Employee/Labor Health & Safety Engineering - Manager

Masco Corporation•Santa Ana, CA

5d•$114,100 - $179,410•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental, Health and Safety (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 serves as the primary site contact for regulatory agencies and local authorities. The EHS Manager reports to the Site Director, has a dotted-line reporting relationship to corporate EHSS, and supervises one direct report. The position leads and improves EHS programs, develops a proactive safety culture in partnership with site leadership and employees, manages environmental compliance and emergency preparedness, and oversees inspections, investigations, training, documentation, corrective actions, contractors, and vendors. Regular presence on the manufacturing floor is required. National travel of up to 10% may be needed, and the role may support off-shift incidents, audits, inspections, emergencies, or 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 with all levels of the organization.
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.
Ability to be regularly present on the manufacturing floor, 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 certification in an environmental or safety field, 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 EHS programs across the Santa Ana plants, including 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 build a proactive safety culture, encourage hazard identification, and improve EHS performance.
Supervise, coach, and develop one direct report; assign priorities, monitor performance, and ensure timely execution of inspections, training, recordkeeping, corrective actions, environmental tasks, and compliance activities.
Evaluate new and changing federal, California, and local EHS regulations and implement necessary program, training, reporting, and operational changes.
Conduct and oversee workplace inspections, job hazard assessments, ergonomic evaluations, incident investigations, root cause analyses, corrective action tracking, and trend reporting.
Coordinate workers’ compensation activities, workplace injury management, return-to-work support, OSHA recordkeeping, and related documentation in collaboration with HR.
Serve as the primary site contact for regulatory agencies and local authorities regarding inspections, permitting, 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.
Monitor, direct, and represent the facility on permit requests, renewals, reporting, inspections, and compliance obligations related to operations, construction, equipment changes, and capital projects.
Negotiate and manage vendor contracts and relationships for waste disposal, environmental services, industrial hygiene, emergency response, training support, and plant security, as applicable.
Lead emergency preparedness activities, 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 activities, 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 completion, audit results, 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.