Site Facilities & Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Manager

Site Facilities & Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Manager

The Site Facilities & EH&S Manager is an on-site position responsible for ensuring a safe, compliant, reliable, and well-maintained manufacturing environment. This role provides overall leadership for site EH&S programs, facility operations, and equipment maintenance, with responsibility for regulatory compliance, preventive maintenance, facility infrastructure, contractor management, and continuous improvement.

The Site Facilities & EH&S Manager will serve as a visible and hands-on leader throughout the facility, partnering closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Human Resources, and Finance to proactively identify risks, resolve issues, minimize operational disruptions, and support the long-term needs of the business.

• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations and company requirements.
• Maintain required permits, regulatory filings, inspection records, documentation, and compliance programs.
• Develop, implement, and maintain practical EH&S policies, procedures, programs, and employee training.
• Conduct routine workplace safety inspections, risk assessments, and audits and ensure identified hazards are addressed promptly.
• Lead investigations of injuries, incidents, near misses, environmental events, and other safety concerns; identify root causes and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Track and analyze EH&S metrics and communicate trends, risks, and priorities to site leadership.
• Partner with supervisors and managers to reinforce safe work practices and strengthen employee accountability for workplace safety.
• Manage hazardous materials, chemical inventories, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), waste streams, and spill-prevention and response requirements.
• Maintain emergency preparedness and response plans and coordinate required drills and training.
• Serve as the primary site contact for regulatory inspections, insurance reviews, environmental assessments, and EH&S audits.
• Promote a proactive safety culture that encourages employee participation, hazard identification, and timely reporting of safety concerns.

• Lead the preventive and corrective maintenance program for production equipment and facility systems.
• Establish and maintain preventive maintenance schedules based on equipment condition, operational risk, manufacturer recommendations, and business requirements.
• Ensure scheduled maintenance activities are completed, documented, and appropriately tracked.
• Prioritize maintenance activities based on employee safety, production impact, product quality, operational risk, and urgency.
• Coordinate timely response to equipment failures and communicate recovery plans and expected timing to affected stakeholders.
• Investigate recurring equipment failures, identify root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate equipment histories, maintenance records, work orders, spare-parts requirements, and related documentation.
• Identify critical spare parts and maintain appropriate inventory levels to support equipment reliability.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with Operations to minimize production disruption.
• Manage outside maintenance contractors and ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with company standards.
• Develop longer-term equipment repair, replacement, and reliability improvement plans.
• Monitor and report key maintenance metrics, including downtime, recurring failures, preventive maintenance completion, and maintenance spending.

• Maintain the overall condition, safety, functionality, security, and appearance of the site.
• Oversee building systems including electrical, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, alarms, security, compressed air, and other facility infrastructure.
• Ensure required building, fire protection, sprinkler, alarm, and equipment inspections are completed and documented.
• Manage facility repairs, janitorial services, grounds maintenance, snow removal, utilities, waste services, and other site services.
• Develop and maintain a prioritized plan for facility repairs, infrastructure needs, and capital improvements.
• Develop scopes of work, obtain competitive quotations, evaluate proposals, and provide recommendations prior to committing company funds.
• Manage contractors and facility projects from initial scope development through completion and final acceptance.
• Monitor utility consumption and identify practical opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Ensure facility modifications and improvements comply with applicable safety, environmental, building, fire, and operational requirements.
• Maintain a clean, organized, professional workplace appropriate for employees, customers, suppliers, and visitors.

• Maintain a visible, hands-on presence throughout the manufacturing facility.
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability by driving…