MANAGER, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
Location Multi-site: Manheim, PA, Elizabethtown, PA
Travel Domestic travel up to 25%
Employment Classification Exempt
Reports To Director, Global Environment Health & Safety
Position Summary The Manager, Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) provides multi-site leadership for environmental, occupational health, safety, and workers’ compensation programs. This role develops and executes site-level EHS strategy, ensures compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements, strengthens operational ownership of risk reduction, and supports a proactive safety culture. The position works closely with plant leadership, supervisors, employees, insurance partners, medical providers, and regulatory agencies and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable law. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead EHS strategy and daily program execution across multiple manufacturing locations, promoting safe, clean, and compliant workplaces.
- Interpret and apply applicable requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation (DOT), and state and local regulatory agencies.
- Partner with plant leaders to establish annual EHS objectives, improvement plans, budgets, and accountability measures aligned with business priorities.
- Monitor leading and lagging indicators, including safety observations, hazard identification, risk assessments, corrective actions, injury rates, near misses, and risk-reduction projects. Analyze trends and communicate results to leadership.
- Conduct and coordinate facility inspections, compliance audits, job hazard analyses, ergonomic assessments, and risk assessments. Assign corrective-action owners, establish due dates, verify effectiveness, and maintain required records.
- Develop and deliver EHS orientation, regulatory, refresher, and task-specific training for employees, supervisors, managers, contractors, and visitors. Maintain training documentation.
- Lead or participate in investigations of injuries, illnesses, near misses, environmental events, and property damage. Facilitate root-cause analysis and ensure sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
- Prepare and maintain EHS records, permits, written programs, emergency response plans, compliance calendars, and regulatory submissions. Support regulatory inspections and organization responses.
- Administer the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) and chemical approval programs. Track chemical inventories and usage data for required calculations and reporting.
- Characterize waste streams; coordinate compliant storage, labeling, transportation, and disposal; maintain cradle-to-grave documentation; and lead waste minimization initiatives.
- Collect data, perform calculations, and complete required environmental reports for federal, state, and local agencies. Conduct or coordinate testing necessary to demonstrate permit and regulatory compliance.
- Establish and maintain industrial hygiene and occupational health programs, including hearing conservation, respiratory protection, air sampling, personal protective equipment, bloodborne pathogens, ergonomics, and asbestos management, as applicable.
- Lead site safety committees and employee engagement activities. Coach leaders and employees on hazard recognition, stop-work expectations, and safe work practices.
- Prepare monthly EHS performance reports and workers’ compensation cost summaries. Advise management regarding program effectiveness, emerging risks, and recommended investments or initiatives.
- Coordinate workers’ compensation claims with the insurance carrier, medical providers, employees, and management. Support return-to-work and transitional-duty programs while safeguarding confidential medical information.
- Participate in due diligence, management-of-change activities, capital projects, equipment/process reviews, and contractor safety planning to ensure EHS risks are addressed before implementation.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
Leadership and Supervisory Responsibilities
- Provide functional direction and coaching to site leaders, supervisors, safety committee members, and other employees with assigned EHS responsibilities.
- If direct reports are assigned, recruit, develop, evaluate, and manage performance in accordance with company policies and applicable law.
- Influence across functions and locations without relying solely on positional authority; escalate significant or imminent risks promptly.
Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities
- Strong working knowledge of occupational safety, environmental compliance, industrial hygiene, incident investigation, workers’ compensation, and emergency preparedness in a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to translate regulatory and technical requirements into practical, sustainable operating procedures and controls.
- Demonstrated ability to lead root-cause analysis, prioritize risk, manage corrective actions, and use data to improve EHS performance.
- Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, training, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with employees, leaders, regulators, and external partners.
- Strong project-management, organizational, and documentation skills with consistent attention to detail and deadlines.
- Ability to work independently, use sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and resolve ambiguous or complex problems.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and EHS data-management or incident-reporting systems.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive employee, medical, legal, and business information appropriately.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, environmental science, engineering, industrial hygiene, or a related field; an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.
- At least five years of progressive EHS experience, including experience supporting manufacturing or industrial operations and delivering employee training.
- Experience conducting incident investigations, regulatory compliance activities, audits, and corrective-action management.
- Ability to travel domestically up to 25% and to respond to urgent EHS matters outside normal business hours when necessary.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to meet company driving requirements, where travel between sites requires driving.
Preferred Qualifications
- Multi-site EHS leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Professional certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), or Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST).
- Experience with environmental permitting and reporting, industrial hygiene sampling, workers’ compensation claims, and return-to-work programs.
- Experience with ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or comparable EHS management systems and continuous-improvement methods.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment The physical requirements described below are representative of those necessary to perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to remain in a stationary position and work at a computer for extended periods, while also regularly moving throughout offices, manufacturing areas, warehouses, loading areas, and exterior grounds.
- Ability to walk and stand for extended periods; climb stairs and fixed or portable ladders; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and work in restricted or elevated areas when conducting inspections or investigations.
- Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull equipment, samples, supplies, or training materials weighing up to 35 pounds.
- Ability to use hands and fingers to operate computers, instruments, testing equipment, tools, and personal protective equipment.
- Visual and auditory ability sufficient to inspect work areas, read instruments and labels, recognize alarms and hazards, and communicate in office and production environments, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, which may include safety glasses, hearing protection, safety footwear, gloves, hard hat, high-visibility apparel, fall protection, and respiratory protection. Respirator use is subject to applicable medical evaluation and fit-testing requirements.
- Ability to work around moving machinery, powered industrial trucks, chemicals, dust, fumes, oils, noise, temperature variations, and indoor or outdoor weather conditions. Exposure levels are managed through established engineering controls, work practices, and personal protective equipment.
- Ability to travel by automobile and commercial transportation and move between multiple facilities. Occasional work outside normal business hours may be required for emergencies, incident response, audits, training, or operational needs.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Accommodation The company provides equal employment opportunities consistent with applicable law. Qualified applicants and employees may request reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process or to perform the essential functions of the position. This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Responsibilities may be modified based on business needs, consistent with applicable law
