Senior Manager, EH&S (onsite)
About The Position
The Senior Manager, EH&S – EH&S Site Lead - Fairfield role plays a vital part in ensuring a safe and compliant work environment while aligning regional EH&S efforts with RTX’s global standards and goals. It also supports Collins Aerospace's commitment to innovation, efficiency, and employee well-being. The skilled members on our Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) team are motivated by an ambitious goal: to make COLLINS Aerospace Systems the safest, healthiest aerospace company – with the smallest environmental footprint – on the planet. Join us as we continue to lead the way in safety culture, environmental excellence and regulatory compliance. This role is focused on managing a team EH&S professionals while driving EH&S compliance, continuous improvement, program standardization, and strategic integration at the Fairfield, CA facility. This role demands a combination of strategic thinking, operational expertise, and leadership skills to ensure Collins Aerospace’s EH&S excellence while aligning with RTX’s global standards. Core focus areas include EH&S functional oversight, incident management review, recommended strategies, and stakeholder collaboration. This role is a US-based role and will report to the Director, EH&S West Region Lead.
Requirements
- Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience
- Experience in Environmental or Health or Safety in a manufacturing environment
- Leading and influencing in a matrixed environment
Nice To Haves
- Deep knowledge of EH&S principles, regulations, and best practices.
- Experience in aerospace or defense
- Lean manufacturing experience (Kaizen, Six Sigma etc)
- Strong leadership and project management skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration capabilities with varied teams across multiple locations.
- Ability to adapt global policies to local needs while maintaining compliance.
Responsibilities
- Support and advise operations management team on safety, compliance, and sustainability programs, ensuring alignment with EH&S goals. Ensure projects are appropriately defined in EHS SMART to support achievement of EHS goals.
- Monitor and execute strategies for EH&S initiatives to ensure sustained compliance with local regulations, government standards, and RTX/Collins Aerospace requirements.
- Ensure regulatory permit applications and agency correspondence are submitted on a timely basis.
- Lead and facilitate in onsite reviews of EH&S Management System elements.
- Participate in and support Central EH&S audit teams, as needed margin
- Coordinates and facilitates incident investigations as needed, ensuring lessons learned are implemented.
- Participate in serious injuries reviews, as needed.
- Develop and execute long-term strategies to minimize occupational injuries and ensure compliance with local regulations, government standards, and RTX/Collins Aerospace requirements.
- Lead initiatives to standardize and optimize EH&S tools, processes, and systems across the facility.
- Build and sustain relationships with site operational stakeholders, integrating EH&S into business processes. Coordinate with site leader, and Central EH&S teams to address concerns and initiatives.
- Collaborate with the Asia-Pac and EMEA field service leads and the Central EH&S organization to align global policies with local standards and requirements.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
