EHS Manager - Safety & Compliance Leader (Manufacturing)

BorgWarner; Royal Pines (NC); On-site; USD 108,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 medical coverage

Onsite health clinic

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life/AD&D/Disability coverage

Tuition reimbursement

401k with matching

Holidays and vacation starting Day 1

Job summary

BorgWarner Arden campus in Arden, NC is hiring an EHS Manager to lead health, safety, and environmental programs for the site. This role focuses on developing policies, training, and a safety culture aligned with corporate goals and regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate will drive OSHA/EPA compliance, manage safety initiatives across production, and partner with facilities and HR to reduce risk and cost while promoting wellness and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Safety or Safety Engineering; at least five years of relevant work experience in manufacturing.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment with human resources, industrial health and safety, environmental, or quality experience.
• CSP certification preferred; ISO 14001 experience also preferred.
• Proactive work experience with employee relations, policy development, compensation administration, training and organizational development, and adherence to federal and state laws is required.
• Must understand OSHA, ANSI, EPA, NEC, and all other applicable Federal and State law as it relates to Health and Safety.

Responsibilities

• Develops programs and procedures designed to reduce occupational and non-occupational accident/injury/illness experiences.
• Promotes health and safety awareness throughout the organization through effective employee communications, participation, and programming.
• Ensures compliance of all programs meets or exceeds OSHA and EPA standards.
• Ensures plant management teams understand the inter-relationship between on-and-off-the-job safety, occupational and non-occupational health, workers' compensation, and medical costs.
• Develops and recommends formal programs and policies that promote a safe work environment.
• Educates the management team in ergonomic concepts, assess the need for workplace ergonomics, and ensure an effective ergonomic culture is developed and practiced.
• Identifies, evaluates, manages, and minimizes environmental risks for the business.
• Establishes a formal plant safety organization with high employee involvement on safety teams and inspection teams.
• Develops comprehensive wellness programs tailored to plant population as identified through health care cost analysis.
• Develops and conducts training programs on industrial safety, industrial hygiene, emergency planning, regulations, hazardous materials, and related issues.
• Ensures fire protection and security systems are in place and effective; trains facility personnel to respond to emergencies.
• Coordinates and investigates incident investigations.
• Supports Facilities/Maintenance department team activities.
• Prepares reports and analysis for all levels of the division and Corporation.
• Understands and adheres to current quality, health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Performs other duties as needed.

Skills

OSHA/ANSI/EPA/NEC knowledge

Strong communication and analytical

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Health and Safety or Safety Engineering

CSP certification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

BorgWarner Arden campus in Arden, NC is hiring an EHS Manager to lead health, safety, and environmental programs for the site. This role focuses on developing policies, training, and a safety culture aligned with corporate goals and regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate will drive OSHA/EPA compliance, manage safety initiatives across production, and partner with facilities and HR to reduce risk and cost while promoting wellness and continuous improvement.