EHS Manager

At Strattec, we’re reshaping how people experience and interact with their vehicles by making access seamless, secure, and safe. In partnership with leading OEMs, we design and deliver highly engineered solutions that create the ultimate access experience for consumers. Guided by our culture pillars—Think New, Do Together, and Own It—we collaborate across disciplines, take ownership of meaningful challenges, and turn ambition into impact.

Summary

The Health and Safety Manager will lead the Milwaukee facility in all matters of health, safety, and environmental compliance across manufacturing processes such as die casting, stamping, plating, wastewater treatment, robotics, tooling, and various support teams. This leader will proactively provide innovative, common‑sense EHS solutions, simplify and standardize EHS policies, and drive cost‑improvement initiatives while ensuring associate safety, regulatory compliance, and environmental sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and handle all regulatory correspondence, documentation, reporting, permitting, policy creation, and certifications, including ISO 14001.
• Identify, develop, and deploy common‑sense policies that ensure associate health and safety while maintaining OSHA compliance.
• Develop an EHS vision and lead transformational change, improving technology, eliminating non‑value‑added steps, optimizing processes, and standardizing policies to deliver high safety, sustainability, and associate satisfaction at the best cost.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to create policy and drive continuous improvement in environmental sustainability, including recycling, universal waste reduction, net‑zero water discharge, hazardous waste elimination, and accidental discharge risk reduction.
• Develop standardized new process and equipment design requirements and acceptance criteria to ensure consistent engineering, documentation, and sustainment of manufacturing processes.
• Administer the workers’ compensation program by tracking, monitoring, and reporting all accidents, and work with insurance providers to minimize lost time and excessive claims.
• Supervise Milwaukee facility security associates and oversee security operations.
• Lead incident command, HazMat, and Accident Response Teams.
• Complete job safety analyses for all new equipment, chemicals, and associate interface points.
• Represent Strattec in community or industry safety groups and programs.
• Maintain organization, storage, and records of health, safety, and environmental files.
• Leverage lean concepts and industry benchmarks (visual factory, standard work, error proofing, single‑piece flow, Six Sigma, Kaizen, TPM, Industry 4.0) to simplify the organization and eliminate decision points related to EHS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety or a related technical field, or 5+ years of equivalent EHS management experience (CSP preferred).
• Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, incident investigations, and compliance audits.
• Willingness to be hands‑on with policy deployment, process improvement, new policy development, EHS training, and regulatory correspondence.
• Understanding of hazardous waste, universal waste, HAZMAT, accident first response, wastewater handling and containment, and audit/corrective action.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and interpret data to develop insightful solutions and present them clearly to varied audiences.
• Familiarity with ISO 14001 standards and relationship management.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence others.
• Proven project management abilities and experience working in team‑project environments.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including base pay, regular salary reviews, and short‑term incentive opportunities.
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision) with eligibility starting day one.
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, sick time, and bereavement for eligible employees.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match up to 5 % and immediate vesting.
• Company‑paid life insurance coverage.
• Wellness program supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing, plus volunteer opportunities.
• Additional local benefits may apply depending on location or facility.