Regional Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

NREP; Lincolnshire (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NREP seeks an EHS professional to establish and maintain comprehensive safety and environmental programs across manufacturing locations. The role partners with Operations and site leaders to provide practical guidance, coaching, and support for regulatory compliance and health and safety initiatives.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in EHS within manufacturing, strong investigation and data-analytics skills, and a willingness to travel about 25% for site coverage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a safety, environmental or related field.
• 3–5 years of EHS experience in manufacturing/industrial settings.
• Experience building relationships with Operations and leadership.
• Knowledge of OSHA/EPA/regulatory requirements.
• Professional certification such as ASP, CSP, CHMM preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain EHS programs across locations to ensure health, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with Operations and site leadership to provide practical guidance and coaching.

Skills

Communication

Relationship-building

Problem-solving

Facilitation

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Safety, Environmental Science

Tools

Benchmark Gensuite

Job description

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Establish, implement, and maintain EHS programs, policies, and processes across assigned manufacturing locations to support employee health and safety and compliance with regulatory and corporate requirements.
2. Serve as an EHS partner to Operations and site leadership, providing practical guidance, coaching, and support to management, supervisors, frontline leaders, and employees.
3. Provide timely EHS support for significant injuries, incidents, emergencies, and other events across assigned locations, including travel when necessary.
4. Lead workplace injury, incident, and near-miss investigations using HOP principles to understand how work is performed, identify contributing system factors, capture organizational learning, and drive sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
5. Conduct safety and environmental audits, inspections, risk assessments, and field observations; partner with site leadership to identify hazards and implement effective controls.
6. Lead and support ergonomic initiatives by assessing manufacturing tasks, identifying higher-risk activities, recommending improvements, and tracking progress in accordance with Corporate Loss Prevention guidelines.
7. Support and oversee environmental compliance across assigned locations, including applicable air permitting, stormwater/SWPPP, SPCC, hazardous waste/RCRA, and other environmental requirements.
8. Partner with Safety Ambassadors and site leadership to strengthen employee engagement, encourage reporting of hazards and near misses, identify risk, share learning, and continuously improve EHS performance.
9. Conduct and facilitate EHS training in accordance with regulatory and corporate requirements, including Lockout/Tagout, hazard communication, PPE, emergency preparedness, equipment safety, First Aid, and other applicable programs.
10. Maintain accurate EHS reporting and recordkeeping, including OSHA injury and illness records, training documentation, environmental records, industrial hygiene information, investigations, corrective actions, and other required documentation.
11. Utilize Benchmark Gensuite and other EHS data systems to identify trends, monitor leading and lagging indicators, track corrective actions, and provide actionable insights to site and EHS leadership.
12. Partner with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and site leadership to integrate EHS considerations into equipment design, process changes, capital projects, new equipment installations, and operational decision-making.
13. Support workers' compensation, injury management, and return-to-work processes in partnership with EHS, Human Resources, Operations, and applicable medical providers.
14. Share lessons learned, successful risk-reduction strategies, and best practices across locations to improve consistency and strengthen EHS systems throughout the region.
15. Perform other duties as assigned within the nature and level of the position.

Job Qualification Requirements (Education, Knowledge, Experience):

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Safety, Environmental Science, or a related discipline preferred, with approximately 3–5 years of EHS experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment. Multi-site experience is preferred.

Working knowledge of applicable OSHA, EPA, federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.

Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with Operations and frontline leadership, influence without direct authority, facilitate learning-focused discussions, and balance regulatory requirements with practical operational solutions.

Strong investigation, problem-solving, communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.

Ability to manage competing priorities while supporting multiple manufacturing locations.

Comfortable working directly on manufacturing floors and engaging employees and leaders at all levels of the organization.

Experience with EHS management systems and data platforms such as Benchmark Gensuite preferred.

Professional certification such as ASP, CSP, or CHMM preferred.

Travel Requirements:

Ability and willingness to travel approximately 25% / one week per month, with additional travel when necessary to support significant events.

Physical Demand Requirements:

Ability to spend extended periods walking production floors, standing on concrete, climbing ladders, working at heights, wearing required PPE, and accessing rooftops. Occasionally required to stand, walk or sit; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. DISCLAIMER: This position may include exposure to radio frequencies that may be dangerous to individuals with a pacemaker, consult with your doctor.

Salary:

$100-120K annually This range is meant to provide a reasonable expectation of compensation for this role. Actual compensation will depend on the candidate's unique education, skills, and experience.