Environmental Health and Safety; EHS Manager

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager

• Full-time
• Compensation: USD 90,000 - USD 110,000 - yearly

AWP Safety is North America’s leading traffic control and work zone safety partner, protecting the crews who build our infrastructure and the communities that rely on it. With more than 6,000 Protectors across the U.S. and Canada, we support construction, utility, municipal, and infrastructure projects with dependable traffic control services that keep people safe and keep projects moving.

Safety is Life at AWP Safety. Our people are the core of our business, and every role directly supports our mission to protect workers, drivers, and communities. Many team members start in entry-level traffic control or flagger positions, where we provide paid training, industry-leading safety practices, and opportunities to advance into leadership and operations roles.

We are a fast-growing, purpose-driven organization committed to operational excellence, customer service, and continuous improvement. If you want a career where your work truly matters—and where safety, teamwork, and development are top priorities—you belong at AWP Safety.

The EHS Manager is a highly valued role in providing day-to-day EHS support to the facility locations and operating teams within the designated region. This includes coaching, teaching, and training field personnel on safe operating behaviors as well as the design, development, and implementation of safety and risk control programs. The EHS Manager functions as a subject matter expert and consultant to help internal clients build sustainable loss improvement processes within the operating organizations that they will own and operate.

• Provide daily and continuous safety support to the Midwest United States Markets (current states include OH, IN, IL, and MI) with expansion planned through other surrounding states
• Conduct compliance reviews, general risk assessments, and other safety assessments to support AWP Safety EHS Management
• Offer daily guidance and direction in EHS programs to the field level, facility leadership level, and regional leadership to ensure a common and effective approach
• Maintain, audit, and update as needed AWP Safety- SOPs for all safe work practices and equipment and utilize them in the day-to-day training
• Coach, train, guide, and mentor the regional employees through the AWP Safety Management System
• Review accidents/incidents which occur in the area of responsibility and conduct field audits, reporting, and managing the corrective actions
• Participate in and support detailed incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis
• Assist in the development and presentation of relevant EHS training
• Ability to work with employees and leadership to achieve cultural change in the face of potential resistance
• Travel to branch locations and job sites as required and perform any additional duties as needed
• Visit and walk the job sites on a regular basis to establish an EHS presence and provide support
• Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly EHS Meetings/Training and schedule as needed
• Perform field safety observations during each visit
• Ability to evaluate PPE and ensure proper use and maintenance of PPE
• Conduct critical behavior-based safety observations as needed
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Business Unit EHS Director
• Oversight and Implementation of Day-to-Day field operations
• Work with the branch leadership and field teams to ensure work practices are understood and followed
• Coordinate Business Unit, Region, and Branch level safety activities
• Conduct EHS audits and assessments of ongoing operations to measure compliance with regulatory requirements pertaining to AWP Safety company policies and procedures
• Plans, administers and manages AWP safety policies, programs, procedures, and systems for assigned region
• Serves as the single point of contact for Regional and Branch leadership in the area of responsibility
• Ensures EHS policies, procedures, programs, and systems are trained and available to the employee

• 5-8 years of work experience in the EHS field
• Bachelor’s degree in EHS or related field with 3 years of EHS related experience or HS…