SHE Manager

Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager

A heavy industrial manufacturer is seeking a Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager to lead safety, health, and environmental programs for a large manufacturing facility in Alexandria, Louisiana. This is a hands-on, plant-floor-focused safety leadership role in a heavy steel manufacturing environment with exposure to welding operations, confined spaces, production floor risk, contractor activity, capital projects, and industrial environmental compliance.

The facility has a stable workforce with many long-tenured employees and is not viewed as a safety turnaround situation. The opportunity is to continue strengthening an already manageable safety environment, build proactive programs, maintain compliance, and help the organization stay ahead of risk as production activity evolves.

The ideal candidate is a balanced, common-sense safety leader who knows how to drive accountability without being heavy-handed, manage incidents appropriately, and partner with operations in a practical, credible way.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and managing plant safety programs, policies, procedures, and work instructions.
• Promoting a proactive safety culture focused on injury prevention and employee engagement.
• Conducting routine safety audits, inspections, job observations, and risk assessments.
• Ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations, company safety standards, and industrial safety requirements.
• Monitoring safety performance metrics and developing corrective action plans.
• Leading investigations for injuries, near misses, environmental incidents, and property damage.
• Identifying root causes and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Facilitating safety committee meetings and employee engagement activities.
• Developing and delivering EHS training for employees, supervisors, and contractors.
• Ensuring required regulatory training is completed and documented.
• Coordinating contractor safety orientation and compliance requirements.
• Leading emergency response planning, drills, and preparedness activities.
• Partnering with local emergency responders and regulatory agencies as needed.
• Managing fire prevention and emergency equipment inspection programs.
• Maintaining records, reports, permits, and compliance documentation.
• Preparing EHS performance reports and presentations.
• Managing departmental budgets and safety-related expenditures.
• Supervising two direct reports at the Alexandria facility.
• Providing dotted-line EHS support for the Newton Falls, OH facility.
• Partnering closely with operations, maintenance, engineering, HR, and production leadership.
• Spending significant time on the manufacturing floor coaching, observing, and engaging employees directly.

Environmental responsibilities include:

• Supporting and managing environmental compliance programs and documentation.
• Maintaining compliance with air emissions, stormwater, wastewater, and hazardous waste requirements.
• Managing environmental permits, records, and reporting obligations.
• Coordinating spill prevention and hazardous material handling activities.
• Supporting regulatory inspections, audits, and agency inquiries.
• Ensuring industrial waste disposal processes remain compliant.
• Tracking environmental compliance deadlines and documentation requirements.

Onsite medical oversight includes:

• Overseeing onsite medical and occupational health activities.
• Coordinating physicals, fit testing, and annual medical testing programs.
• Supporting injury response, early intervention, and incident management activities.
• Assisting with return-to-work and light-duty coordination.
• Applying balanced judgment around recordability, employee care, and compliance obligations.
• Partnering with onsite medical resources to proactively address employee health concerns.

Qualifications include:

• EHS, SHE, HSE, or safety leadership experience in manufacturing or heavy industrial environments.
• Strong safety background with environmental compliance exposure.
• Knowledge of OSHA regulations and industrial safety standards.
• Working knowledge of EPA and environmental compliance requirements.
• Experience conducting audits, inspections, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
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