Senior Manager, EHS&S

SUMMARY

The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing all aspects of environmental, health, and safety programs within the organization. Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, develops, and implements EHS policies, and drives a culture of safety throughout the organization.

• Develops and implements inspection policies and procedures, and a schedule of routine inspections, drafts inspection reports to document inspection findings.
• Monitors, and controls all company safety and environmental standards in accordance with OSHA and state regulations. Conducts air quality and waste water reporting in accordance with regulations.
• Develops and proposes preventive programs aligned with company values designed to reduce and prevent workplace injuries and illnesses. Develops systems to track and evaluate worker injuries, ensuring proactive management of occupational health and safety concerns in alignment with company processes and procedures.
• Investigates industrial accidents to minimize recurrence and prepares accident reports, tracks injuries, compiles analytics and reports findings.
• Examines plans and specifications for new machinery or equipment to determine if all safety precautions have been included. Evaluates the work environment to identify hazards.
• Determines requirements for safety clothing and devices, and designs, builds, and installs, or directs installation of, safety devices on machinery.
• Designs and implements EHS programs and safety teams for all shifts, evaluates and monitors program effectiveness and compliance.
• Develop and establish a comprehensive employee safety committee, outlining clear roles, responsibilities, and reporting procedures to enhance workplace safety awareness and facilitate proactive safety measures across all departments.
• Conducts regular reviews with site leadership and prioritizes issues. Executes best practices and training programs in support of safely improving operations and productivity.
• Responsible for following all regulatory and government workplace practices.
• Maintains Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) updates and makes available to all employees.
• Collaborates with Training and Development to educate personnel about workplace safety and health, emergency procedures, environmental safety, and other required training.
• Responsible for EHS orientation and training of employees.

Responsible and required to notify management about actual or potential food safety issues; and empowered to act to resolve food safety issues within their scope of work. If this position is vacant for any significant period of time the obligation for completion of all food safety and quality related tasks will become the responsibility of the direct manager or a qualified designee.

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Safety, or related field with five to ten years of related experience and extensive knowledge of environmental regulations and policies. Experience setting up and executing strong EHS and risk management programs required.

OSHA 30-Hour required;
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) preferred.

Has acquired and applies all necessary advanced skills and knowledge for one or more processes or areas. May be a recognized expert in the areas to which assigned. Contributes to the development of the department. Recognizes, initiates, and leads improvement activities. Requires considerable judgment, tact, discretion, and initiative. Requires professional demeanor and a good understanding of EHS principles, government regulations and state laws.

Ability to collaborate, work with team dynamics, and lead…