EHS Manager

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and evolve safety and environmental programs across multiple departments and locations.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and increase employee engagement in safety practices.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, and other regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with internal teams to manage audits, inspections, and training programs.
• Support emergency response readiness and incident investigations.
• Partner with operations to align EHS goals with production, quality, and efficiency KPIs.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years of experience managing EHS issues
• Displays strong interpersonal skills and is accessible and approachable
• Ability to utilize business sense and creativity to develop new ideas, approaches and solutions
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in planning, resource allocation, cost analysis and budgeting, people management, and leadership guidance
• Ability to utilize and train employees on technology, processes and procedures
• Excellent verbal and written skills necessary in order to persuade and influence decision making of individuals, groups, or work teams, and to communicate difficult issues
• Experience in managing/handling compliance issues, permitting for all media, OSHA/EPA programs, regulatory reviews, permit preparation, reporting and record keeping.
• Experience in evaluating/interpreting OSHA, EPA and DOT regulations and NFPA, ANSI, ASTM, ASME, BOMA and BOCA standards.
• Experience with Federal, State and local Worker’s Compensation law
• Prior experience establishing proactive Ergonomics Program
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint

Preferred Skills:

• BS degree in Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering or other science field
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience managing multi-shift or continuous operations
• Paper converting, chemical/plastics processing and packaging industrial experience, preferred
• Lean manufacturing experience
• Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Certified Safety Professional (ASP/CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certification