Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Brief Description

operation to create a safe, healthy, and injury-free work environment while ensuring compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations. Develops, implements, and sustains site EHS systems, training, audits, environmental compliance programs, and performance management routines. Partners with site leadership and cross-functional teams to reduce risk, investigate incidents, drive corrective actions, and deliver measurable improvements in safety, environmental performance, and operational excellence.

operation to create a safe, healthy, and injury-free work environment while ensuring compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations. Develops, implements, and sustains site EHS systems, training, audits, environmental compliance programs, and performance management routines. Partners with site leadership and cross-functional teams to reduce risk, investigate incidents, drive corrective actions, and deliver measurable improvements in safety, environmental performance, and operational excellence.

• Provide leadership for the implementation, enforcement, and continuous improvement of company environmental, health, safety, and sustainability policies and processes.
• Plan, direct, and implement new corporate policies, procedures, and standards at the site.
• Develop and manage EHS programs that support an injury-free workplace and reinforce employee awareness, accountability, and ownership for safety, health, and environmental performance.
• Drive accountability across all functions to eliminate accidents, injuries, and environmental incidents.
• Identify, evaluate, prevent, and control environmental, health, and safety hazards associated with plastics manufacturing processes, including thermoforming, extrusion, injection molding, material handling, and recycling operations.
• Ensure compliance with environmental requirements and support conservation and protection initiatives.
• Lead site EHS communication strategies, including bulletin board postings, visual management, signage, safety topics of the month, newsletters, toolbox talks, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain an annual calendar for all required OSHA, environmental, and company-required safety training programs.
• Conduct and document thorough accident, incident, environmental release, and near-miss investigations, and recommend process, procedure, behavioral, or equipment changes to prevent recurrence.
• Provide leadership and direction for the cross-functional site safety committee and support employee-led safety initiatives.
• Perform job hazard analyses, risk assessments, ergonomic evaluations, and process safety reviews, identifying site-specific hazards and implementing effective corrective actions.
• Administer and report EHS metrics and performance measurements to leadership.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA and other applicable regulatory requirements for documentation, reporting, permitting, and recordkeeping, and audit EHS-related activities to maintain ongoing compliance.
• Evaluate current safety rewards and recognition programs and recommend improvements that support employee engagement and safety performance.
• Administer emergency evacuation drills, emergency action plans, and facility emergency response programs.
• Actively seek improved EHS practices through benchmarking, networking, and participation in EHS-related seminars, professional organizations, and industry associations.
• Work closely with independent contractors on site to ensure compliance with facility EHS requirements, including contractor safety programs, contractor onboarding, and permit-to-work processes.
• Participate in enterprise or multi-site EHS meetings to share best practices, lessons learned, and continuous improvement opportunities across facilities.

• Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, hazardous waste, air quality, stormwater, and environmental compliance requirements relevant to manufacturing operations
• Demonstrated ability to lead change and build a safety culture through coaching, employee engagement, leadership influence, and accountability.
• Strong incident investigation, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Strong project management and execution skills to manage multiple initiatives, compliance activities, audits, permits, and deadlines.
• Ability to analyze safety and…