Senior Manager Environmental Health & Safety

About the role

The Senior Manager Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) is responsible for leading, developing, implementing, and continuously improving companywide EH&S programs across all North American facilities. The role ensures compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and international regulations while supporting operations within the organization's ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems, fostering a strong safety culture, supporting business continuity, managing environmental and operational risks, and partnering with business leaders to achieve organizational objectives.The Senior Manager serves as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on EH&S matters, regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, emergency preparedness, business continuity, and continuous improvement initiatives. The position provides leadership and direction to cross-site EH&S and Business Continuity teams, ensuring consistent implementation of programs, standards, policies, and risk management practices while supporting business growth, operational excellence, and organizational resilience.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes the company's EH&S strategy, objectives, and performance metrics to support business goals, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across all North American facilities; ensures all health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures are effectively implemented and communicated throughout the organization
• Leads the company's cross-site EH&S function, ensuring alignment of programs, priorities, resources, and performance objectives across all locations; develops, manages, and administers departmental operating and capital budgets, ensuring effective allocation of resources and alignment with business objectives
• Establishes and monitors leading and lagging EH&S performance indicators and provides regular reporting, analysis, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Drives a proactive safety culture through leadership engagement, risk assessments, incident prevention initiatives, and continuous improvement programs.
• Partners with Operations, Engineering, Facilities, Quality, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and other business leaders to proactively identify and mitigate safety, environmental, and operational risks that may impact business performance.
• Supports facility expansions, capital projects, process changes, and equipment installations by ensuring EH&S requirements and risk mitigation measures are incorporated into project planning and execution.
• Acts as a strategic advisor to the Company's Business Continuity Program, ensuring that environmental health and safety considerations are incorporated into the appropriate governance, resources, and organizational