Environmental, Health & Safety Manager

A.W. Chesterton Company • Minden, LA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Our Operations professionals manage and support the creation of our world-class flow control products in a low-volume, high mix manufacturing environment. These folks are our manufacturing leaders - shop managers, purchasing professionals, production and demand planners, engineers, and quality professionals who value working with other top manufacturing professionals and helping solve complex production problems. In addition to a work environment that promotes learning and promote-from-within opportunities, we understand what matters to our production workers: competitive, market-drive pay, outstanding benefits, and a stable and dependable job place supported by over 140 years of being in business. If you are looking for a place to call home in your next manufacturing role, come and explore all that Chesterton has to offer!

Job Summary: The Manager of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) oversees and advances EHS programs for multiple locations and administrative offices located in the US. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations; manages all aspects of environmental, health, and safety programs; and drives continuous improvement in risk reduction, incident prevention, environmental performance, and safety culture. The Manager is a solo practitioner, supporting the Sales, Retail and Service organizations, partnering closely with service operations. This role will be located in Minden Louisiana and require frequent travel to Texas, with periodic travel to Boston, West Virginia and Utah.

Requirements

• Must have strong substantive knowledge of regulations and guidance promulgated by Federal and State OSHA and EPA.
• Familiarity with workers’ compensation requirements preferred.
• Strong technical ability to work, collaborate and negotiate with government officials, consultants, and other third-party stakeholders.
• Ability to understand machining, coatings, assembly, testing, chemical use, energy controls (LOTO), and facility infrastructure to assess EHS risks and required controls.
• Must be self-directed, and able to work productively on multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Competence in JHAs, safety risk scoring, environmental impact reviews, compliance audits, and hazard recognition.
• Strong experience building, maintaining, or improving an Environmental Management System (EMS), including internal audits and corrective actions.
• Effective problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong tactical abilities with demonstrated results.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 6 – 8 years’ experience managing EHS for multiple operations.
• Employees assigned to certain tasks within this job may be required to participate in our Medical Surveillance Program.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. on a regular basis.
• Ability to work and walk about in a manufacturing shop floor environment, wear required protective clothing, i.e., steel toe shoes and safety glasses.
• Close vision required and the ability to identify and distinguish color.
• Must be able to sit and work on a computer for extended periods of time.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Advanced degree and professional certification (CSP, CIH, CHMM, CPP, PSP, etc.) preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish, with the ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats, strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Consistent, regular and punctual attendance is an essential function of this job.
• Responsible for company compliance with federal, state, and local, safety and environmental regulations for the Sales, Service and Retail organizations
• Develop, deploy and execute EHS strategy to mitigate risk to people, property & community.
• Responsible for proactive approach, for policies, procedures and standards to be applied across multiple factories and administrative areas.
• Responsible for all aspects of the environmental, health and safety program; including but not limited to training, incident investigations, managing safety teams, emergency planning, auditing/inspections, communicating results, metrics and action plans for management.
• Build, support and maintain an Environmental Management System (EMS) in alignment with ISO 14001 Standard.
• Lead incident investigations, root‑cause analysis, and corrective action planning; ensure communication of results and learning across the organization.
• Assess operational or facility changes to determine whether new or modified environmental permits, regulatory notifications, or updated compliance measures are required.
• Build, track, and maintain effective EHS metrics, measures and action plans to meet company objectives. Targets will be based on global, regional and site level objectives.
• Manage raw material safety data sheet (SDS) in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, and to support business needs.
• Implements the Environmental Management System (EMS) in alignment with ISO 14001 requirements.
• Conduct and maintain safety risk assessments and environmental impact reviews as needed to support facility and process changes, and improvements.
• Perform management system and compliance-based audits to ensure compliance with regulatory and company other requirements.
• Review and analyze environmental and safety documentation issued by agencies to determine impact on company operations and propose strategies to maintain compliance.
• Develop, conduct and/or coordinate safety and environmental training programs, to include general proactive awareness training, regulatory required training, environmental management system and program specific training as needed.
• Utilize company Learners Management System (LMS) to document and automate trainings.

Benefits

• “Work Today, get paid tomorrow” - withdraw up to 30% of your earned daily wages the next day after you work rather than waiting for pay day!
• Chesterton Student Loan Repayment Program
• BCBS Medical Coverage
• Delta Dental
• 401K savings plan with a Chesterton contribution
• PTO including vacation sick, time, 11 paid holidays, and paid to time off to volunteer for causes
• Vision insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance
• HSA & FSA options to cover additional medical costs
• Parental leave for moms and dads to be
• Hiring referral bonuses (up to $3,000 for select roles)
• A host of other fringe benefits including legal services, pet insurance, Chesterton relief fund for employees in need, and more!

What This Job Offers

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