Health & Safety Manager

Health and Safety Manager | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI

American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. The next generation of American manufacturing is being built right now. Nox Metals is the supply chain behind it.

Nox Metals is a technology company in Detroit supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

We need a Health and Safety Manager to own EHS end to end. Every operator, every shift, every cut, every load goes home safe. Nothing about this is negotiable. Nox Metals is an employer with real opportunity for long term career growth, this is a place to build a career, not just hold a job.

You will:

• Own health, safety, and environmental compliance end to end across the entire facility
• Build, run, and continuously improve our EHS program from the ground up
• Own OSHA compliance, recordkeeping, reporting, and inspection readiness
• Own environmental compliance, waste, air, water, hazardous materials, and all applicable federal, state, and local regulations
• Run training programs for every operator, driver, lead, and manager, new hire orientation through annual refreshers
• Walk the floor every single day, you are not a manager who lives in an office
• Run safety audits, identify hazards before they cause incidents, and close findings fast
• Build and enforce SOPs for safe operation of saws, CNC equipment, forklifts, overhead cranes, and material handling
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective action when something goes wrong, fix it once and fix it for good
• Own PPE programs, lockout tagout, machine guarding, ergonomics, and confined space procedures
• Own waste streams, hazardous material storage, SDS management, and disposal manifests
• Build dashboards and reports on incident rate, near misses, training compliance, and audit findings
• Partner with the Director of Manufacturing Operations and shift leads to embed safety into every workflow
• Always ask questions, never guess when something is unclear
• Look at every process and figure out how to make it better
• Work safely every shift and hold the entire factory to the same standard
  
  

You should be:

• 3 to 4 years owning EHS in a manufacturing, metals, machining, or comparable industrial environment
• OSHA and industrial safety background, this is non-negotiable
• Fluent in OSHA general industry standards, EPA regulations, and applicable state and local environmental rules
• Experienced building EHS programs from scratch and running them in audit-ready shape
• Skilled at running training programs that operators actually pay attention to
• Comfortable as a solo IC, you own the function end to end
• An operator at heart, you walk the floor, you talk to operators, you do not run safety from a desk
• Cracked with software and data, you build EHS records that are searchable, reportable, and audit-ready
• Committed to safety, this is the job, every protocol, every PPE check, every hazard identified and closed
• High attention to quality, every record, every audit, every incident report
• Always thinking about how to make processes better, you do not accept "this is how we have always done it"
• Absolutely customer obsessed, a safe factory is the foundation of every customer commitment we make
• A team player with a good attitude, you make the floor better for everyone around you
• Someone who takes ownership, if it touches health, safety, or environment, it is your responsibility
• Precise under pressure and reliable, safety does not bend for a deadline
• Organized and detail oriented, audit-ready every day, not just on audit day
• High agency, you handle big items alone and ask for help when needed
• Low ego, you do the unglamorous work because it needs to get done
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs and operate heavy equipment on your feet when the floor needs you
• Not afraid to work outside normal hours when America demands it
• Never says "that's not my job"
  
  

Nice to have:

• Experience in metals, aluminum, or aerospace/defense supply chains
• CSP, CIH, ASP, or comparable EHS credentials
• OSHA 30, OSHA 500, or trainer certifications
• HAZWOPER certification
• Forklift and/or overhead crane certification
• Comfortable using AI tools to work faster and smarter
  
  

This role is full time, in person in Detroit.