Manager, Environmental, Health and Safety

Loram UK Ltd is seeking a North American Environmental Health & Safety Manager to oversee EHS programs for manufacturing in Minnesota. The role involves leading a team, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and developing EHS strategies. Key responsibilities include data management, incident reporting, and maintaining safety standards. The position requires collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and focuses on fostering a safe working environment.
Job Title: North American Environmental Health & Safety Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: Environmental Health & Safety

Reports to: Director, Environmental Health & Safety

General Description / Purpose

This position is primarily responsible for managing Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) programs for the North American manufacturing workforce. They will lead the EHS manufacturing specialist team and focus on the development and implementation of goals and initiatives to support the execution of the of the department’s larger strategies.

This role is a pivotal business partner that fosters a safe and productive working environment by delivering unrivaled customer service through measurement of performance, engagement, and compliance towards regulatory requirements.

Essential Job Functions

Leadership and Talent Development
• Establish key business partnerships with internal and external stake holders.
• Manage the EHS Specialist team on day-to-day operations to ensure continuity of compliance associated with their relevant locations.
• Responsible for hiring, on-boarding, mentoring, and continually assessing competence of the EHS Specialist team.
• Responsible for developing and coordinating local emergency response teams (ERT).

Strategic & Functional
• Work closely with the global EHS team to leverage, understand, and improve the EHS department’s usage of current and future software systems regarding data analytics, reporting, and dashboarding.
• Participate in the development of EHS strategies associated with NA manufacturing. Providing specific insight to and management of projects, goals, and initiatives as they relate to the larger department strategy.

Functional & Technical
• Manage the compilation, analysis, interpretation, and delivery of relevant EHS data to internal and external stakeholders within the NA manufacturing business units.
• Manage the incident reporting process for EHS related incidents, ensuring the identification of causal factors and development of preventative/corrective action plans for the NA manufacturing business units.

Compliance
• Maintain knowledge of corporate EHS regulatory requirements and responsibilities associated to the manufacturing business units.
• Work with global EHS team to interpret new and existing regulations to drive effective management and compliance to internal and external rules, regulations, and other requirements that effect the enterprise.
• Develop and integrate policy, process, and procedures into relevant manufacturing management systems with specific focus on establishing audit plans to monitor compliance status.
• Manage the submission and development of reports and documents to ensure compliance with internal and external EHS requirements.