EHS Manager

Our client is an established manufacturer in Spartanburg, South Carolina. We are seeking an EHS Manager to lead environmental, health, and safety initiatives across a heavy industrial manufacturing operation. This position will play a key role in maintaining a strong safety culture, reducing risk, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting continuous improvement across the facility.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of EHS experience in a manufacturing environment, strong people and communication skills, and the ability to influence employees and leaders at all levels. Experience with ISO 14001/45001, regulated waste, machine guarding, robotics safety, and heavy manufacturing is highly valued.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve EHS programs, policies, and compliance initiatives.
• Identify and prioritize risks to employees, the environment, and company property.
• Maintain a strong floor presence and engage with employees, operations, and leadership.
• Lead injury/incident investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and workers' compensation cases.
• Develop and conduct safety training for employees at all levels.
• Track EHS metrics and lead risk-reduction and cost-control initiatives.
• Manage environmental compliance, including stormwater, wastewater, SPCC, and regulated waste.
• Oversee wastewater treatment and maintain ISO 14001 certification and sustainability requirements.
• Lead internal audits and serve as the primary EHS representative for SCOSHA, SCDES, Spartanburg Water, ISO, and other external audits.
• Provide EHS leadership for capital projects, new processes, equipment installations, machine guarding, robotics, presses, cranes, and other high-hazard equipment.
• Partner with operations and leadership to drive change, continuous improvement, and new manufacturing processes.
• Manage site security, including onsite security personnel.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of EHS experience in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment
• Experience with South Carolina Workers' Compensation requirements
• Experience managing regulated waste streams and environmental compliance
• ISO 14001 internal auditor certification
• Growth and continuous improvement mindset

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Industrial Safety, Engineering, or a related field
• Union manufacturing experience
• RCRA or hazardous waste training/certification
• Professional EHS certification
• Machine guarding and/or robotics safety experience
• ANSI B11 and/or ANSI/RIA R15 training
• Overhead crane and forklift safety experience
• Wastewater treatment experience
• Capital project management experience
• Industrial hygiene monitoring experience

Why Join?

• Join an established Tier 1 automotive manufacturing operation
• Take on a hands-on EHS role that champions safety from top down
• Work closely with cross-functional teams
• Be apart of a facility that includes EHS department in decision with capital improvement projects