Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Sheakley is hiring an Environmental Health & Safety Manager for our client in Windsor, CT. Our client is one of the nation's leading manufacturing firms.

Compensation Package: $104k-$129k

Staffing Type: Direct Hire W2 Full Benefits

Scope of Work: EHS management over an aerospace manufacturing facility

Position approx Start: ASAP

Position Hours/Schedule: M-F Day shift 40hrs/wk

Join our client's dynamic team as an EHS Manager and make a significant impact on their organization's safety culture. In this role, you will play a crucial role in coaching site operations leaders and driving the implementation of policies, procedures, and programs to enhance employee safe behaviors and eliminate hazards/unsafe conditions. Your expertise and leadership will shape a culture of safety excellence throughout the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and drive the implementation and ongoing compliance of our Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Management System.
• Facilitate, conduct, and advise on training initiatives, including the development of effective training materials.
• Take charge of investigating all high actual/potential incidents and oversee the root cause and corrective action processes.
• Ensure compliance with relevant local EHS legal and regulatory requirements, as well as any company-specific standards that surpass regulatory mandates.
• Serve as the technical expert and champion the implementation of our corporate EHS software systems, supporting compliance activities, tracking and reporting EHS performance metrics, and managing the action management process.
• Provide support for medical and industrial hygiene programs, collaborating closely with Human Resources and Operations teams on pre-employment fitness for duty and return-to-work evaluations.
• Manage the site's environmental program, including permits, waste management as per the Environmental Aspects and Impacts register, SPCC/Emergency response, regulatory reports, inspections, and more.
• Work closely with the Corporate Risk Manager, Safety & Health Lead, and external insurance firms to proactively identify and address loss prevention issues, ensuring the implementation of recommendations from site assessments.
• Supervise EHS consultants and contractors hired for specialized services such as industrial hygiene testing, fit testing, ventilation systems design/testing, sample collection, and other EHS-related activities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related field. Relevant certifications are a plus.
• 8-12 years of demonstrated experience and expertise in implementing and maintaining EHS management systems.
• Proven ability to lead incident investigations and drive the root cause analysis process.
• In-depth knowledge of applicable EHS legal and regulatory requirements, and experience exceeding compliance standards.
• Familiarity with EHS software systems and proficiency in leveraging technology for compliance tracking and reporting.
• Strong understanding of medical and industrial hygiene programs, including fitness for duty and return-to-work evaluations.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and the employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and other management as required.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY: It is our policy to seek and employ the best-qualified personnel and to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees, including upgrading, promoting, and training, and to administer these activities in a manner that will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or any other basis prohibited by law.