EHS Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The EHS Manager is responsible for leading and maintaining Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security programs across multiple cosmetics and food manufacturing sites. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including OSHA, EPA, FDA, GMP, food safety, and company requirements. The position supports a proactive safety culture by managing audits, inspections, employee training, incident investigations, corrective actions, environmental programs, occupational health initiatives, and emergency response procedures. The EHS Manager partners with leadership and cross-functional teams to improve compliance, reduce risk, promote continuous improvement, and maintain safe working conditions for all employees.

DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish, maintain, and update all applicable federal, state, and local EHSS regulatory databases, permits, licenses, registrations, reports, and compliance programs for all company sites.
• Develop, implement, and maintain EHSS policies, procedures, standards, work instructions, training programs, testing materials, new hire orientation content, annual refresher training, and required compliance records.
• Lead sustainable EHS improvement initiatives by using lean tools, daily management practices, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and change management processes.
• Coach, advise, and guide leadership, supervisors, employees, and business partners on EHSS systems, regulatory expectations, emerging trends, facility requirements, product-related risks, and best practices.
• Integrate EHS awareness, metrics, and action items into daily management and regular business activities, including team huddles, wall meetings, PDCA reviews, operations meetings, roadmaps, action plans, and performance reviews.
• Administer the Safety Committee audit program and support internal audits, external audits, customer audits, insurance inspections, regulatory inspections, and internal compliance assessments.
• Review new projects, process changes, facility changes, and equipment validations to confirm compliance with EHSS, regulatory, GMP, food safety, security, and manufacturing standards.
• Serve as a confidential point of contact for employees to communicate concerns, seek clarification, report irregularities, or raise EHSS-related issues.
• Create functional strategies, objectives, budgets, policies, vendor evaluations, contractor qualifications, and RFPs to support EHSS infrastructure, services, and long-term compliance needs.
• Manage CSR-related organizational memberships, assigned initiatives, reporting activities, and continuous improvement activities.

• Develop, implement, and maintain environmental compliance plans and monitoring programs for air quality, stormwater, wastewater, hazardous waste, solid waste, spill prevention, recycling, indoor air quality, integrated pest management, and emergency or disaster preparedness.
• Conduct environmental audits and inspections to confirm adherence to environmental standards, permits, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain environmental compliance documentation, including monitoring records, complaints, inspections, investigations, corrective actions, reports, manuals, and regulatory communications.
• Identify environmental compliance issues that require investigation, escalation, corrective action, or follow-up, and monitor compliance systems for effectiveness.
• Maintain inventories of hazardous materials and hazardous wastes using approved tracking systems to ensure proper handling, storage, labeling, disposal, and recordkeeping.

• Develop, implement, and maintain occupational health and industrial hygiene programs, including Hearing Conservation, Respiratory Protection, ergonomics, exposure monitoring, and related employee health protections.
• Evaluate ventilation, exhaust equipment, lighting, noise, air quality, chemical exposure, and other workplace conditions that may affect employee health, comfort, performance, or regulatory compliance.
• Assess product, operational, compliance, and occupational health risks, and develop risk management strategies to reduce employee exposure and improve workplace conditions.

• Inspect and evaluate workplace environments, equipment, processes, fire prevention equipment, emergency equipment, safety supplies, first aid supplies, eyewash stations, spill kits, PPE, and work practices to ensure compliance with safety standards, company policies, and government regulations.
• Investigate accidents, injuries, near misses, unsafe conditions, and safety concerns to identify root causes and determine corrective and preventive actions.
• Recommend and implement control measures to protect employees from hazardous work methods, processes, materials, equipment, and workplace conditions.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Quality, Sanitation, Facilities, and leadership teams to address hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions and equipment.
• Conduct safety training and education programs, including proper use of PPE, safety equipment, emergency response procedures, and safe work practices.
• Maintain and update emergency response plans, emergency action procedures, evacuation procedures, spill response plans, and related training materials.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field required. Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 5 years of EHS experience in manufacturing, preferably in cosmetics, food, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Minimum of 2 years of supervisory, leadership, or program management experience preferred.
• Experience with OSHA compliance, EPA/environmental programs, GMP practices, food safety expectations, incident investigations, risk assessments, and safety training required
• Professional certifications such as OSHA 30, ASP, CSP, CHMM, CIH, HACCP, or related credentials are preferred.