Senior Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

As the Senior Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager, you will serve as a strategic leader driving environmental and safety excellence across our North American manufacturing operations. This role places a strong emphasis on environmental stewardship, regulatory compliance, and sustainability, while also ensuring a proactive safety culture and effective workers’ compensation management. You will collaborate closely with field operations to identify and mitigate environmental and workplace risks, implement robust EHS policies and systems, and lead initiatives that enhance operational resilience and reduce environmental impact.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including EPA, OSHA, and other relevant agencies.
• Lead environmental compliance efforts across all manufacturing sites, ensuring adherence to federal, state, and local regulations including EPA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, and other applicable standards.
• Lead environmental audits and permitting activities, while collaborating with corporate marketing to drive sustainability initiatives across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive safety and environmental programs—while continuously updating existing initiatives—to foster a zero-incident culture and drive ongoing improvement.
• Conduct risk assessments, incident investigations, and root cause analyses to drive corrective actions and prevent recurrence.
• In partnership with the Human Resources Team, manage workers’ compensation claims, coordinate with insurance providers, and implement cost-reduction strategies.
• Design and support return-to-work programs and injury prevention initiatives tailored to manufacturing environments.
• Collaborate with plant managers, human resources managers and site operations teams to ensure consistent execution of corporate EHS policies and standards.
• Provide coaching, training, and technical guidance to local EHS personnel and operational leaders.
• Monitor EHS performance metrics and lead cross-functional initiatives to improve compliance and reduce operational risk.
• Travel approximately 50% to manufacturing facilities across North America to conduct audits, deliver training, and support local teams.

 Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, Industrial Engineering and Chemical Engineering (Master’s preferred).
• 8–10 years of progressive EHS experience in manufacturing, with at least 3 years in a senior or multi-site leadership role.
• Strong working knowledge of environmental regulations and occupational safety standards (OSHA, EPA, NFPA, etc.).
• Proven experience managing workers’ compensation programs and driving injury reduction strategies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.
• Ability to travel extensively across North America.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in the magnet wire industry or similar wire manufacturing environments.
• Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, or CHMM.
• Familiarity with ISO 14001,  ISO 45001, and IATF standards.

Scope of Duties and Responsibilities

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by supervisors or management.

All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the required skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.