Senior EHS Leader, Manufacturing Operations

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

Australia-Employment in Santa Fe Springs, CA, is seeking an Environmental, Health & Safety Manager to lead our manufacturing operations. This on-site, permanent role partners with plant leadership to reduce injuries, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement across production, warehousing, and distribution.

You will own EHS strategy, manage audits, investigations, and training, coordinate permitting, and engage frontline employees and leaders to build a safer, more

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant safety, environmental, or engineering discipline is preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, RCRA, and environmental compliance programs.
• Hands-on experience with audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action programs.
• Experience managing environmental programs such as wastewater, stormwater, hazardous materials, waste, or air/environmental permitting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site's Environmental, Health & Safety strategy across manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, and fleet operations.
• Partner with operational leaders to reduce workplace injuries, incidents, environmental risk, and overall EHS exposure.
• Serve as a key resource for OSHA, EPA, DOT, RCRA, and other 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.
• Develop practical mitigation and contingency plans for identified risks.
• Work with employees and leadership to strengthen safety awareness and engagement.
• 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 for safety and compliance.

Skills

Safety leadership

Regulatory compliance

Audits & investigations

Risk assessment

Training delivery

Safety metrics & dashboards

Travel up to 5%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Risk Management, or related

Job description

Australia-Employment in Santa Fe Springs, CA, is seeking an Environmental, Health & Safety Manager to lead our manufacturing operations. This on-site, permanent role partners with plant leadership to reduce injuries, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement across production, warehousing, and distribution.

You will own EHS strategy, manage audits, investigations, and training, coordinate permitting, and engage frontline employees and leaders to build a safer, more