Employee/Labor Health & Safety Engineering - Manager

Masco•Santa Ana, CA

About The Position

The EHS Manager leads occupational safety, environmental compliance, ergonomics, incident prevention, injury and illness management, regulatory readiness, and site security coordination for Brasstech’s Santa Ana plants. The role ensures compliance with applicable federal, California, and local requirements and reports to the Site Director, with dotted-line reporting to corporate EHSS. The position supervises one direct report. The manager leads and improves EHS programs, builds a proactive safety culture in partnership with site leadership and employees, and oversees inspections, hazard assessments, incident investigations, corrective actions, training, recordkeeping, environmental compliance, and regulatory interactions. The role also coordinates workers’ compensation and workplace injury management with HR, manages environmental permits and reporting, oversees contractors and vendor relationships, and leads emergency preparedness. Regular presence on the manufacturing floor is required. National travel of up to 10% may be needed. The role may support off-shift incidents, audits, inspections, emergency responses, and urgent operational needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Safety, Occupational Health, Engineering, or a related field.
Five or more years of progressive EHS experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or similar operational environment.
Prior experience supervising, coaching, or leading direct reports or EHS support staff.
Working knowledge of Cal/OSHA, EPA, CalEPA, DTSC, DOT, CUPA, local fire authority, air district, wastewater authority, and other applicable federal, California, and local EHS requirements.
Experience managing core safety programs, including IIPP, incident investigations, hazard assessments, emergency action planning, heat illness prevention, workplace violence prevention, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, hazard communication, confined space, ergonomics, and powered industrial trucks.
Strong problem-solving, communication, training, influencing, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across organizational levels.
Ability to partner with operations leaders and employees to identify risk, implement practical solutions, and sustain a culture of safety and compliance.
Integrity, sound judgment, ethical conduct, confidentiality, and leadership capability.
Active listening and relationship-building skills, including the ability to coach leaders and employees on safe work practices and regulatory expectations.
Regular presence on the manufacturing floor, including walking production areas, observing work practices, conducting inspections, and responding to incidents.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and work around manufacturing equipment, chemicals, noise, forklifts, and other industrial conditions.

Nice To Haves

Experience with environmental compliance programs, including hazardous materials, hazardous waste, stormwater, wastewater, air permitting and reporting, spill response, and regulatory inspections.
Master’s degree in Environmental, Safety, Engineering, Occupational Health, or a related field.
Professional environmental or safety certification, such as CSP, ASP, CHMM, CIH, or similar.
California wastewater, stormwater, hazardous materials, hazardous waste, or other applicable environmental certifications, based on site permit requirements.
Bilingual English/Spanish skills.

Responsibilities

Lead, implement, and continuously improve occupational safety, environmental compliance, ergonomics, fire prevention and protection, industrial hygiene, injury and illness prevention, incident investigation, workers’ compensation coordination, workplace medical and health support, and site security coordination.
Maintain compliance with California safety programs and applicable Cal/OSHA standards, including IIPP, workplace violence prevention, heat illness prevention, emergency action planning, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, confined space, and powered industrial trucks.
Partner with site leadership, HR, Operations, Maintenance, and employees to strengthen safety culture, employee engagement in hazard identification, and EHS performance.
Supervise, coach, and develop one direct report; assign priorities and monitor timely completion of inspections, training, records, corrective actions, environmental tasks, and compliance activities.
Evaluate regulatory changes and implement required program, training, reporting, and operational updates.
Conduct and oversee workplace inspections, job hazard assessments, ergonomic evaluations, incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective action tracking, and trend reporting.
Coordinate workers’ compensation activities, injury management, return-to-work support, OSHA recordkeeping, and related documentation with HR.
Serve as the primary site contact for regulatory agencies and local authorities for inspections, permits, reporting, audits, and compliance matters.
Manage environmental compliance programs, including hazardous materials and waste, waste characterization, accumulation-area inspections, manifests, spill prevention and response, stormwater, wastewater, air permitting and reporting, and sustainability data as applicable.
Manage permit requests, renewals, reporting, inspections, and compliance obligations related to operations, construction, equipment changes, and capital projects.
Negotiate and manage contracts and vendor relationships for waste disposal, environmental services, industrial hygiene, emergency response, training support, and plant security as applicable.
Lead emergency preparedness, including emergency action plans, evacuation drills, fire prevention, spill response, first aid and medical response coordination, and coordination with local emergency responders.
Oversee contractor safety, pre-job safety reviews, management of change, and EHS reviews for new equipment, chemicals, processes, and facility modifications.
Provide weekly and monthly EHS performance summaries covering incidents, near misses, corrective actions, training, audits, environmental metrics, sustainability data, and risk-reduction initiatives.
Maintain EHS records, permits, training documentation, inspection logs, injury and illness records, environmental reports, waste records, and other compliance documentation.
Travel nationally up to 10% as needed.