Regional HSE Manager

Dover Precision Components is hiring a Regional Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Manager to serve 3 manufacturing sites: Jeffersonville, IN (product: Cook Compression), Rock Island, IL (product: Inpro/Seal), and Antigo, WI (product: Waukesha Bearings). The home office base is our Jeffersonville, Indiana site with regular travel (up to 15%) to Illinois and Wisconsin sites.

We are recognized industry leaders, delivering performance- critical solutions for rotating and reciprocating machinery across the oil and gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical, and general processing markets. We offer competitive pay and benefits, stability, and the ability to be a key contributor to our manufacturing and operations teams. We are part of Dover Corporation, a $7.7 billion global, stable, and growing company.

What You’ll Do

The Regional HSE Manager is responsible for administering, progressively developing and delivering systems that drive safe operating practices in our Jeffersonville, IN, Rock Island, IL, and Antigo, WI facilities. Key responsibilities include developing strategies, mentoring and directing direct reports, conducting audits, managing compliance, and investigating incidents. This role is impactful to cultivating a productive, healthy and incident free workplace by establishing and promoting safety policies and coordinating with executives, managers and employees to perform work in accordance with procedures in compliance with regulatory Health, Safety and Environmental laws and industry standards. Key responsibilities include:

• Strategy and Leadership: Develop and implement regional HSE strategies aligned with organizational goals, while also championing a proactive safety culture.
• Team Management: Manage, mentor, and develop direct reports, such as site-based HSE professionals or safety supervisors, to build internal HSE competence.
• Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (like OSHA and EPA) across all sites. Conduct risk assessments, audits, and inspections to identify and mitigate hazards.
• Program Development: Create, implement, and manage regional HSE programs, policies, and procedures. This includes developing training programs for employees at all levels.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead HSE continual improvement to minimize risk and improve workers’ safety and efficiency. This includes conducting data driven risk assessments identifying improvement areas and working with engineering and management to source and implement newer safe controls.
• Incident Management: Lead investigations into incidents, accidents, and near misses to determine root causes and implement effective corrective actions.
• Reporting and Analysis: Monitor and report on HSE performance metrics (KPIs) to regional and executive leadership, using data to justify resource allocation for safety improvements.
• External Relations: Act as a primary contact for regulatory agencies during inspections and for communicating with them about safety issues.
• Travel between facilities (up to 15%).

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Occupational Safety and Health, Engineering, Health Sciences, or related field.
• 5 years’ experience in occupational health and safety in manufacturing environments, including developing, training on, and managing safety programs.
• Incident management, resolution, and communication experience.
• Experience leading and participating in safety audits.
• Experience in people management, including leadership and delegation, within a matrix organization is preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including excellent presentation skills.
• Strong KPI/metrics experience with analytical skill
• Effective organizational and time management skills.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite and HS&E system expertise.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.

Also Great if You Bring/ Preferences

• CSP Certification.
• OSHA 10, OSHA 30, NEBOSH or equivalent safety courses.
• Experience in similar manufacturing settings- made to order precision manufactured components.