Senior Manager, EH&S; onsite

Senior Manager, EH&S – EH&S Site Lead
- Fairfield

The Senior Manager, EH&S – EH&S Site Lead
- Fairfield role plays a vital part in ensuring a safe and compliant work environment while aligning regional EH&S efforts with RTX's global standards and goals. It also supports Collins Aerospace's commitment to innovation, efficiency, and employee well-being. The skilled members on our Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) team are motivated by an ambitious goal: to make COLLINS Aerospace Systems the safest, healthiest aerospace company – with the smallest environmental footprint – on the planet.

Join us as we continue to lead the way in safety culture, environmental excellence and regulatory compliance.

This role is focused on managing a team EH&S professionals while driving EH&S compliance, continuous improvement, program standardization, and strategic integration at the Fairfield, CA facility. This role demands a combination of strategic thinking, operational expertise, and leadership skills to ensure Collins Aerospace's EH&S excellence while aligning with RTX's global standards. Core focus areas include EH&S functional oversight, incident management review, recommended strategies, and stakeholder collaboration.

This role is a US-based role and will report to the Director, EH&S West Region Lead.

What You Will Do:

• Operational Oversight:
  • Support and advise operations management team on safety, compliance, and sustainability programs, ensuring alignment with EH&S goals. Ensure projects are appropriately defined in EHS SMART to support achievement of EHS goals.
  • Monitor and execute strategies for EH&S initiatives to ensure sustained compliance with local regulations, government standards, and RTX/Collins Aerospace requirements.
  • Ensure regulatory permit applications and agency correspondence are submitted on a timely basis.
  • Lead and facilitate in onsite reviews of EH&S Management System elements.
  • Participate in and support Central EH&S audit teams, as needed margin
• Incident Management:
  • Coordinates and facilitates incident investigations as needed, ensuring lessons learned are implemented.
  • Participate in serious injuries reviews, as needed.
• Strategic Leadership:
  • Develop and execute long-term strategies to minimize occupational injuries and ensure compliance with local regulations, government standards, and RTX/Collins Aerospace requirements.
  • Lead initiatives to standardize and optimize EH&S tools, processes, and systems across the facility.
• Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  • Build and sustain relationships with site operational stakeholders, integrating EH&S into business processes. Coordinate with site leader, and Central EH&S teams to address concerns and initiatives.
  • Collaborate with the Asia-Pac and EMEA field service leads and the Central EH&S organization to align global policies with local standards and requirements.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience
• Experience in Environmental or Health or Safety in a manufacturing environment
• Leading and influencing in a matrixed environment

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Deep knowledge of EH&S principles, regulations, and best practices.
• Experience in aerospace or defense
• Lean manufacturing experience (Kaizen, Six Sigma etc)
• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration capabilities with varied teams across multiple locations.
• Ability to adapt global policies to local needs while maintaining compliance.

What We Offer

This role may be eligible for relocation.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly…