Senior Manager, Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)

Vaughan Buckley Construction•Philadelphia, PA

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

VBC is seeking an experienced, enterprise‑level EHS Senior Manager to provide strategic leadership, governance, and oversight for Environmental, Health & Safety across all U.S. operations, including Pennsylvania and California manufacturing facilities, the Pennsylvania corporate office, and the Massachusetts design office. This role has direct supervisory responsibility for the Pennsylvania EHS Manager and the California EHS Lead and serves as the senior EHS authority across field and office environments. The EHS Senior Manager establishes strategy, enterprise standards, and operating discipline while ensuring consistent execution through site EHS leaders. The ideal candidate is a confident, systems‑oriented safety leader with strong people‑leadership capability, multi‑site experience, and the ability to influence executives and plant leadership alike.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
7+ years of progressive EHS experience, including multi‑site or enterprise responsibility.
Proven experience leading and developing EHS leaders.
Strong working knowledge of OSHA General Industry, state plans (including CA/PA considerations), and office‑based risk environments.
Demonstrated experience with regulatory engagement, audits, serious incident oversight, and executive communication.
Ability to influence senior leaders and drive accountability across functions.

Nice To Haves

Professional certification (CSP, ASP, CIH).
Experience supporting both manufacturing and professional/office environments.
Experience partnering closely with HR, Facilities, Engineering, and Executive Leadership.

Responsibilities

Provide direct supervision, coaching, and performance management for EHS Manager – Pennsylvania Manufacturing and EHS Lead – California Manufacturing.
Set enterprise‑level EHS expectations for execution, reporting, regulatory readiness, and escalation.
Develop EHS leadership capability and succession depth across sites.
Serve as the primary escalation point for high‑risk, cross‑site, or unresolved safety issues.
Establish and maintain enterprise EHS strategy, standards, and management systems across manufacturing, corporate, and design environments.
Ensure consistent application of OSHA, state, and local regulatory requirements across PA, CA, and MA.
Translate regulatory and risk changes into clear, actionable expectations for site EHS leaders.
Drive standardization while allowing site‑specific risk controls where appropriate.
Provide executive‑level oversight of serious incidents, recordable trends, and systemic risks across all locations.
Review and validate root‑cause analyses and corrective actions for severity and effectiveness.
Identify enterprise risk patterns and proactively drive preventive initiatives.
Ensure design, office, and administrative environments are appropriately covered by EHS programs, not just manufacturing.
Serve as the senior company representative for significant regulatory inspections, enforcement actions, and agency interactions.
Ensure audit readiness and coordinated responses across all sites.
Oversee permitting, reporting, and regulatory correspondence as appropriate for the enterprise.
Partner with executive leadership, Operations, Engineering, HR, and Facilities to embed safety into strategic and operational decisions.
Influence plant leadership and functional leaders to model visible safety ownership.
Integrate EHS considerations into new processes, capital projects, design decisions, and organizational change.
Set expectations for role‑based EHS training across manufacturing, corporate, and design teams.
Reinforce a culture where stop‑work authority, escalation, and accountability are expected leadership behaviors.
Ensure EHS expectations are embedded into leader performance and decision‑making.
Own enterprise EHS performance reporting, dashboards, and executive briefings.
Provide concise, risk‑focused updates to senior leadership and HR.
Escalate systemic or enterprise‑level risks requiring executive action.