Safety and Enviromental Site Manager
About The Position
The Safety and Environmental Site Manager oversees the facility’s environmental, health, safety, and regulatory compliance programs and promotes a safe, compliant operating environment. The role ensures adherence to regulatory requirements, company policies, and standard operating procedures through facility assessments, employee training, documentation oversight, and operational monitoring. It works closely with facility leadership, employees, maintenance personnel, and regulatory counterparts to identify risks, address deficiencies, improve processes, and support safe and efficient operations. The manager oversees compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements, including OSHA, EPA, and DOT hazardous-materials regulations, and supports relevant chemical facility security or terminal-specific requirements. The role covers process safety for bleach manufacturing and chemical handling, including hazard analyses, management of change, pre-startup safety reviews, mechanical integrity, incident investigation, and corrective and preventive actions. The position develops and maintains procedures and facility policies, monitors operational practices, and supports safe terminal and manufacturing operations. It coordinates employee training, emergency preparedness and response, industrial hygiene programs, exposure assessments, chemical inventory and SDS systems, and PPE requirements. It also manages cloud-based systems supporting training and regulatory functions, leads incident investigations and corrective-action follow-up, tracks EHS performance data and KPIs, and works across operations, maintenance, engineering, and facility leadership to advance safety culture and consistent compliance practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, or a directly related environmental or safety discipline preferred.
- At least 10 years of experience in chemical manufacturing operations, or at least 15 years of chemical plant experience with an extensive regulatory compliance background for candidates without a degree.
- At least 3 years of front-line supervisory or management experience.
- At least 3 years of significant Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (ESHS) experience.
- At least 1 year of process engineering experience, including exposure to raw material, energy, cost, and capacity optimization, R&D scale-up, and quality control.
Nice To Haves
- Background with a PSM-covered facility.
- Experience with Chlor-Alkali, flammable/combustible, or petroleum products.
- Experience as a change agent in an established facility.
- Marine operations, rail and highway logistics, and/or quality control experience.
- New plant or facility construction and startup experience.
- Production or inventory planning experience.
- Lean or Six Sigma experience or certification.
Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements, including OSHA, EPA, and DOT requirements.
- Conduct routine facility inspections to identify EHS hazards, compliance gaps, and procedural violations.
- Identify risks and implement corrective actions to maintain a safe and compliant work environment.
- Ensure facility operations adhere to ESHS standards and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee process safety elements relevant to bleach manufacturing and chemical handling, including PHAs/HAZOPs or equivalent, MOC, PSSRs, mechanical integrity, incident investigation, and CAPAs.
- Develop, review, maintain, and revise SOPs and facility policies.
- Monitor employee adherence to SOPs, safety protocols, and operational processes.
- Evaluate operational practices for opportunities to improve safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Support chemical operators in understanding process safety requirements, operational risks, and risk mitigation measures.
- Support terminal operations safety, including loading and unloading procedures, vapor control, secondary containment, and transfer integrity, as well as bleach manufacturing and chemical transfer, storage, and loading safety.
- Coordinate and deliver ESHS and operational training for new and existing employees.
- Provide guidance to chemical operators on process safety, hazard awareness, and risk prevention.
- Identify training needs based on facility observations, regulatory changes, incidents, and procedural updates.
- Lead emergency preparedness and response planning, drills, and coordination with local responders.
- Implement and manage cloud-based systems supporting training, inspections, MOC, incident reporting, and corrective-action tracking.
- Manage industrial hygiene programs, exposure assessments, chemical inventory and SDS systems, and PPE requirements.
- Collaborate with facility leadership, department personnel, and the Maintenance Department on safety, environmental, and operational concerns.
- Work with the Technical Process and Regulatory Manager at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin facility to support consistent compliance and operational practices.
- Promote a proactive safety culture through training, behavioral observation program development, employee engagement, contractor safety management, and coaching of operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.
- Lead incident investigations and root-cause analysis, and ensure timely corrective-action closures.
- Track and report EHS performance data and KPIs to site and corporate leadership.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
