EHS Manager

Visa sponsorship provided: No Location: Spartanburg, SC Remote Status: no remote Pay Type: Annual Salary Salary: 120000-130000/US Dollars Occupational Categories: Engineering/ Manufacturing/ Production/ Operations Industry(ies): Automotive/ Motor Vehicles Our client is an established automotive supplier 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 ResponsibilitiesLead 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.Qualifications:Required Qualifications5+ years of EHS experience in a heavy industrial manufacturing environmentExperience with South Carolina Workers' Compensation requirementsExperience managing regulated waste streams and environmental complianceISO 14001 internal auditor certificationGrowth and continuous improvement mindsetPreferred QualificationsBachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Industrial Safety, Engineering, or a related fieldUnion manufacturing experienceRCRA or hazardous waste training/certificationProfessional EHS certificationMachine guarding and/or robotics safety experienceANSI B11 and/or ANSI/RIA R15 trainingOverhead crane and forklift safety experienceWastewater treatment experienceCapital project management experienceIndustrial hygiene monitoring experienceWhy is This a Great Opportunity :Why Join?Join an established Tier 1 automotive manufacturing operationTake on a hands-on EHS role that champions safety from top downWork closely with cross-functional teamsBe apart of a facility that includes EHS department in decision with capital improvement projects