Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Wabtec•Maxton, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Health & Safety Manager leads environmental, health, and safety efforts at a manufacturing facility, partnering with operations and cross-functional teams to understand risks, address program compliance gaps, improve performance metrics, and build a proactive EHS culture. The position drives facility-wide EHS programs and engages team members through education and involvement. It requires working on-site and on the shop floor. The manager provides strategic and tactical leadership for site EHS performance, maintains compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and business-practice requirements, and oversees environmental permits and regulatory reporting. The role includes maintaining air-permit documentation and digital compliance systems, implementing engineering and other compliance solutions, delivering training, monitoring regulatory changes, and collaborating with Wabtec EHS headquarters on projects such as greenhouse-gas reduction, sustainability, and culture change. Travel is less than 10%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in health sciences, safety engineering, environmental engineering, or a related field.
At least 5 years in a site leadership role at a plant.
Sound knowledge of environmental, health, and safety regulatory and statutory requirements, including ISO certifications.
Demonstrated experience managing air permits.
Understanding of current EHS technology applications and willingness to embrace future technologies.
Ability to exercise vision and sound judgment at the local level.
Ability to address difficult issues with tact and diplomacy in a timely manner.
Strong leadership, change-execution, and financial-management skills.
Ability to contribute actively to team success and act as a change agent through interactions with others.
Willingness to work on-site and on the shop floor.
Ability to regularly lift at least 50 pounds.
Ability to work outside in extreme heat and cold and to frequently stand, walk, bend, crouch, push, and pull.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience leading EHS activities in a manufacturing environment.
Prior experience managing environmental permits and culture change.
Knowledge of OSHA, RCRA, NPDES, and DOT regulations.
Six Sigma training or equivalent Lean/Quality training.
Ability to lead process implementation in a teaming environment.
Ability to prioritize and balance multiple ongoing tasks.
At least 5 years as a senior EHS leader at a plant.

Responsibilities

Maintain compliance with Federal, State, Local, and Business Best Practice EHS regulations and standards.
Provide strategic and tactical leadership of site performance in meeting EHS goals and objectives.
Lead validation of health, safety, and environmental frameworks to ensure compliance with regulatory training and requirements.
Develop a systematic approach to managing organizational changes throughout the site.
Work with operations teams to identify and address EHS concerns involving site operations, equipment, and new products.
Perform administrative activities and coordinate with other functions and organizations to accomplish shop operations objectives.
Maintain site EHS metrics and collaborate with EHS headquarters on projects and initiatives, including GHG reduction, sustainability, and culture change.
Promote continuous improvement by implementing EHS-related KPIs to measure progress toward EHS goals.
Ensure site personnel understand and comply with environmental certifications, permits, and regulations, and implement solutions that drive compliance.
Maintain air-permit documentation with internal and external teams and develop digital management information systems to demonstrate compliance.
Implement engineering solutions to ensure compliance with site environmental permits.
Implement and audit team-member requirements for site permits and document regulatory-permitting compliance.
Prepare regulatory reports for local governing bodies and the USEPA.
Update and deliver regulatory compliance training.
Review and track regulatory changes that may affect facilities and implement other site environmental programs.
Track and communicate leading-indicator scorecards and educate operations leaders to improve EHS cadence and standard operating rhythms.