Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager

Husco International, Inc.; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in engineered product manufacturing is seeking an energetic and driven EHS Manager for their UK facility. This role includes leading environmental, health, and safety initiatives, ensuring compliance with ISO standards, and collaborating with plant leadership to foster a strong safety culture. The ideal candidate will have a background in Occupational Safety, relevant certifications, and experience in a manufacturing environment.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative company culture

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Occupational Safety; Master’s or MBA preferred.
• Significant experience in engineered product manufacturing.
• Experience managing ISO 14001 and ISO 50001.

Responsibilities

• Lead EHS initiatives ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Oversee EHS training and build programs.
• Collaborate with departments on health and safety initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time Management

Decision Making

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Safety

Master’s degree or MBA

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

The EHS Manager is an energetic, driven and forward-thinking individual who will lead environmental, health, and safety initiatives for Husco’s UK facility and will partner with our global locations. The EHS Manager provides technical safety support to production staff and plant leaders, build EHS programs, coordinate and facilitate trainings and monitor all EHS regulations. Must ensure compliance with environmental, safety and health regulations, as well as maintaining ISO14001, ISO50001 and customer sustainability programs. This position will require close collaboration with HUSCO’s plant leadership team. A successful EHS Manager is a self-motivated individual who can analyze problems quickly and prioritize and manage several projects concurrently. Must be a strong team player, work well with colleagues globally, and produce results within a fast-paced and high-performance atmosphere.

Husco is committed to building an environment for employees to be able:

• To have the flexibility of their own work and put a personal ‘stamp’ on their output

• Continuously expand and develop their professional talent, skills, and knowledge

• Create a product for our customers that serves a greater purpose to communities around the world

Performance Objectives:

• Commitment to Safety and Environmental Stewardship. Responsible for analyzing and communicating safety metrics that will build and sustain a proactive safety culture within the UK operation. This includes creating an annual safety training guide, facilitating training classes, and overseeing all EHS strategic plans.

• Risk Management. Partner with Husco leadership to define and analyze organizational risk as it relates to building contingency planning, emergency response team and overall physical well-being for employees and guests. Partner with plant management, Human Resources, employees, outside medical providers and insurance carriers.

• Compliance and Reporting. Successfully complete, submit, and maintain all local authority and other relevant EHS reporting requirements, including Local Authority, SECR, ESOS, ISO, Health & Safety Executive. Champion ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certification, including reports, internal audits, programs, and liaise with external auditors. Partner with various departments to complete annual sustainability reports and provide metrics for customer report requests. Health and Industrial Hygiene (IH): Lead EHS team to successfully complete and monitor all IH, PPE, and ergonomics assessments.

• Provide Exemplary Customer Service & Communication. Work closely with internal customer(s) to investigate all EHS requests, respond to questions and build collaboration across teams as necessary. Analyze and resolve problems and provide EHS assistance as necessary.

• Scale Steep Learning Curve. Rapidly expand company and product knowledge, EHS abilities, and apply past experiences to positively impact the company culture. Ability to enhance and improve current programs or develop new programs as needed.

• Collaborate with Other Departments. Build strategic partnerships with Operations, Engineering and Manufacturing to be on the forefront of new company initiatives, programs, and activities that may impact a function of employee Health and Safety.

• Supervise and Develop Employees. Demonstrate core cultural competencies to subordinates. Provide challenging and stretching tasks and assignments. Attract, retain, and develop the best people from inside or outside the company. Broadly share both responsibility and accountability with subordinates. Create an environment that allows employees the opportunity to finish their own work and trust people to perform the duties assigned. Improve performance and abilities of subordinates through training, counseling, disciplining and responding to employee ideas and concerns. Be aware and supportive of each subordinate’s career goals. Bring out the best in people and is an effective people builder. Coach and lead team in taking calculated risks.

• Strong Leader, Team Player and Contributor. Cross functional team members look to you as a leader and liaison for effective change. Combine strong attention to detail with and orientation towards results/execution.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Safety, Master’s degree or MBA preferred

• Significant experience in a engineered product manufacturing organization. In-depth knowledge and understanding of relevant rules and regulations

• Experience managing ISO 140001 and ISO 50001 certification and renewal audits

• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

• Effective time management and organizational skills

• Exhibit good judgement, common sense, leadership, decision making skills, and possess effective interpersonal skills

• Must be flexible and able to handle multiple and varied tasks

• Must have valid driver’s license and willing to travel occasionally. Minimal global travel. Total travel commitment is about 5%.