Senior Manager, Regional EHS

Bunzl Distribution NA • Creve Coeur, MO

10d • $115,000 - $125,000

About The Position

The Senior Regional EHS Manager provides environmental, health, and safety support to assigned operations and directly leads and supervises Regional EHS Managers. The role retains the core field responsibilities of a Regional EHS Manager while adding accountability for team development, work prioritization, consistent field support, and first-level escalation of significant EHS issues.

The position partners with operational leadership to support regulatory compliance, risk reduction, incident prevention, and execution of established EHS programs and priorities. It serves as a coach, consultant, and technical resource while reinforcing that operational leaders remain responsible and accountable for the safety and compliance performance of their operations. The role reports significant risks, field trends, resource needs, and matters requiring broader organizational consideration to the Director, EHS.

The position includes 30% travel, including multiple overnight stays within the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Industrial Safety, Engineering, Risk Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 7 years of progressive EHS experience, preferably supporting multi-site operations.
• Demonstrated experience providing EHS support within a decentralized organization.
• Experience supervising, leading, coaching, or mentoring EHS professionals.
• Working knowledge of applicable occupational safety, health, and environmental regulations.
• Experience with incident investigation, risk assessment, corrective actions, compliance assessments, and EHS program implementation.
• Strong leadership, communication, coaching, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence operational leaders without direct authority.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across geographically dispersed operations.
• Willingness to travel 30%, including multiple overnight stays within the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within distribution, warehousing, logistics, transportation, or similar operations.
• Formal people-management experience.
• Professional certification such as CSP, ASP, CIH, CHMM, or equivalent.
• Experience supporting a large, multi-site organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide EHS support and guidance to assigned facilities and operational leaders, building effective relationships with facility, regional, and division leadership.
• Coach and advise on EHS requirements, risk reduction, safe work practices, hazard identification, risk evaluation, and practical corrective actions.
• Support implementation of established EHS programs, standards, initiatives, and priorities, and reinforce operational ownership and accountability for safety, employee behavior, compliance, and corrective actions.
• Provide field support based on operational need, risk, and EHS performance.
• Directly supervise assigned Regional EHS Managers; establish priorities and expectations consistent with department objectives and the Director, EHS’s direction.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance discussions, and development planning; coach and develop team members and support onboarding of new EHS staff.
• Coordinate field coverage and workload, promote collaboration and knowledge sharing, and identify staffing, capability, or resource needs for the Director, EHS.
• Support compliance with applicable federal, state, provincial, and local environmental, health, and safety requirements.
• Conduct or support EHS assessments, facility visits, compliance reviews, and other field assurance activities; support facilities during regulatory inspections or inquiries as appropriate.
• Identify significant or recurring risks, monitor compliance concerns, and work with operational leaders on corrective actions; escalate issues based on risk and severity.
• Support investigations of workplace incidents, injuries, near misses, and other significant EHS events; coach leaders and Regional EHS Managers in investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Help identify corrective and preventive actions, evaluate incident trends and recurring exposures, monitor significant corrective actions, and escalate significant or systemic trends to the Director, EHS.
• Support consistent implementation of EHS programs and initiatives; explain requirements, monitor field execution, identify gaps, coordinate team activities, and support training and communications as needed.
• Review field performance, incidents, assessments, corrective actions, and other indicators; identify emerging issues, address performance gaps, and promote sharing of lessons learned and effective practices.
• Provide the Director, EHS with visibility into performance trends, field challenges, resource needs, and emerging risks.
• Serve as the first level of EHS leadership support for complex field issues; guide Regional EHS Managers, determine when issues need greater visibility, and escalate significant regulatory, compliance, operational, or systemic risks.
• Coordinate field-level responses to significant EHS issues while maintaining operational ownership, and support the Director, EHS on field-related projects and priorities as needed.
• Partner with Operations, Human Resources, Fleet, Risk, Claims, Legal, and other functions on cross-functional EHS matters; clarify responsibilities, support coordinated resolution, and elevate issues requiring broader alignment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective the first day of the month after 30 days.
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick, holidays, and personal time.
• 401(k) with generous company match.
• Additional benefit information is available on the Bunzl Careers home page under Benefits and Perks.

What This Job Offers

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