EHS Manager (Field Based)

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is hiring an EHS Manager for a six-month, full-time position based in Indianapolis, IN. The role entails conducting health and safety risk assessments, performing field observations, and developing comprehensive safety programs across laboratory and manufacturing settings.

You will coach frontline staff to improve safe behaviors and work with leadership to drive safe decision-making. Travel to client sites is expected as part of the role.

Qualifications

• BS in Safety, Occupational Health, Engineering, or related science degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience with exposure to manufacturing or R&D industries preferred.
• Experience conducting health and safety risk assessments and industrial hygiene assessments.
• Radiation Safety experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Conduct health and safety risk assessments.
• Perform field EHS observations and inspections.
• Develop and deploy safety programs such as risk assessment, radiation safety, industrial hygiene, chemical safety, laboratory safety, contractor management, and Management of Change.
• Assist with collection, review, and analysis of field data to evaluate conditions, present information, and implement effective solutions, especially in a laboratory environment.
• Provide safety coaching, including influencing safe behavior in a dynamic work environment with frontline staff, and influence safe decision-making with leadership.
• Assess continuous changes in a research and development setting.
• Identify and implement corrective actions.
• Support client’s desire to improve H&S performance by providing field coaching.
• Participate as an enthusiastic team member on various project teams and effectively complete assignments.
• Spend time onsite at the client location to help solve their H&S challenges.

Skills

Hazard assessment

EHS program development

Regulatory compliance

Safety coaching

Field observations

Industrial hygiene

Risk communication

Education

BS in Safety or related science

Job description

ERM is hiring an EHS Manager in Indianapolis, IN.

This is a full-time (40 hours a week), limited-term position for a duration of six months, with the possibility to extend.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct health and safety risk assessments.
• Perform field EHS observations and inspections.
• Develop and deploy safety programs such as risk assessment, radiation safety, industrial hygiene, chemical safety, laboratory safety, contractor management, and Management of Change.
• Assist with collection, review, and analysis of field data to evaluate conditions, present information, and implement effective solutions, especially in a laboratory environment.
• Provide safety coaching, including influencing safe behavior in a dynamic work environment with front-line staff, and influence safe decision-making with leadership.
• Assess continuous changes in a research and development setting.
• Identify and implement corrective actions.
• Support our client’s desire to improve H&S performance by providing field coaching.
• Participate as an enthusiastic team member on various project teams and effectively complete assignments.
• Spend time onsite at the client location to help solve their H&S challenges.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• BS in Safety, Occupational Health, Engineering, or related science degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience with exposure to the manufacturing or research and development industries preferred.
• Experience conducting health and safety risk assessments and industrial hygiene assessments.
• Radiation Safety experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to work independently and in a team setting, with guidance and direction.
• Strong work ethic with a passion to learn, grow, and thrive.
• Ability to distill goals into plans, develop timelines, and work independently as well as part of a team, to achieve goals.

Who We Are

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.