EHS Manager (Environmental, Health & Safety)

Join our dynamic team as an EHS Manager and make a significant impact on our organization's safety culture. In this role, you will play a crucial role in coaching site operations leaders and driving the implementation of policies, procedures, and programs to enhance employee safe behaviors and eliminate hazards/unsafe conditions. Your expertise and leadership will shape a culture of environmental, health and safety excellence throughout our organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and drive the implementation and ongoing compliance of our Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Management System.
• Facilitate, conduct, and advise on training initiatives, including the development of effective training materials.
• Take charge of investigating all high-risk actual/potential incidents and oversee the root cause and corrective action processes.
• Ensure compliance with relevant federal, state and local EHS legal and regulatory requirements, as well as any company-specific standards that surpass regulatory mandates.
• Manage the site's environmental programs, including permits, waste management, SPCC/emergency response, regulatory reports, inspections, and more.
• Support environmental sustainability baselining and improvement initiatives.
• Serve as the technical expert and champion the implementation of our corporate EHS software systems, supporting compliance activities, tracking and reporting EHS performance metrics, and managing the action tracking process.

• Work with the Site Lead to develop annual EHS plans, objectives, and targets, and supports monthly reporting of performance.
• Work closely with engineering to ensure that the safety of employees and the protection of company property are integral parts of the planning, designing and construction of facilities or modifications to existing facilities. 
• Work with supervisors and department managers to complete job/task risk assessments and develop solutions to minimize risk(s).

• Provide support for medical and industrial hygiene programs, collaborating closely with Human Resources and Operations teams on pre-employment fitness for duty and return-to-work evaluations.
• Work closely with the risk management and external insurance firms to proactively identify and address loss prevention issues, ensuring the implementation of recommendations from site assessments.
• Supervise and coach a full-time EHS specialist supporting management of site EHS requirements.
• Supervise EHS consultants and contractors hired for specialized services such as industrial hygiene testing, fit testing, ventilation systems design/testing, sample collection, and other EHS-related activities; and support the  site’s contractor safety program.
• Support site security programs within facility and employees.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related field. Relevant certifications are a plus.
• 8-12 years of demonstrated experience and expertise in implementing and maintaining EHS management systems.
• Proven ability to lead incident investigations and drive the root cause analysis process.
• In-depth knowledge of applicable EHS legal and regulatory requirements, and experience exceeding compliance standards.
  • CalOSHA and California environmental experience strongly desired.
• Familiarity with EHS software systems and proficiency in leveraging technology for compliance tracking, reporting, and data analysis/visualization.
• Strong understanding of medical and industrial hygiene programs, including fitness for duty and return-to-work evaluations.
• Candidates bi-lingual in both English and Spanish strongly desired.