Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Generac Power Systems • Holdrege, NE

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About The Position

Allmand, a Generac Company, is hiring an Environmental Health and Safety Manager to lead environmental, health, and safety activities at an assigned facility. The role is organized around four areas: regulatory compliance monitoring and reporting, supporting strategic initiatives, worksite analysis, and hazard prevention and control.

The manager oversees environmental and safety compliance programs, including hazardous waste reduction and recycling, industrial hygiene sampling support, the SDS/Hazard Communication program, and required planning, training, inspections, reporting, and recordkeeping. The position provides EHS leadership to facility employees, leads executive and employee safety committees, supports strategic initiatives, and champions the EHS Drive to Zero program.

The role also conducts audits and workplace inspections, documents findings and corrective-action recommendations, performs Job Safety Analyses, and leads safety observations. It assesses ergonomic and safety risks, identifies and resolves ergonomic issues, promotes proper use of safety equipment and procedures, investigates incidents to determine root causes, and leads corrective and preventive actions and risk-reduction controls. Other duties include waste-reduction initiatives, recycling and supply-chain partnerships, and serving as an SAP Super User within the assigned functional area.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of progressive EHS experience.
• 3 years of implementation experience with safety-related programs.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or an EHS-related field.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Solid understanding of waste-management regulations.
• Experience implementing lean principles and improvements.
• CHMM, CSP, CIH, or PE certification.
• Previous experience using SAP or an equivalent ERP.
• Previous experience meeting FTZ/Security requirements.
• Experience preparing semi-annual and annual environmental reports, such as Tier II, emission inventory, hazardous-waste, TRI, and air-permit monitoring reports.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary hazardous waste engineer, lead hazardous-waste reduction efforts, and implement recycling programs.
• Direct industrial hygiene sampling and provide support.
• Manage the facility SDS/Hazard Communication program.
• Manage and perform planning, training, inspections, reporting, and recordkeeping for environmental and safety compliance programs.
• Lead EHS-related training for the assigned facility.
• Provide environmental, health, and safety leadership to facility employees.
• Lead Executive and Employee Safety Committees.
• Develop and support strategic initiatives intended to achieve best-in-class EHS performance.
• Act as the facility champion for the EHS Drive to Zero program.
• Conduct audits to ensure consistent results and compliance and to support operational excellence.
• Prepare reports of findings with recommendations for corrective action.
• Conduct and document monthly inspections of hazardous-waste accumulation and chemical-storage areas.
• Perform Job Safety Analyses of worksite activities and lead actions for controls and countermeasures.
• Lead safety-observation efforts at sites within the assigned facility.
• Perform ergonomic and safety risk assessments virtually or hands-on for product and process capability.
• Lead the identification, assessment, and resolution of ergonomic issues, including physical part validation against ergonomic standards.
• Observe workers to determine whether prescribed safety equipment and procedures are being used properly.
• Train employees and demonstrate proper use of safety equipment.
• Investigate incidents—including injuries, property damage, near misses, releases, and losses—to determine root causes and prepare or direct corrective and preventive action plans.
• Champion implementation of risk-reduction controls at the facility.
• Drive initiatives to minimize waste through reduction, recycling, and supply-chain partnerships.
• Act as SAP Super User within the assigned functional area.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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