Regional EHS Safety Manager

USIC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

USIC is seeking a Regional EHS Manager to provide occupational safety and environmental compliance leadership across the division, reporting to the EHS Director. The role drives safety culture, investigates incidents, and ensures CAPA actions are completed, with emphasis on zero tolerance for unsafe behaviors.

Expect 40–60% travel and cross-functional collaboration with regional teams. Preferred background includes a Bachelor’s in safety, 4+ years in EHS roles, and OSHA/ NFPA knowledge, plus

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years in EHS leadership or field ops.
• Experience with safety program development and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead EHS operations to reduce injury and risk across regions.
• Develop and implement company-wide EHS programs and CAPA actions.
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Skills

EHS Leadership

Regulatory Compliance

Incident Investigation

Safety Program Development

Cross-functional Collaboration

Training & Coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in safety or related field

Certifications like CSST, CSSM, CHST, OHST, ASP, CSP

Field operations experience

Tools

CAPA Tracking Systems

Digital Safety Management Systems

OSHA CFR 1910/1926 knowledge

Job description

USIC is seeking motivated candidates to join our corporate Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) team as the company’s regional EHS manager(s) reporting to the EHS Director at the division level.

The Regional EHS Manager is responsible for providing technical operational occupational safety and environmental compliance leadership in support of USIC’s commitment to EHS as a core value. This shall be done by assisting operating departments in managing risks and maintaining full compliance by identifying, evaluating, and controlling hazards. This role will be vital to the development and implementation of a company-wide safety, health, and environmental management program.

The Regional EHS Managers DIRECT ACTIONS & TIME OUTS TO ESTABLISH ZERO TOLERANCE FOR AT-RISK LEADER/WORKER BEHAVIORS at the regional, district, supervisor-group, and individual worker levels.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Rigorously drive EHS operationalization and accountability to all employees to reduce enterprise-wide injury & collision risk
• Drive operational effectiveness for newly integrating EHS programs, including continuous improvement in procedures and tools to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Effectively utilize industry best practices (to leverage enterprise solutions for tactical problems)
• Ensure every region runs a SAFE-LIFE rhythm, preferably led by region director co-chaired by region SAFE-LIFE Captain, backed up by you, preferably weekly
• Send weekly metrics that have company, super region, region, districts WCCR, RVA-PMM, JBO % Complete, Driving Performance Coaching %
• Ensure investigations, legitimate ones, with output deliverables (PPTX lessons learned for each the tech, the supe/DM, the senior leadership team), on all level 3 and higher cases
• Ensure HP MVA, PSIF, HC Damage, and Tenured Tech Loss corrective and preventative actions are being tracked and completed (“CAPA” Action Tracking System)
• Personally get audio comms (phone chat or Face to Face) with every employee who is out of work and then returns, having been gone for 2 days or more due to injury or RVA
• Ensure SAFE-LIFE Captains are actively performing monthly meeting duties, and that they are providing support to their DM or RD in tangible ways (example: Locate Rodeo and STAR Week)
• Lead JBO, Case Management, and Emergency Response Training often enough to ensure coverage of all newly promoted supes, managers, directors as well as annual refreshes (SAFE-LIFE Orientation)
• Lead response efforts for any OSHA/DOT/FAA regulatory issue in your super-region. Support any response effort for any EPA or other regulatory body (to be led by Corp EHS)
• Personally make contact with response (phone/text/voicemail/email) with every single injured EE and every EE in any RVA, NRVA
• Work collaboratively with regional and local teams to build a strong EHS culture
• Maintain EHS expertise to provide technical and regulatory support to the operations team
• Perform program reviews and EHS assessments and drive closure of corrective actions
• Assist in developing EHS excellence programs: VPP, global star, EHS Excellence as needed
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with regional/local team, community, customers and regulators
• Perform other duties as assigned

TRAVEL:

• Work-travel as required - expectation between 40%-60% (ie 2-3 out of 5 days per week, or 10 business days per four week month)

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in curriculum related to safety, or the equivalent in training and experience
• Minimum of four years in a field operations or an EHS related position in construction, power generation, or technical industry
• Certifications such as CSST, CSSM, CHST, OHST, ASP, and CSP are strongly recommended OSHA 10 and/or 30
• Certified knowledge of OSHA CFR 1910 and 1926, NFPA, and Process Safety
• Field experience is required.

Preferred: Experienced in digital Safety Management Systems, DOT Ground Hazardous Material operations/IATA/IMDG, RCRA Hazardous Waste Management, qualified trainer in High Risk Operations to include but not limited to Confined Space/Lockout-Tagout/Material Handling Safety/Electrical Safety, EPCRA Reporting, OSHA VPP Certification, Preparing ISO 9000 and 14000 certifications

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans are encouraged to apply.