​

Made With HumilityWe bring humility, authenticity, fun, and support to every collaboration and celebrate wins as a team.

Daringly DisruptiveWe disrupt the status quo, moving fast to seize opportunities and acting scrappy ​to stay ahead of industry giants.​