Employee Health & Safety Manager (11370)

SOMIC AMERICA INC•Brewer, ME

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Somic America is seeking a dedicated and experienced Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager to lead all safety, environmental, and compliance initiatives throughout the facility. This position plays a central role in maintaining regulatory compliance, driving continuous improvement, supporting corporate sustainability efforts, and ensuring the company continues to meet and maintain ISO 14001 certification. In this role, the EHS Manager serves as the Environmental Management System (EMS) Representative and oversees all aspects of the facility’s Safety Program. This includes ensuring compliance with OSHA and ISO 14001 requirements, maintaining accurate documentation, submitting required environmental and safety reports to federal and state regulatory agencies, and administering the workers’ compensation program in collaboration with the company’s insurance carrier. The EHS Manager conducts regular inspections to identify potential hazards, recommends corrective or preventive measures, and follows up to confirm that these measures have been fully implemented. The role also involves coordinating both internal and external audits, managing relationships with outside contractors as needed, and leading investigations into workplace accidents, injuries, or environmental incidents to determine root causes and implement corrective actions. Employee Health & Safety Manager This position chairs the Safety & Environmental Committee and ensures that meeting documentation, recommendations, and follow-up actions are communicated effectively. The EHS Manager also develops and distributes safety signage, communication materials, and other resources that promote hazard awareness and support a strong safety culture. A key part of the role includes motivating employees to follow established safety procedures, quality expectations, production standards, and company policies, while consistently modeling safe work practices and ensuring that the facility maintains a safe and compliant working environment. The EHS Manager also serves as the site lead for the Seraco sustainability platform. This responsibility includes collecting, validating, and submitting facility-level environmental data—such as energy consumption, emissions, waste, and water usage—into the Seraco system. The EHS Manager monitors the facility’s emissions-reduction glidepath, identifies opportunities for environmental improvements, and implements recommended actions designed to help the company meet its sustainability goals. This involves coordinating Seraco driven projects and communicating progress, required actions, and environmental performance updates to management and all departments throughout the facility. To be successful in this role, the EHS Manager must have strong experience in EHS management within a manufacturing environment, along with a strong working knowledge of ISO 14001, OSHA, and environmental regulations. Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills are essential, as is the ability to lead investigations, influence safety behavior, and collaborate effectively with all departments throughout the facility. The individual must be able to perform all essential job functions

Requirements

Strong experience in EHS management within a manufacturing environment
Strong working knowledge of ISO 14001, OSHA, and environmental regulations
Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Ability to lead investigations, influence safety behavior, and collaborate effectively with all departments throughout the facility
Ability to perform all essential job functions

Responsibilities

Lead all safety, environmental, and compliance initiatives throughout the facility
Maintain regulatory compliance
Drive continuous improvement
Support corporate sustainability efforts
Ensure the company continues to meet and maintain ISO 14001 certification
Serve as the Environmental Management System (EMS) Representative
Oversee all aspects of the facility’s Safety Program
Ensure compliance with OSHA and ISO 14001 requirements
Maintain accurate documentation
Submit required environmental and safety reports to federal and state regulatory agencies
Administer the workers’ compensation program in collaboration with the company’s insurance carrier
Conduct regular inspections to identify potential hazards
Recommend corrective or preventive measures
Follow up to confirm that these measures have been fully implemented
Coordinate both internal and external audits
Manage relationships with outside contractors as needed
Lead investigations into workplace accidents, injuries, or environmental incidents to determine root causes and implement corrective actions
Chair the Safety & Environmental Committee
Ensure that meeting documentation, recommendations, and follow-up actions are communicated effectively
Develop and distribute safety signage, communication materials, and other resources that promote hazard awareness and support a strong safety culture
Motivate employees to follow established safety procedures, quality expectations, production standards, and company policies
Consistently model safe work practices and ensuring that the facility maintains a safe and compliant working environment
Serve as the site lead for the Seraco sustainability platform
Collect, validate, and submit facility-level environmental data—such as energy consumption, emissions, waste, and water usage—into the Seraco system
Monitor the facility’s emissions-reduction glidepath
Identify opportunities for environmental improvements
Implement recommended actions designed to help the company meet its sustainability goals
Coordinate Seraco driven projects and communicating progress, required actions, and environmental performance updates to management and all departments throughout the facility