Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Operations Leader

Job Description

Job Description

Your impact

Lead the systems, teams, and routines that keep people safe and the site compliant—today and over the long term.

• Program governance: Build, implement, and monitor EHS programs, procedures, and policies that comply with Federal, State, Local, and Customer requirements while aligning to Corporate EHS standards.
• Team leadership: Set priorities and provide technical direction for tactical teams: Plant Safety Lead Teams; High-Risk focus areas (Ergonomics, Electrical Protection, Fall Protection, Mobile Equipment, Guarding); Storm/Waste Water Pollution Prevention; SPCC; and the Behavioral-Based Safety Training Team.
• Risk identification: Run a robust internal hazard/risk assessment and compliance audit process to validate execution against best-known practices.
• Incident learning: Operate a formal root cause analysis system capturing insights from near misses and failures; share results via Incident Flashes, detailed investigations, and live calls/web conferences.
• High-risk elimination: Build a sustained mechanism to surface and remove high-risk conditions using historical incident data, leading/warning indicators, plant/process/equipment audits, job and activity observations, and detailed JSA/SWI documentation.
• Stakeholder engagement: Provide timely management and agency notifications; deliver oversight, interface, and coaching across levels.
• Injury management: Collaborate with the HR Manager to proactively administer Workers’ Compensation case management.
• Environmental compliance: Assure accuracy and timeliness of Air Emission Summary, TRI, Tier II, SWPPP, deviation reports, and hazardous/non-hazardous waste disposal reporting.
• Performance management: Define, track, and report leading and lagging EHS metrics with precision.
• Capability building: Assess plant EHS connections and recommend strategies to the Plant Manager to close training, skill, and performance gaps.

• BS in Occupational Safety and Health, Mechanical/Chemical Engineering, Business/Organizational Management, or related field preferred; equivalent education/experience considered.
• Advanced credentials (CIH, CSP, CPEA, CHMM) preferred.
• 5+ years of EHS implementation, training, and regulatory compliance in manufacturing preferred.
• High initiative with strong organization and multitasking abilities.
• Track record leading cultural change and adoption in a plant environment.
• Continuous improvement mindset; fluent with manufacturing CI tools and best practices.
• Strong communication and influencing skills across functions and demographics.
• Experience with budgeting, cost control, strategic planning, and leadership preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Microsoft Teams.

• Champion a zero-incident mentality rooted in learning, accountability, and empowerment.
• Mentor cross-functional teams to build durable EHS capabilities.
• Translate insights into action—rapidly, transparently, and sustainably.