Senior Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

Job Summary

The Sr. Environmental, Health and Safety Manager at Teknor Apex Company is responsible for leading EHS strategy across multiple sites, ensuring compliance, conducting investigations, and driving continuous improvement.

About the Role

Teknor Apex, founded in 1924, is a privately held company with operations in multiple countries. Jon Fain, a descendant of the founder, leads the company. The role involves working closely with various departments to maintain a zero-accident culture and ensure compliance with regulations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead EHS vision, annual objectives, performance metrics, and strategic priorities
• Partner with Operations to drive accountability, consistency, and continuous improvement in safety and environmental programs
• Own site-wide EHS compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, Tennessee, local, and Teknor Apex requirements
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve EHS programs, standards, training systems, documentation controls, inspection processes, and corrective-action systems
• Lead hazard identification and prevention efforts, including JSAs, task risk assessments, new equipment/process reviews, industrial hygiene monitoring, field observations, and PPE evaluations
• Conduct safety audits, plant inspections, management walk-throughs, and housekeeping assessments; verify corrective action quality, closure, and effectiveness
• Lead serious incident, near-miss, injury, property damage, and environmental event investigations using structured root cause methodologies and lessons learned
• Analyze TRIR, DART, severity, near-miss, audit, training, corrective action, and leading-indicator metrics to identify trends, systemic risks, and improvement opportunities
• Manage incident reporting, OSHA recordkeeping support, workers' compensation coordination, and corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Deliver EHS training and onboarding for employees, supervisors, and contractors, reinforcing clear expectations, site hazards, safe work practices, and regulatory requirements
• Manage contractor safety programs, including prequalification, onboarding, job planning, permit expectations, field oversight, and performance follow-up
• Coordinate occupational health programs, including hearing conservation, respiratory protection, ergonomics, medical surveillance, exposure-control activities, and employee health-related follow-up
• Own environmental compliance, including permit reviews, inspections, recordkeeping, reporting, agency interactions, and follow-up for routine and non-routine regulatory matters
• Support or lead remediation, abatement, spill response, and environmental improvement projects, including coordination with qualified third-party consultants and agencies
• Build and sustain emergency preparedness programs, including response plans, drills, emergency equipment readiness, spill cleanup procedures, and emergency response vendor agreements
• Manage EHS budget, communicate risk and compliance priorities, and support multiple sites or cross-functional teams as needed to resolve complex EHS challenges

Requirements

• 8-10 years of progressive Environmental, Health and Safety experience, including EHS management, site leadership, and environmental compliance responsibilities
• Four-year degree or equivalent experience in Industrial Safety, Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, or a related field
• Professional certification such as CSP, ASP, CHMM, CIH, or equivalent is preferred

Physical and Other Requirements

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards
• Able to lift and carry up to 15 lbs
• Able to talk, listen and speak clearly on telephone
• Travel requirements - up to 10%