HSSE Manager

enerpac; City of Cortland (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Enerpac Tool Group's Cortland Biomedical division seeks a seasoned HSSE Manager to drive safety, health, and environmental programs at a single Cortland site with regional scope.

You will lead policy development, incident investigations, and regulatory reporting while partnering with leadership to improve safety culture and prevent incidents across locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 5+ years HSSE experience in biomedical fabrication, food production, or industrial manufacturing.
• Experience leading HSSE programs and teams.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Drive HSSE culture to prevent injuries and illnesses.
• Develop and maintain HSSE policies and management systems.
• Lead incident investigations and action sharing.
• Prepare regulatory compliance reports (OSHA, EPA, DNR).
• Oversee HSSE programs across Cortland Biomedical with regional coordination.
• Develop security and emergency response plans; mentor site safety personnel.

Skills

HSSE Leadership

Regulatory Knowledge

Safety Management

Industrial Safety

Stakeholder Influence

Education

Bachelor's degree

OSHA 501 Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

SharePoint

Job description

Overview

• Job Title (Internal): HSSE Manager – Cortland Biomedical
• Job Title (External): HSSE Manager
• Job Code:
• Location: Cortland, NY
• Reports To (title): Regional HSSEQ Manager – Americas
• Segment/BU: Cortland Biomedical
• Function/Department: HSSE / Health, Safety and Environment
• Approved By:
• Approved Date:

ENERPAC – Who we are?

Cortland Biomedical custom builds high-performance biomedical textile structures. The company applies over 40 years of experience in textile engineering and advanced fabric design methods to braid, knit and woven products that meet the demands of a diverse set of customers in the biomedical product space. The company also offers a full range of design, development and manufacturing services as well as a wide variety of biomedical materials. Never comfortable with the status quo, complex biomedical textile challenges are tackled with agility, credibility and curiosity.

Cortland Biomedical is wholly owned by Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group Corp. is a premier industrial tools, services, technology, and solutions provider serving a broad and diverse set of customers and end markets for mission-critical applications in more than 100 countries. The Company makes complex, often hazardous jobs possible safely and efficiently. Enerpac Tool Group’s businesses are global leaders in high pressure hydraulic tools, controlled force products, and solutions for precise positioning of heavy loads that help customers safely and reliably tackle some of the most challenging jobs around the world. The Company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Enerpac Tool Group common stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol EPAC.

For further information on Cortland Biomedical, visit the Company's website at https://www.cortlandbiomedical.com

For further information on Enerpac Tool Group and its businesses, visit the Company's website at https://www.enerpactoolgroup.com

Summary – basic function of the role

This role is responsible for driving HSSE programs within our Cortland Biomedical business unit and falls within the Americas HSSE Organizational Structure, reporting into the Regional HSSEQ Manager – Americas.

This role is a great fit for an experienced HSSE professional ready to take ownership of a regional safety function and lead it to the next level. You will set the strategic direction for HSSE across the business unit while staying close enough to the work to influence outcomes on the ground. Experience in the Biomedical Fabrication or Food Production business is advantageous, but candidates with HSSE leadership experience in warehousing, manufacturing, construction, or other hazardous industries are also encouraged to apply.

In this role, you’ll hold daily leadership of our HSSE programs within the Cortland Biomedical business unit, setting strategic targets and objectives, advising and influencing business leaders, and driving injury & illness prevention programs for our fixed locations and our field service technicians mobilized across the region. You should be able to lead and laterally influence peers, colleagues, and senior stakeholders, and build strong relationships from the get go. You should be comfortable working with a globally situated team, utilizing teleconferencing platforms to collaborate and communicate, and have proven experience developing HSSE policies and management systems and rolling them out across multiple sites.

This is a role with single site responsibilities on a day-to-day basis, with occasional national and international travel required. All travel is expected to be planned in advance to facilitate for a good level of work/life balance.

Following a successful onboarding period, there is scope for growth in this role to support additional Enerpac Tool Group facilities as a multi-site HSSE Manager

You’ll be joining a diverse team of safety professionals and business leaders who are committed to creating a safe work environment for all of our employees, and minimizing our impact on the environment. As a team, we aim to work with agility to pivot to meet the needs of our customers, both internal and external – with innovation and integrity at our core. We are taking our safety programs to the next level, and we’d love you to join us on that journey.

We recognize that applicants may not meet each and every criteria listed in this Job Description, and as such, we invite all applicants who feel they have the skill‑set necessary to perform the role to apply.

Shift

Monday – Friday, evenings and weekends may be required for travel on occasion

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Drive HSSE Culture that prevents injuries, illness, and damage from occurring by:

• Lead and embed an HSSE culture that prevents injuries and illness by promoting and increasing safety & environmental awareness within the service team, and leading the development and roll out of companywide HSSE initiatives
• Identify HSSE training needs by maintaining a business unit training requirements matrix; assure the delivery of safety, environmental, and security training and monitor the level achieved through the training management system and training matrices.
• Ensuring that all tasks are furnished with suitable and sufficient hazard/risk assessments, documented, and communicated to appropriate personnel.
• Set strategic and specific HSSE targets and objectives, and measure performance across the business unit through site specific HSSE plans and Key Performance Indicator scorecards, reporting up to functional and regional management.
• Own, develop, and maintain management system elements, including policies, procedures, and work instructions to reflect changing operational circumstances, compliance requirements, and industry best practices.
• Lead, conduct, and participate in, incident learning teams, facilitating the usage of root cause analysis tools, and drafting and distributing lessons learned reports.
• Facilitate communication through site and regional HSSE forums / meetings and to drive consultation and participation through an active Safety Committee on each site.
• Own the preparation and submission of regulatory compliance reports including OSHA, EPA & DNR documentation.
• To maintain and implement a robust Internal Assurance Audit Program in each of the areas of HSSE; to drive compliance to Legal requirements, Company Standards and the ISO 45001/14001 Standards.
• Drive the solicitation and support the implementation of actions, ideas and initiatives that aim to prevent injuries, illness, and damage to the environment from all employees.
• Take a leading role in HSSE Management Reviews to drive Continuous Improvement.
• Develop and implement an effective security management plan for all service facilities, performing security assessments as required.
• Own the administration and data integrity of the Qualityze Data Management System.
• Undertake regular Site visits and support Senior Management with their planned Site Inspections.
• Use the VOC to develop mutually beneficial relationships with key customers and ensure customer expectations are met at every opportunity.
• Develop and maintain a risk register for the business unit, ensuring that all hazards are identified and mitigated to ALARP.
• Ensure a robust management of change process is implemented and maintained across the business unit.
• Ensure a robust emergency preparedness and response plan is in place, and that it is regularly reviewed and exercised to confirm its effectiveness.
• Act as subject matter expert on applicable federal, state, and local HSSE legislation and reporting requirements; maintain a legal and other requirements register and implement a legal compliance assurance audit program.
• Develop and implement an effective environmental management system and support environmental sustainability initiatives through the collection, collation, and reporting of sustainability data as required.
• Develop, maintain, and implement an effective waste management plan and Environmental Aspects and Impacts Register for each facility.
• Ensure chemical substances are assessed, stored, and used appropriately, that all Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are maintained up to date, and that personnel are aware of the related SDS requirements.
• Implement Enerpac Tool Group Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) tools to drive continuous improvement throughout the business unit.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development to site safety personnel and safety committees, and influence business leaders to embed a positive safety culture across the region.

Skills and Competencies

• Proficient computer skills and experience including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio; Sharepoint experience is preferred.
• Ability to influence others through reasoning and communication (written and oral)
• Ability to execute on multiple tasks to deadlines
• Extremely detail oriented daily work habits with excellent organizational skills
• Independent decision making and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team-based, high paced, corporate environment
• Good working knowledge of EPA & government environmental regulations
• Good working knowledge of OSHA regulations.
• Good understanding of lean tools (error proofing, 5S, takt time, Kanban, standard work)
• Passion for the health, safety, and security of all employees and the environment
• Leadership qualities to lead, inspire, coach, and develop a team, and to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and oral

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university, or equivalent vocational qualification. 5+ years of HSSE experience in the biomedical fabrication, food production, or industrial manufacturing fields, including demonstrated experience leading HSSE programs and teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• OSHA 501 Certificate
• Lead Incident Investigator – Kelvin TOPSET
• Lead Auditor – ISO 14001/ISO 45001
• Graduate Safety Professional (GSP) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• JSA or Behavioral Based Safety Training Certification.

Physical Demands

Employee may have to lift documents/work materials up to 30 pounds in weight. Employee will have to be able to walk/climb to a variety of primary work locations, including traveling by air/auto to remote sites. Employee will need to listen, understand, and speak with team members in person, telephonically, and electronically at all levels within a diverse workforce and with supported organizations. Employee is able to work in front of a personal computer and telephone for long periods of time.

Flexibility to travel within the US around 10% of the time, and internationally around 10% of the time.

Work Environment

Primary work environment is a temperature-controlled office and cleanroom setting but may also be visiting different service job sites where following appropriate safety protocols at the location would be required, including the usage of respiratory protective equipment, hearing protection, and fall protection. Employee will be exposed to low levels of noise in the office, cleanroom, and elevated levels of noise in certain fabrication areas.

The employee will be expected to gown for the cleanroom in a compliant and safe manner. The cleanroom manufacturing environment requires safety glasses and hearing protection is encouraged within designated areas. Safety shoes and hard hats are required within designated areas.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Direct Reports

N/A

Key External Contacts/Clients

• Customer Relations
• Biomedical Fabricators
• General Manager
• Shop Supervisors
• Operation Managers
• Global Safety Team
• America’s HR Team

Diversity Statement

We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We will ensure your application is fairly considered and if hired, you will have an equitable opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. Enerpac Tool Group will provide reasonable accommodations within the application process upon your request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, reach out to our Talent Acquisition Team for additional information.

If you’re looking for a unique, exciting career with variety and potential for growth, Enerpac Tool Group offers challenges & extraordinary rewards for people on a global scale

The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the job described and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job.

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