Senior Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

Overview

When you work at Trex, you’re helping to grow and enhance a true original. You join a company that boldly launched an entire industry… and still leads the way. We are looking for a Sr. EH&S Manager to help us lead the EH&S activities within the plant locations, ensuring compliance with all laws, regulations, applicable codes, and corporate policies about EH&S.

This role is a key member of our Environmental Health & Safety team, and you will be an innovator in the manufacturing process, developing, managing, and leading EHS programs to keep safety awareness high and deliver on the company’s commitment that safety is the number one priority.

Our Operations team is guided by 5 beliefs:

It’s how we started and how we continue to lead the industry – finding intersections of opportunity and hard work, digging in, and digging deep. If you are values-driven and share our beliefs, if you are willing to hold yourself and others accountable to the highest standards, then Trex is a place you can call home.

• Put safety first – Always!
• Lead and foster our “people first” culture
• Develop, manage, and lead safety programs to keep safety awareness high and deliver on the company’s commitment that safety is the number one priority.
• Audit safety procedures and processes to maintain compliance. Ensure all required inspections are current and all documentation is accurate.
• Manage industrial hygiene programs.
• Develop, manage, and lead environmental activities to ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal rules and regulations.
• Develop, manage, and lead the Site Safety Committee, Emergency Response Team, and Industrial Fire Brigade.
• Manage and coordinate site insurance loss control and workers  compensation insurance providers.
• Support environmental, health, and safety activities at the corporate level, including field sales and purchasing representatives.
• Prepare and manage the annual EHS budget.
• Maintain an active and effective sustainability and cost-savings program.

Manage and provide ongoing performance, coaching, and professional development opportunities for a team of EH&S personnel.

This position requires overnight travel to other Trex Plants, trainings, and conferences. A valid driver’s license is required.

Winchester, Virginia, United States (on-site)

Full-Time/Regular

EXPERIENCE

Manager, EH&S: We are looking for leaders with a bachelor’s degree in physical sciences, engineering, or a related discipline, plus a minimum of 6 years in an EH&S management role in a complex 24/7/365 manufacturing environment. Candidates without a degree will be required to have at least 10 years of EH&S experience, along with a minimum of 5 years in an EH&S management role in a manufacturing environment.

Sr. Manager, EH&S: We are looking for leaders with a bachelor’s degree in physical sciences, engineering, or a related discipline, plus a minimum of 8 years in an EH&S management role in a complex 24/7/365 manufacturing environment. Candidates without a degree will be required to have at least 15 years of EH&S experience, along with a minimum of 10 years in an EH&S management role in a manufacturing environment.

We want to hear from you if you have previous experience in industrial safety (OSHA, NIOSH, NFPA, EPA rules, regulations, and compliance).

A successful candidate will have:

• Extensive knowledge in industrial safety: OSHA, NIOSH, NFPA, EPA, rules, regulations, and compliance.
• Demonstrated experience handling regulators, including routine and non-routine inspections, incident reporting, investigation, and non-compliance resolution.
• Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.

• ASP/CSP/CIH/CHMM/ARM
• Extensive experience in environmental management of a manufacturing site, including air, water, and waste permits, testing, regulated waste disposal, and compliance.

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