EHS Manager (Confidential)

Summary:

The EHS Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing site Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) systems to ensure regulatory compliance, support sustainable development objectives, and drive continuous improvement within a production environment.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, this position serves as the site EHS Management Process Owner and provides leadership for the EHS function. The EHS Manager will champion health, safety, and environmental initiatives; assess and manage operational risks; ensure compliance with applicable legal and internal standards; and foster a strong safety culture through coaching, communication, training, and continuous improvement.

 

Job Duties:

EHS Leadership & Management

• Serve as the site champion and representative for Health, Safety, and applicable Environmental Sustainable Development Objectives.
• Lead and develop the site EHS department and associated organizational structure.
• Own the EHS Management process, ensuring the process operates effectively and achieves intended results.
• Identify and analyze EHS process risks, trends, and performance gaps and implement appropriate corrective actions.
• Coordinate and monitor site EHS action programs.
• Promote a learning organization by communicating EHS best practices throughout the organization.
• Follow and enforce applicable internal EHS standards, policies, and principles.
• Coordinate with internal staff, senior managers, and the management team to effectively implement EHS protection programs.

Environmental, Health & Safety Compliance

• Oversee daily EHS activities to maintain and continuously improve ISO 14001 Environmental and ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety management systems.
• Ensure industrial operations comply with applicable government EHS regulations, internal standards, and customer requirements.
• Maintain oversight of the Environmental Management System (EMS), including its effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain required environmental and EHS permits.
• Issue instructions and corrective actions associated with the operation of the EMS, including post-audit requirements.
• Provide management with reports regarding EMS performance and environmental activities.
• Generate and maintain EHS reports, records, and related documentation.

Risk Management, Audits & Incident Prevention

• Conduct and support EHS audits, inspections, and site patrols to evaluate compliance and performance.
• Identify unsafe behaviors, conditions, and operational risks and coordinate appropriate corrective actions.
• Investigate environmental, health, and safety accidents and incidents.
• Develop corrective and preventive action plans and verify their effectiveness to reduce the potential for recurrence.
• Develop EHS strategies designed to eliminate or mitigate accidents and incidents.
• Review existing EHS strategies and recommend improvements.
• Conduct safety meetings, audits, and inspections; identify corrective actions; and implement follow-up assessments.
• Apply appropriate process and risk-based approaches to EHS management.

Safety Programs & Emergency Preparedness

• Develop, implement, and improve safety prevention programs within the industrial environment.
• Develop and maintain site emergency response plans and programs.
• Provide project management teams with health and safety guidance and confirm project sites comply with applicable local guidelines and regulations.
• Provide EHS training and assistance to team members as necessary.

Planning, Budgeting & Continuous Improvement

• Develop budgets and timelines for Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety operations.
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities while maintaining EHS program quality and effectiveness.
• Monitor EHS performance and trends and take corrective action when results fall below expectations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across site EHS programs and management systems.

 

Job Requirements:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical discipline such as Process Engineering, Chemistry, Metallurgy, Engineering, or a related field.
• Safety prevention and/or Environmental Studies training is preferred but not required.
• 8–10 years of EHS experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of EHS experience within a production environment.

Technical Knowledge & Skills

• Strong understanding of chemical and metallurgical processes and their associated risks.
• Practical experience with HAZOP, ATEX regulations, and other relevant prevention programs and regulations.
• Knowledge of process-based and risk-based approaches to EHS management.
• Working knowledge of ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 9001 requirements to the extent necessary to manage assigned processes.
• Experience implementing safety prevention programs in an industrial environment is preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with advanced digital tools such as Power BI is a plus.

Leadership & Communication Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical and operational concepts in a clear, structured manner.
• Demonstrated ability to influence attitudes and build acceptance of organizational and operational change.
• Ability to influence and gain cooperation without formal authority.
• Ability to lead, coach, and develop EHS personnel while collaborating effectively across functional departments.

 

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

 

About Teal Energi:

TealEnergi is a technical manpower provider with extensive experience supporting the successful execution and operation of major capital project investments. Forged through a desire to provide best-in-class service to clients, candidates, and contractors alike, TealEnergi works through its offices nationwide to provide regional support to a wide range of sectors including both traditional energy and energy transition initiatives (e.g., LNG, hydrogen, wind, solar), as well as manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure.

TealEnergi is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, disability, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, language, national origin, physical or mental ability, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status.