Regional HSE Manager

Dover Corporation • Rock Island, IL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Dover Precision Components is hiring a Regional Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Manager to serve 3 manufacturing sites: Rock Island, IL (product: Inpro/Seal), Jeffersonville, IN (product: Cook Compression), and Antigo, WI (product: Waukesha Bearings). The home office base is our Rock Island, Illinois site with regular travel (up to 25%) to Indiana and Wisconsin sites. We are recognized industry leaders, delivering performance-critical solutions for rotating and reciprocating machinery across the oil and gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical, and general processing markets. We offer competitive pay and benefits, stability, and the ability to be a key contributor to our manufacturing and operations teams. We are part of Dover Corporation, a $7.7 billion global, stable, and growing company. The Regional HSE Manager is responsible for administering, progressively developing and delivering systems that drive safe operating practices in our Rock Island, IL, Jeffersonville, IN, and Antigo, WI facilities. Key responsibilities include developing strategies, mentoring and directing direct reports, conducting audits, managing compliance, and investigating incidents. This role is impactful to cultivating a productive, healthy and incident free workplace by establishing and promoting safety policies and coordinating with executives, managers and employees to perform work in accordance with procedures in compliance with regulatory Health, Safety and Environmental laws and industry standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Occupational Safety and Health, Engineering, Health Sciences, or related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in occupational health and safety in manufacturing environments, including developing, training on, and managing safety programs.
• Incident management, resolution, and communication experience.
• Experience leading and participating in safety audits.
• Experience in people management, including leadership and delegation, within a matrix organization is preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including excellent presentation skills.
• Strong KPI/metrics experience with analytical skill
• Effective organizational and time management skills.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite and HS&E system expertise.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Nice To Haves

• CSP Certification.
• OSHA 10, OSHA 30, NEBOSH or equivalent safety courses.
• Experience in similar manufacturing settings- made to order precision manufactured components.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement regional HSE strategies aligned with organizational goals, while also championing a proactive safety culture.
• Manage, mentor, and develop direct reports, such as site-based HSE professionals or safety supervisors, to build internal HSE competence.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (like OSHA and EPA) across all sites.
• Conduct risk assessments, audits, and inspections to identify and mitigate hazards.
• Create, implement, and manage regional HSE programs, policies, and procedures. This includes developing training programs for employees at all levels.
• Lead HSE continual improvement to minimize risk and improve workers’ safety and efficiency. This includes conducting data driven risk assessments identifying improvement areas and working with engineering and management to source and implement newer safe controls.
• Lead investigations into incidents, accidents, and near misses to determine root causes and implement effective corrective actions.
• Monitor and report on HSE performance metrics (KPIs) to regional and executive leadership, using data to justify resource allocation for safety improvements.
• Act as a primary contact for regulatory agencies during inspections and for communicating with them about safety issues.
• Travel between facilities (up to 25%).

Benefits

• a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions
• medical, dental and vision insurance
• wellness programs
• health savings account
• health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• company paid short-term disability and long-term disability
• company paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance
• supplemental employee and dependent life insurance
• optional accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance
• adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits and assistance
• commuter benefits
• parental, military, jury duty, and bereavement leaves of absence
• paid time off, including 9 paid holidays per calendar year, 15 paid vacation days annually, prorated the first year based on hire date, 16 hours floating holiday
• wellness reimbursement
• tuition reimbursement
• business travel services
• employee discounts
• an employee assistance program that includes company paid counseling sessions and legal services.

What This Job Offers

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