EHS Manager

Metal Technologies • Three Rivers, MI

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About The Position

The EHS Manager is responsible for the overall management, direction, and coordination of safety and environmental activities within the assigned facility or facilities. The role leads plant safety processes, supports compliance with state and federal standards, and works with plant staff to implement corporate policies and procedures. It also oversees environmental requirements, regulatory inspections, and emergency response, and collaborates on sustainability initiatives defined within the Environmental Management System.

The position works 60% in the office and 40% on the production floor, adhering to plant conditions. The manager builds relationships across the workforce and facilitates continuous improvement efforts focused on risk reduction.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Health or a related discipline; equivalent demonstrated competency may be substituted.
• 5–10 years of safety process experience in heavy manufacturing.
• Environmental compliance experience involving CAA, CWA, and RCRA.
• A track record of proactively implementing successful safety initiatives.
• Ability to lead and develop direct reports.
• Critical thinking, participative management, and project management skills.
• Excellent understanding of state and federal safety regulations.
• Ability to conduct industrial hygiene surveys, including air contaminant and noise sampling, and perform ergonomic assessments.
• Ability to facilitate process improvement projects to reduce risk.
• Ability to guide teams in the incident learning process.
• Ability to customize safe operating procedures through interaction with affected work groups.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with employees, line management, upper management, company support functions, and community members such as local emergency response personnel.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Desire to learn manufacturing processes and participate in improvement activities beyond safety.

Nice To Haves

• Foundry safety experience.
• Experience with or working knowledge of human and organizational performance, including Learning Teams, Safety II, or Safety Differently.

Responsibilities

• Lead the safety process within the assigned plant or plants.
• Develop procedures for compliance with state and federal safety and health standards and assist plant staff with implementation.
• Interpret, explain, and adapt corporate policies and procedures, and assist plant staff with policy implementation.
• Lead the incident learning process.
• Participate with Human Resources in the workers’ compensation and return-to-work process.
• Manage the medical surveillance and qualification process.
• Provide effective training and education in safe work practices.
• Maintain required documentation and periodically review it to ensure it adds value.
• Periodically review and inspect operations and maintain a regular presence on the plant floor.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts for risk reduction.
• Establish trusting, psychologically safe relationships with managers, supervisors, and hourly employees.
• Ensure adherence to environmental requirements, including periodic training, drills, and corrective action team involvement.
• Act as the facility’s environmental expert and emergency response leader.
• Collaborate with the Corporate Sustainability Manager on sustainability initiatives defined within the Environmental Management System.
• Manage regulatory inspections and citations.

Benefits

• A diverse and inclusive variety of benefits intended to support employees’ healthy, balanced lives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager