Job Description

Richards Manufacturing Irvington, NJ Senior EHS Site Manager (TE-SR. MGR. EHS 4-1M)

The successful candidate will provide leadership in driving continuous improvement in Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) performance and risk reduction. This role will lead a team of direct reports and will provide technical expertise across all functions to ensure a compliant and safe workplace for all employees, visitors, and contractors. This people leader role reports to the Director EHS M&A and is an exciting role with an opportunity to make an immediate impact and offers future career growth opportunities.

Job Responsibilities

· Lead the Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) Team providing technical expertise and achieving injury, illness, & risk reduction objectives. 

· Provide daily work direction, complete individual performance appraisals, and career coaching to a team of EHS professionals.

· Build relationships across the campus to promote continuous EHS & S improvement, employee & leadership engagement, and a proactive risk-focused EHS culture.

· Manage EHS & S metrics, reports, permits, and other documents as required by regulatory agencies and corporate management. Prepare and communicate EHS & S performance reports for internal campus, global and external stakeholders.

· Lead EHS & S projects on-site as required and partner with cross-functional teams.

· Ensure EHS & S programs comply with applicable government regulations, business technical standards and industry best practices.

· Promote EHS compliance and risk reduction through detailed EHS programs, leadership participation & engagement, employee training, inspections, and auditing.

· Maintain site permits, licenses, and certificates.

· Manage the EHS Event reporting, investigation, & communication program in accordance with company requirements.

· Fully implement Serious Injury & Fatality Prevention Program (SIFP) that includes recognition & reaction to event precursors.

· Develop and manage the EHS budget. 

· Represent the company at audits and site visits by the local authorities and customers.

· Implement a focus on leading EHS indicators such as unsafe conditions and behaviors.

· Implement an EHS Management of Change program

· Conduct formal and systematic reviews of facility operations and activities to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and company policies related to CAA, CWA, RCRA, TSCA, SARA etc. and applicable city, county, and state regulations

· Conduct formal and systematic reviews of facility operations and activities to ensure compliance with safety regulations and company policies related to OSHA, NJDOL, Machine Guarding, LOTO, Work at Height, Powered Industrial Vehicles, Industrial Hygiene, Confined Space Entry, Event Root Cause Analysis & Emergency Preparedness.

· Engage with third-party regulators for compliance assurance, periodic reporting, and inspections, as needed.

· Ensure site EHS & S programs are aligned with business unit, segment and enterprise-level strategies

· Routinely monitor regulatory changes to ensure continued compliance with upcoming changes in federal, state, and local rules and regulations

· Provide regular reports regarding compliance status, the cost of compliance and the results of audits and inspections to the plant leader, business unit EHS&S director and segment or enterprise leaders as necessary

· Create and drive action plans to implement identified corrective actions.

Qualifications

· Degree in EHS or related field required.

· 15+ years’ EHS experience in heavy manufacturing industry with significant regulatory oversight required

· Fluent in English & Spanish preferred.

· CSP, CIH, CHMM preferred.

· Previous experience in EHS excellence programs (e.g., VPP, ISO 45001 / 14001) preferred.

Key Requirements

· Extensive experience in hazardous waste management, stormwater, wastewater, air compliance, chemical management reporting, SPCC plan coordination, EPCRA reporting and emergency response coordination.

· Extensive experience in a wide variety of technical safety programs including Machine Safety, LOTO, Compressed Gas, & Industrial Hygiene.

· Experience achieving sustainability-related goals for Scope 1, 2 and 3.

· Excellent leadership, people skills and verbal/written communication skills. Able to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.

· Previous experience in managing, coaching, & developing direct reports.

· Ability to balance multiple competing priorities, make risk-based decisions, & pivot quickly when priorities shift.

· Computer skills, including proficiency in using common word processing software, excel, database applications, presentation software and email.

· Experience implementing an EHS management system within a manufacturing setting.

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