Regional EHS Manager

Position Summary

The Regional Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager provides strategic leadership and operational support for 2–4 manufacturing facilities
within an assigned geographic region while serving as a key resource for the successful integration of newly acquired or startup facilities. This position partners with regional operations leadership to build a proactive safety culture, strengthen operational excellence, and ensure consistent implementation of corporate EHS standards.

The Regional EHS Manager is responsible for driving Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) prevention initiatives, critical risk management, regulatory compliance, leadership development, and continuous improvement across multiple facilities. This role requires extensive collaboration with plant leadership teams and significant travel (
60–75%) to provide field coaching, assessments, and operational support.

• Provide strategic EHS leadership and support to2–4 manufacturing facilities
  within an assigned region.
• Lead the implementation, standardization, and continuous improvement of corporate EHS management systems across assigned facilities.
• Partner with Plant Managers and Operations Leadership to develop local ownership and accountability for EHS performance.
• Support the successful integration of newly acquired or startup facilities into corporate EHS programs, standards, and culture.
• Drive continuous improvement of proactive safety culture initiatives that promote employee engagement and operational ownership.
• Develop regional implementation plans to ensure consistent execution of corporate safety initiatives and strategic objectives.
• Build leadership capability by coaching supervisors and managers on safety leadership, risk recognition, accountability, and employee engagement.
• Ensure standardized EHS calendars, audits, inspections, and compliance activities are executed consistently across assigned facilities.
• Maintain a strong field presence through routine site visits, coaching, observations, and leadership engagement.
• Support regional operational reviews by analyzing trends, identifying risks, and recommending improvement strategies.

• Lead regional Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) prevention initiatives by ensuring high-energy hazards are identified, controlled, and verified before work begins.
• Drive implementation and sustainability of Critical Control Verification (CCV), Fatality & Life-Changing Event Prevention (Life Savers), and other corporate critical risk programs.
• Conduct SIF potential incident reviews and ensure thorough investigations identify systemic causes and sustainable corrective actions.
• Facilitate regional learning by developing and sharing lessons learned, leadership communications, and best practices following SIF and high-potential events.
• Partner with Operations Leadership to verify critical controls are consistently implemented and effective in the field.
• Monitor regional leading indicators to identify emerging SIF exposure trends and recommend proactive mitigation strategies.

• Standardize safety management processes across facilities to improve consistency, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Lead regional audits, risk assessments, and corrective action management processes.
• Develop systems to improve leading indicator performance, corrective action closure, and leadership accountability.
• Support equipment risk assessments, machine safeguarding improvements, lockout/tagout effectiveness, and operational risk reduction initiatives.
• Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, and Operations to implement sustainable risk reduction and engineered safety improvements.
• Support Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives including waste reduction, recycling, energy conservation, and sustainability projects.

• Conduct comprehensive regional EHS audits and operational assessments.
• Evaluate compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, and applicable state and local regulations.
• Identify systemic risks, assign corrective actions, verify completion, and measure effectiveness.
• Analyze incident trends…