Sr. Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

Education And Experience

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Job Responsibilities

The Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Site Leader (JG5) is responsible for strategic and operational leadership of all site Environmental, Health, and Safety programs
, ensuring full and sustained compliance with all applicable local, state, federal, and BD corporate regulatory requirements
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This role serves as the senior site authority and subject matter expert (SME) for EH&S and is accountable for establishing a robust safety culture, regulatory excellence, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement across the site. The EHS Site Leader partners with site and enterprise leadership to integrate EH&S requirements into business strategy, plant management systems, and daily operations, with a strong focus on injury prevention, environmental stewardship, and operational resilience
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The position requires demonstrated ability to lead leaders, manage and develop EH&S organizations, influence executive stakeholders, and represent the site with regulatory agencies and corporate governance bodies
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Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Provide senior leadership and governance for all site EH&S programs, ensuring compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, and other applicable regulatory entities, as well as BD corporate policies, standards, and management systems.
• Serve as the site’s primary EH&S authority and regulatory representative, leading interactions with external regulatory agencies and corporate governance teams.
• Lead, manage, and develop the site EH&S organization, including succession planning, capability development, performance management, and alignment with BD people‑leadership expectations.
• Establish and execute site EH&S strategy and multi‑year improvement plans, aligned with business objectives and enterprise EH&S priorities.
• Integrate EH&S requirements into the plant management system, ensuring risk‑based decision‑making is embedded into operations, engineering, and capital planning.
• Provide expert oversight of environmental compliance programs, including air, wastewater, stormwater, hazardous waste, chemical management, and all required permitting and reporting.
• Ensure all environmental permits, licenses, inspections, and regulatory submissions are accurate, timely, and defensible.
• Oversee occupational safety, industrial hygiene, emergency response, and contractor safety programs, ensuring risks are proactively identified and mitigated.
• Provide executive‑level oversight of occupational health programs, including medical surveillance, workers’ compensation, wellness initiatives, and PHI compliance.
• Lead investigations of significant EH&S incidents, regulatory findings, and near‑miss events; ensure effective root cause analysis and sustainable corrective actions. Lead site emergency response strategy and crisis management readiness.
• Sponsor and oversee internal and external audits, including regulatory inspections and ISO‑based assessments, ensuring closure of findings and systemic improvements.
• Establish and monitor leading and lagging EH&S performance metrics, using data and analytics to drive continuous improvement and risk reduction.
• Champion a strong safety culture, influencing leaders and associates to demonstrate visible ownership and accountability for EH&S performance.
• Support enterprise EH&S initiatives, best‑practice sharing, and cross‑site collaboration.
• Champion site Sustainability improvements to align with Enterprise initiatives and goals.
• Other duties as required to support the needs of the business.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical), Industrial Hygiene, or a related…