HSE Manager

Overview

Waters Corporation is seeking to hire an HSE Manager at the Waters Golden, CO facility. This role is responsible for driving a proactive safety culture, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing environmental programs, and supporting leading safety and operations’ priorities across laboratory, manufacturing, and office environments. This role integrates HSE oversight with key Facilities responsibilities including permitting, hazardous waste management, emergency systems, contractor oversight, sustainability, building performance, and regulatory compliance. This is an onsite role with regular 40 hours, Monday through Friday.

Responsibilities

• Maintain OSHA, EPA, DOT, NFPA, CDPHE, and local regulatory compliance.
• Manage site HSE programs such as but not limited to leading safety committees and participate in other safety and operations meetings and presentations, SOPs, and training.
• Manage the ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification audits and participate in additional external audits as necessary. The HSE Manager will lead all aspects of compliance audits, internal HSE audit and act as the lead for ISO 14001/ ISO 45001 audits.
• Oversee hazardous waste handling, disposal scheduling, waste profiling, chemical management, and SQG compliance.
• Conduct risk assessments, incident investigations, and corrective action tracking.
• Lead emergency preparedness activities, fire drills, and MERT program setup.
• Manage safety data, training records, and documentation.
• HSE Manager is responsible for sustainability data collection and entry into portal.

• Support fire safety systems (extinguishers, sprinklers, suppression systems and other building systems including building security systems).
• Lead and manage facility inspections (stormwater, backflow, roof, pest control).
• Support consumables, cylinder gases, dry ice, Stericycle, SDS management, and lab support workflows.
• Manage site contractor and vendor oversight, vendor assurance, and PO processes such as capital project management.
• Support work order review, PM/CM tracking, and building master drawings.

• Maintain AED/first-aid stations and monthly inspections.
• Support emergency communication systems and alarm response.
• Assist with Business Continuity planning.

• Manage HSE data and KPIs through company data management platforms.
• Lead ISO audits, customer audits, and corporate HSE initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Other Safety and facilities tasks and projects, as assigned

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in EHS, Engineering, Environmental Science, or related field.
• 7-10  years of HSE experience in lab, manufacturing, or industrial settings with facility management experience.
• Knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, and Colorado state/local regulations.
• Experience with hazardous waste and chemical handling.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Prior experience with leading and participation in audits.

Preferred:

• Experience with Maximo, Intelex, and BAS systems.
• ISO 14001/45001 audit prior experience
• Professional certifications (CSP, ASP, CHMM).

Key Competencies

• Safety leadership and Facility Management
• Data analysis and reporting proficiency
• Collaboration with HSE, Facilities, Rael Estate, Security and other Operations team members
• Strong organization and project management

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Salary : $105,000 - $175,000