Manager, Environmental Health & Safety
Job Description
Position Summary:
The Global Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Leader is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving the company’s global EHS strategy, management systems, and culture across all operations. This role ensures compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations while driving proactive risk reduction, operational excellence, and a strong safety-first culture throughout the organization. The role also establishes consistent standards, metrics, audit readiness, and cross-functional partnerships to support sustainable business performance across global sites.
- Drives consistent standards, management system governance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement across locations.
- Partners with operations, engineering, quality, and site leadership to integrate EHS into daily operations and business performance.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
Lead and implement environmental, health, and safety programs across multiple global manufacturing sites, including Plainville, CT; Boxborough, MA; Brighton, UK; and Tianjin, China.
Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, local, and international EHS regulations and company policies.
Own and continuously improve global EHS management systems, standards, policies, procedures, and governance processes to drive consistency and performance across sites.
Monitor changes in applicable EHS regulations and translate new requirements into effective site-level actions, training, and controls.
Standardize EHS processes, training, audits, reporting, and best-practice sharing across sites to support compliance and operational excellence.
Conduct risk assessments, hazard identification, incident prevention activities, and corrective action processes.
Partner with operations and site leadership to embed a strong safety culture into daily management and drive accountability at all levels.
Lead environmental sustainability initiatives, including waste reduction, energy efficiency, emissions reduction, and resource conservation.
Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and the implementation of effective corrective and preventive actions.
Own EHS metrics, dashboards, and reporting to identify trends, track performance, and communicate risks and priorities to leadership.
Drive leading indicator performance, including near misses, observations, audits, and employee engagement activities.
Lead internal and external audit readiness, findings management, and follow-up actions to maintain a strong compliance posture.
Oversee emergency preparedness, business continuity, and disaster recovery planning.
Coach site EHS leaders and operations teams to strengthen accountability and ownership at all levels.
Collaborate with EHS leaders across the broader corporation to share best practices, align standards and strategies, leverage enterprise resources, and drive consistency in global EHS performance and culture.
Ensure contractor safety management and compliance programs are effective.
Develop and deliver training programs, competency requirements, and training records processes to ensure workforce understanding and adherence to EHS requirements.
Manage workers’ compensation, return-to-work programs, and injury case management.
Support capital projects, new processes, and equipment introductions to ensure EHS considerations are integrated.
Prepare and maintain required documentation, permits, and reporting.
May be assigned additional projects and responsibilities at the sole discretion of the manager or supervisor.
Critical Success Factors:
Build and sustain a proactive global EHS culture that drives employee engagement, leadership accountability, regulatory compliance, and a safety-first mindset across all operations.
Develop and implement scalable EHS systems and strategies that reduce operational risk, improve environmental performance, and support business growth and operational excellence objectives.
Lead through influence across global and cross-functional teams to integrate EHS into daily operations, drive continuous improvement, and ensure effective execution of key initiatives.
Build organizational capability by developing strong EHS talent, coaching operational leaders, and creating sustainable systems that enable long-term performance and succession strength.
Education & Experience Required:
Bachelor’s degree in environmental health and safety, environmental science, engineering, industrial hygiene, or a related field.
8-10+ years of progressive EHS experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment; multi-site responsibility global or international experience preferred.
Desired Skills:
Knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and applicable regulatory standards, both domestic and international.
Demonstrated ability to lead through influence across global teams and a matrixed organization.
Experience leading audits, incident investigations, and corrective action programs.
Experience with EHS management systems aligned with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 principles.
Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis capability.
Strong communication and training facilitation skills.
Ability to analyze data and translate insights into actionable improvements.
Project management and organizational skills.
Professional certification such as CSP, CIH, NEBOSH, or equivalent is preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS / ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use a computer, communicate with others, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is also occasionally required to stand, walk, bend, squat, turn, twist, and move throughout office, laboratory, and manufacturing environments.
The employee must occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull up to 10 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, fumes, odors, dusts, gases, chemicals, oils, extreme temperatures and workspace restrictions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate in office areas and may be loud in manufacturing or production areas.
Employees will be required to wear the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), which may include eye, hearing and respiratory protection, protective smock, steel toe shoes, gloves, hard hats, or face shields. Contact lenses may not be allowed in some areas.
The associate must also be willing and able to travel by all forms of transportation.
The duties listed in job descriptions are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
The purpose of this description is to assist in ADA compliance and is not intended for other purposes.
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