HSE Manager

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Full Time Management Bowling Green, KY, US

Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky
Employment Type: Full-Time
Department: Health, Safety & Environmental

We are seeking an experienced Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Manager to join our Bowling Green, Kentucky operation as one of the facility’s initial leadership hires.

This is a unique opportunity to help establish the HSE function for a new manufacturing operation from the ground up. During the facility startup and construction/commissioning phase, the HSE Manager will work closely with company leadership, contractors, engineering, HR, and operations to establish safety and environmental programs, policies, training, regulatory compliance systems, and safe operating practices.

As the facility transitions into full production, this position will become the site’s primary HSE leader, responsible for the ongoing management of health, safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance programs across the operation.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on HSE professional who is equally comfortable developing programs and procedures, working directly on the manufacturing floor, training employees, investigating incidents, interacting with regulatory agencies, and advising plant leadership.

Serve as the primary HSE resource during facility startup, equipment installation, commissioning, and preparation for production.

Help establish the facility's HSE programs, procedures, standards, and documentation prior to the start of operations.

Partner with engineering, operations, facilities, HR, contractors, and company leadership to identify and address HSE risks during facility development.

Review new equipment, processes, work areas, and facility layouts for potential safety and environmental concerns.

Assist with contractor safety oversight during construction, installation, and commissioning activities.

Establish required safety programs, inspections, permits, training systems, recordkeeping processes, and emergency procedures.

Support the development of site emergency response, evacuation, severe-weather, fire prevention, and incident-response plans.

Help ensure appropriate machine guarding, energy-control procedures, PPE requirements, chemical controls, signage, and other safeguards are established before equipment enters production.

Coordinate required environmental permits, registrations, reporting, and compliance activities associated with startup and ongoing operations.

Lead the facility's overall health, safety, and environmental program once manufacturing operations begin.

Maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, and local HSE requirements, including OSHA, EPA, Kentucky regulatory requirements, and applicable fire and building safety requirements.

Develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve written HSE programs and procedures.

Conduct routine facility inspections, job hazard analyses, risk assessments, and safety audits.

Identify unsafe conditions and behaviors and work with management to implement effective corrective actions.

Lead investigations of workplace injuries, illnesses, near misses, environmental incidents, property damage, and other HSE events.

Perform root-cause analysis and track corrective and preventive actions through completion.

Maintain OSHA injury and illness records and other required HSE documentation.

Manage environmental compliance activities involving air, wastewater, stormwater, waste, chemicals, spill…