Mgr - Environmental Health & Safety

About the role

The Manager – Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) provides leadership to site operations to ensure successful execution of EHS strategies and systems. This role serves as the face of safety at the site, actively promoting a culture of safety, ensuring the highest possible degree of employee safety, and maintaining compliance with corporate policies and external regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site in achieving a sustainable safety culture through effective implementation of processes and initiatives focused on risk and incident reduction.
• Engage with site leadership and operating plans to ensure EHS compliance while improving operational results.
• Execute EHS policies and programs to drive a Zero Incidents culture, leveraging best practices and behavior‑based methodologies.
• Recommend and implement programs for monitoring and preventing physical hazards at the facility.
• Perform measurements, safety evaluations, and hazardous waste evaluations, and follow through with corrective actions.
• Serve as the point‑of‑contact for compliance reporting and audits.
• Champion the Matthews Management System (MMS) to drive safety and health excellence through culture change.
• Develop and implement Job Hazard Analyses, procedures, and instructions necessary to execute the site safety plan.
• Support management system compliance as needed (e.g., OHSAS 18, OSHA VPPA, etc.).
• Implement initiatives to identify, evaluate, prevent, and control EHS‑related hazards, including comprehensive assessments of fire prevention, driver/vehicle safety, and hazard identification programs.
• Oversee environmental management systems and programs (e.g., ISO 141 compliant or certified sites).
• Lead investigations, root‑cause analyses, and development of corrective actions; report adverse EHS incidents, accidents, and near misses.
• Utilize the Plan‑Do‑Check‑Act (PDCA) model for continuous improvement.
• Manage support staff as needed to ensure goals and objectives are accomplished.
• Mentor, coach, train, and develop the EHS team.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.