Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager

King & Prince Seafood Corp•Brunswick, GA

About The Position

The EHS Manager leads the management, execution, and continuous improvement of environmental, health, safety, and security programs across the Brunswick facility. The role partners with site leadership and cross-functional teams to build a proactive EHS culture, prevent injuries, ensure regulatory and company compliance, reduce risk, maintain security readiness, and support operational excellence. The manager oversees EHS systems and performance, regulatory and environmental compliance, audits, risk reduction, incident investigations, training, contractor safety, process safety management, industrial hygiene, emergency preparedness, security, and workers’ compensation coordination. The position includes regular activity throughout manufacturing, warehouse, office, exterior, and other operational areas, with physical requirements such as walking, climbing, occasional lifting, and wearing required PPE.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, environmental science, engineering, industrial hygiene, or a closely related field, or at least 12 years of relevant experience.
At least 8 years of progressive EHS leadership experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or related industrial operational setting.
Demonstrated responsibility for regulatory compliance, incident investigation, risk reduction, training, audits, and cross-functional leadership.
Thorough knowledge of applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations; safety engineering and design principles; EHS management systems; industrial safety practices; environmental compliance requirements; and risk-based prevention methods.
Superior communication, critical-thinking, leadership, and influencing skills.
Knowledge of emergency response, crisis management, and critical incident response principles and practices.
Project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
Strong MS Office skills.
Ability to walk and stand for extended periods and frequently navigate manufacturing, warehouse, office, exterior, and other operational areas, including uneven surfaces, stairs, and elevated areas.
Ability to occasionally access all facility and site areas from ground level to rooftops using stairs, ladders, platforms, and designated access points.
Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull up to 25 pounds.
Ability to bend, stoop, crouch, reach, and climb as needed.
Ability to wear required PPE and work periodically in manufacturing environments with noise, temperature variations, wet conditions, and other operational conditions.

Nice To Haves

Professional certification such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, ASP, CSM, or another relevant EHS, environmental, industrial hygiene, or safety certification.

Responsibilities

Lead and direct a proactive EHS culture, integrating EHS into planning, operations, maintenance, contractor work, and daily business decisions.
Promote visible leadership commitment, accountability, and employee involvement in EHS.
Design, deploy, monitor, and improve the EHS management system, infrastructure, processes, governance routines, and performance expectations.
Lead cross-functional hazard analyses, environmental assessments, and risk-reduction programs; use data to assess risks and trends and communicate mitigation strategies.
Develop EHS objectives, ownership expectations, and measurable performance targets with stakeholders.
Monitor and communicate EHS performance metrics, including leading and lagging indicators, corrective actions, audit findings, incident trends, and risk-reduction progress.
Lead implementation, monitoring, and review of EHS systems through governance plans, audits, inspections, and management-system reviews; conduct and coordinate on-site audits and reviews.
Oversee facility, equipment, process, and workstation design and modification to ensure safe operations, including ergonomics and machine safeguarding.
Ensure compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations, company standards, permits, and internal procedures.
Manage environmental compliance programs, including air, water, stormwater, hazardous materials, and chemical management; coordinate permits, plans, inspections, reporting, training, and corrective actions.
Manage incident investigation, reporting, corrective actions, and communications, including root-cause analysis, recurrence prevention, loss control, regulatory reporting coordination, and verification of corrective-action effectiveness.
Lead contractor, vendor, and visitor safety processes, including orientation, access expectations, pre-job risk reviews, compliance verification, and coordination with operations and facilities.
Develop, lead, and track EHS education and training for employees, supervisors, and senior management.
Develop and oversee process safety management (PSM) programs and ensure compliance.
Direct industrial hygiene, occupational health, and general safety programs.
Lead development of emergency response and crisis management plans and conduct drills and tabletop exercises as needed.
Provide assistance and coordination for food defense, security, and crisis response issues.
Oversee site security personnel, programs, protocols, access controls, risk assessments, and incident response activities.
Coordinate with the workers’ compensation insurer and internal stakeholders on injury claims, investigations, return-to-work efforts, and loss-prevention initiatives.
Conduct inspections, audits, investigations, training, and other EHS activities across facility areas, including occasional access to elevated and rooftop areas.