EHS Manager

Metal Technologies•Three Rivers, MI

About The Position

The EHS Manager is responsible for managing, directing, and coordinating safety and environmental activities within assigned facilities. The role leads the plant safety process, supports compliance with state and federal safety and health standards, and helps plant staff implement corporate policies and procedures. It also oversees incident learning, worker’s compensation and return-to-work coordination with Human Resources, medical surveillance and qualification processes, safety training, and required documentation. The EHS Manager regularly reviews operations and maintains a presence on the plant floor, leading continuous improvement efforts to reduce risk. The position builds trusting, psychologically safe relationships across the workforce and ensures adherence to environmental requirements established by the Corporate Environmental Director. It serves as the facility’s environmental expert and emergency response leader, collaborates with the Corporate Sustainability Manager on EMS sustainability initiatives, and manages regulatory inspections and citations.

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.
Excellent understanding of state and federal safety regulations.
Ability to lead and develop direct reports.
Critical thinking, participative management, and project management skills.
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 through the incident learning process.
Ability to customize safe operating procedures through interaction with affected work groups.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with employees, line and upper management, company support functions, and community members such as local emergency response personnel.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
Willingness to learn manufacturing processes and participate in improvement activities beyond safety.

Nice To Haves

Foundry safety experience.
Environmental compliance experience involving CAA, CWA, and RCRA.
Experience with or working knowledge of human and organizational performance, including Learning Teams, Safety II, or Safety Differently.

Responsibilities

Lead the safety process within 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 implementation.
Lead the incident learning process.
Participate with Human Resources in the worker’s compensation and return-to-work process.
Manage medical surveillance and qualification processes.
Provide effective training and education in safe work practices.
Ensure required documentation is maintained and periodically review it for 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.
Serve 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.