Growth-Oriented EHS Manager

Australia-Employment; Santa Fe Springs (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Annual bonus

Leadership development

Job summary

Jobot seeks a Growth-Oriented EHS Manager in Santa Fe Springs, CA. This on-site, permanent role leads safety, environmental compliance, and risk reduction across manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution.

You will work directly with facility and operational leadership to shape the EHS strategy and improve performance. Ideal candidates have 6+ years in EHS within complex industrial settings, a related bachelor's degree, and strong knowledge of OSHA/EPA/DOT.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive EHS experience in manufacturing, distribution, or similar industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, RCRA and related programs.
• Experience with audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, and corrective actions.
• Ability to translate regulations into practical safety solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site's EHS strategy across manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution.
• Partner with leadership to reduce injuries, incidents, and environmental risk.
• Coordinate regulatory reporting and permitting activities.
• Develop and deliver EHS training for frontline and leadership teams.
• Drive continuous improvement to enhance safety, compliance and operations.
• Lead emergency preparedness and response planning.

Skills

EHS leadership

Regulatory compliance

Audits & investigations

Safety training

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Safety/Environmental or related

Job description

Growth-Oriented EHS Manager

$115000 - $145000 per year | Santa Fe Springs, CA | On-site | Permanent

Excellent benefits, annual bonus, leadership development

A bit about us:

We are a large, privately held beverage manufacturing and distribution organization with operations across multiple U.S. markets. Our business combines high-volume manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, and distribution, creating a complex, fast-paced operating environment with a strong focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

We’re looking for an experienced Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) leader to drive safety, environmental compliance, and risk reduction across a fast-paced manufacturing and distribution operation.

This is a highly visible role working directly with facility and operational leadership. You’ll have the opportunity to shape the site's EHS strategy, influence how work gets done, and build programs that protect employees while supporting a high-performing operation.

The right person will be comfortable moving between the plant floor, warehouse, leadership meetings, and regulatory requirements—someone who can identify risk, develop practical solutions, and get people at every level of the organization engaged in safety.

Why join us?

Stability

Career mobility

Leadership development

**Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) company match, paid time off, annual incentive opportunity, and an educational assistance program

In addition, this is an opportunity to join one of the largest and most established beverage manufacturing and distribution organizations in North America. You'll be part of a large-scale operation where EHS is viewed as a critical business function and where you'll have the visibility and resources to make a measurable impact.

Job Details

What You’ll Own

• Lead the site's Environmental, Health & Safety strategy across manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, and fleet operations.
• Partner with operational leaders to reduce workplace injuries, vehicle incidents, environmental risk, and overall EHS exposure.
• Serve as a key resource for OSHA, EPA, DOT, RCRA, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Lead facility audits, inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, corrective actions, and compliance initiatives.
• Manage environmental programs involving wastewater, stormwater, hazardous materials, ammonia, asbestos, waste management, and resource conservation.
• Analyze safety trends, leading indicators, scorecards, and operational data to identify risks before they become incidents.
• Develop practical mitigation and contingency plans for identified operational and environmental risks.
• Work directly with employees and leadership to strengthen safety awareness, accountability, and engagement throughout the operation.
• Develop and deliver EHS training for frontline employees, supervisors, managers, and facility leadership.
• Support workers' compensation, injury management, and return-to-work initiatives.
• Coordinate environmental permitting, regulatory reporting, and interactions with government agencies.
• Lead emergency preparedness, response planning, and crisis-management activities.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives that make the operation safer, more compliant, and more effective.

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of progressive EHS experience within manufacturing, distribution, logistics, food & beverage, or another complex industrial environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Risk Management, or a related discipline preferred.
• Candidates without a bachelor's degree may be considered with 9+ years of directly related EHS experience.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, RCRA, environmental compliance, and industrial safety programs.
• Hands-on experience with audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action programs.
• Experience managing environmental compliance programs such as wastewater, stormwater, hazardous materials, waste, or air/environmental permitting.
• Ability to translate regulations and technical requirements into practical solutions that work in an operating environment.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively from the production floor through senior leadership.
• Experience developing and delivering safety training and building employee engagement around EHS initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using EHS metrics, dashboards, and scorecards to drive improvement.
• Ability to travel up to 5%.

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.