EHS Manager

Tenneco • Lake City, MN

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About The Position

The EHS Manager provides environmental, health, and safety leadership at the site, aligning plant strategic goals with EHS requirements and leading improvement objectives consistent with enterprise-wide standards. The role anticipates risks, influences a culture of safety, supports business continuity, and communicates and educates the workforce on EHS best practices using technical, legal, and operational knowledge.

As a member of the plant management team, the EHS Manager partners with site leadership and functional departments to advance EHS performance, compliance, and prevention. The position manages site EHS programs and data, supports risk assessments and incident investigations, oversees environmental permits and reporting, and facilitates certifications and external authority interactions. The role also develops EHS training matrices and supports corporate and divisional EHS strategic initiatives, including sustainability efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• At least 3–5 years of experience leading an EHS function or program in a manufacturing environment, with a focus on safety culture and employee training.
• Strategic vision and communication skills related to EHS engagement.
• Proven experience pursuing operational excellence within EHS.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certification, such as Safety Professional, Industrial Hygienist, Hazardous Material Manager, or relevant country equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Drive EHS objectives with the management team and reinforce the site's safety culture.
• Facilitate EHS improvements across site functional departments by delegating EHS accountability and developing their skills to deploy EHS management processes.
• Contribute to plant EHS KPIs as a member of the plant management team and engage stakeholders in prevention and compliance.
• Direct the development, maintenance, and achievement of goals supporting corporate and division EHS strategic initiatives, including Tenneco EHS sustainability efforts.
• Support and facilitate location risk assessments to identify critical EHS hazards and aspects, and work with leadership to establish targets and objectives based on key EHS risks.
• Organize certifications and interface with external authorities to prevent adverse findings and enforcement actions.
• Pursue third-party recognition when required, such as ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 50001 registration.
• Ensure environmental permits, required report submissions, and site data are properly managed.
• Facilitate and support investigations of EHS events, including near misses, releases, and losses, to determine root causes and prepare or direct corrective and preventive action plans.
• Use established EHS data processes, such as Enablon, to manage injuries and illnesses, environmental metrics, risk assessments, EHS action items, and other pertinent information.
• Create EHS training matrices to ensure training is defined and tracked through completion.

What This Job Offers

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