EHS Manager

Grand Rapids – EHS Manager

The EHS Manager reports to the Grand Rapids Plant Manager and is responsible for managing the facility’s EHS program and processes, ensuring compliance with federal, state, local and company requirements, and implementing corporate EHS initiatives.

• Lead and maintain site safety, environmental, industrial hygiene, and compliance programs for the Grand Rapids facility.
• Serve as the site EHS technical resource for plant leadership, supervisors, maintenance, production employees, contractors, and corporate EHS.
• Maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and internal EHS requirements, including OSHA/MIOSHA, EPA, EGLE, NFPA, RCRA, MDOT, and company standards.
• Drive and maintain compliance with the site’s air permit, including required tracking, inspections, documentation, operational controls, and reporting support.
• Manage regulated and hazardous waste requirements for a Large Quantity Generator site, including inspections, accumulation areas, container management, waste profiles, vendor coordination, shipment records, and required reporting.
• Support site environmental compliance obligations, including stormwater inspections and sampling, chemical inventory reporting, Tier II, MAERS, biennial hazardous waste reporting, and related recordkeeping.
• Own and improve high‑risk work control programs, including lockout/tagout, confined space entry, hot work, line breaking, elevated work, contractor work, and other permit‑controlled activities.
• Support contractor safety management, including pre‑job planning, contractor onboarding, permit review, field verification, and enforcement of site EHS expectations.
• Identify, assess, and help control workplace hazards, facility exposures, and at‑risk conditions that could result in injuries, illnesses, fires, spills, releases, regulatory noncompliance, or other significant events.
• Conduct regular field walks, inspections, audits, and observations in manufacturing, warehouse, maintenance, and other site operating areas.
• Lead or support incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective action development, and verification of corrective/preventive action completion.
• Track, communicate, and support closure of EHS corrective and preventive actions from audits, inspections, incidents, employee concerns, regulatory requirements, and corporate initiatives.
• Develop, deliver, and maintain EHS training for employees, supervisors, maintenance personnel, and contractors.
• Support emergency response planning, spill response readiness, fire department coordination, evacuation planning, drills, and post‑incident follow‑up.
• Lead or support EHS‑related projects and capital/operational projects by identifying EHS requirements, risks, permits, and required controls.
• Use company EHS tools, databases, online training system, program guidance, and reporting systems to support compliance, sustainability, training, metrics, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate and support regional and corporate EHS programs, audits, initiatives, and reporting requirements as needed.
• Provide budgetary and financial accountability for assigned EHS programs, projects, supplies, services, and compliance activities.
• Exercise stop‑work authority and escalate concerns when unsafe conditions, uncontrolled hazards, permit violations, environmental risks, or regulatory noncompliance are identified.
• Partner with site leadership to build supervisor and employee ownership of EHS expectations while ensuring compliance systems remain practical, documented, and defensible.

• Bachelor’s degree in safety/environmental or related field.
• 5 years working in an EHS focused role in a chemical processing environment.
• 2 years managing OSHA, EPA, NFPA & PSM (if applicable to the location) and other applicable regulations.
• 2 years managing projects with effective project management skills.
• 2 years facilitating in‑house training on a variety of EHS topics in accordance with EHS management objectives.
• 2 years facilitating accident and incident investigation and analysis as per EHS management directives and operational requirements.

Salary range: $86,000 – $107,000.

H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.