Manager, Environmental Health and Safety

Airgas, Inc.; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family benefits

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays & vacation

Early access

Job summary

Airgas is hiring for a Manager, Environmental Health and Safety in San Marcos, CA. The role emphasizes preventing incidents, reducing risk, and ensuring regulatory compliance across San Marcos and surrounding facilities.

The EHS Manager partners with regional leadership and spends substantial time in the field with teams to drive safe, compliant operations. The position offers a generous benefits package and a competitive salary of $100,000–$120,000 with a 10% bonus, plus strong retirement

Responsibilities

• Partner with operations leadership to integrate safety and compliance into daily business decisions and operating processes.
• Provide EHS guidance and technical support to Airgas facilities throughout the assigned geography, including production/fill plants, branches, distribution operations, and other specialized facilities.
• Conduct regular field visits, observations, assessments, and leadership engagements to identify hazards, operational risk, and opportunities for improvement.
• Guide and support investigations involving injuries, vehicle incidents, property damage, releases, fires, near misses, and other significant events.
• Ensure investigations identify underlying causes and organizational contributors and result in effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor safety and compliance performance, identify trends, and develop targeted risk-reduction strategies.
• Support compliance with applicable OSHA, Cal/OSHA, DOT, EPA, state and local environmental requirements, and Airgas policies and procedures.
• Provide technical guidance related to industrial gas operations, material handling, powered industrial trucks, cylinder handling, driver safety, hazardous materials, emergency preparedness, and other operational risks.
• Support environmental compliance programs, including hazardous materials, hazardous waste, air, stormwater, and applicable local regulatory requirements.
• Ensure and facilitate timely completion and verification of corrective actions resulting from incidents

Job description

R10102247 Manager, Environmental Health and Safety (Open)

Location:

San Marcos, CA - Filling industrialSanta Ana, CA - S Fairview Av - Filling industrial

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the unique perspectives of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world. We believe that a variety of backgrounds makes our team stronger and more innovative.

At Airgas, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.

Airgas is Hiring for a Manager, Environmental Health and Safety in San Marcos, CA!

We are looking for you!

• Pay: $100,00 - $120,000 with a 10% bonus.
• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is seeking an experienced, dynamic and engaged Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager to advance safety culture, regulatory compliance, and operational risk management across our operations in San Marcos, CA, and surrounding regional facilities. The EHS Manager partners closely with business and operational stakeholders, including regional leadership, to reduce risk, strengthen regulatory compliance, and foster sustainable safety performance.

The EHS Manager serves as both a strategic partner and collaborative safety champion, spending significant time in the field engaging associates and leaders at the point of work. The role is responsible for supporting incident prevention and investigation, identifying operational risk, and ensuring corrective actions are effectively implemented and sustained.

Job Duties

• Partner with operations leadership to integrate safety and compliance into daily business decisions and operating processes.
• Provide EHS guidance and technical support to Airgas facilities throughout the assigned geography, including production/fill plants, branches, distribution operations, and other specialized facilities.
• Conduct regular field visits, observations, assessments, and leadership engagements to identify hazards, operational risk, and opportunities for improvement.
• Guide and support investigations involving injuries, vehicle incidents, property damage, releases, fires, near misses, and other significant events.
• Ensure investigations identify underlying causes and organizational contributors and result in effective corrective and preventive actions. *Monitor safety and compliance performance, identify trends, and develop targeted risk-reduction strategies.
• Support compliance with applicable OSHA, Cal/OSHA, DOT, EPA, state and local environmental requirements, and Airgas policies and procedures.
• Provide technical guidance related to industrial gas operations, material handling, powered industrial trucks, cylinder handling, driver safety, hazardous materials, emergency preparedness, and other operational risks.
• Support environmental compliance programs, including hazardous materials, hazardous waste, air, stormwater, and applicable local regulatory requirements.
• Ensure and faciliti​e timely completion and verification of corrective actions resulting from incidents