Senior EHS Leader - Site Safety & Compliance

Victaulic Company; McMinnville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Victaulic is seeking a Senior EHS Specialist to lead environmental, health, and safety initiatives at the Rock Island site. You will drive program development, systems, training, and incident investigations to reduce risk and ensure regulatory compliance across shifts.

You will partner with site leadership to embed safe work practices, manage budgets for training and safety measures, and coordinate audits with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead day‑to‑day execution of site EHS programs, ensuring requirements are current, documented, communicated, and consistently applied across all shifts and work areas
• Develop, maintain, and improve written EHS programs, procedures, JSAs, inspections, and training materials to address site‑specific hazards and regulatory requirements
• Partner with site leadership to build accountability for safe work practices, timely corrective action closure, and proactive risk reduction
• Oversee the site EHS budget to support compliance, training, PPE, corrective actions, emergency preparedness, and risk‑reduction priorities
• Lead incident, near‑miss, first‑aid, and hazard investigations using root cause methodology; ensure corrective and preventive actions address systemic causes
• Classify and escalation serious injury and fatality potential events, significant hazards, and compliance concerns in alignment with EHS expectations
• Analyze incident trends, audit findings, near misses, and exposure data to identify risk patterns, recommend practical controls, and incorporate opportunities for coaching
• Plan and conduct routine safety walkthroughs, program audits, regulatory self‑assessments, and compliance inspections; verify corrective actions are completed and effective
• Serve as the site EHS contact during corporate, third‑party, customer, insurance, or regulatory reviews; prepare documentation and coordinate follow‑up actions
• Maintain required EHS records, permit obligations, environmental compliance documentation, and regulatory reporting with accuracy and timeliness
• Develop, deliver, and maintain EHS training for regulatory, site‑specific, and operational requirements, including new hire orientation, LOTO, PPE, hazard communication, emergency response, forklift/PIT, machine guarding awareness, hot work, confined space, and other applicable programs
• Track training completion, identify gaps, evaluate training effectiveness, and partner with supervisors to ensure employee understanding and accountability
• Coach employees, supervisors, and managers on hazard recognition, safe work expectations, incident reporting, and effective corrective action follow‑through
• Collaborate with Occupational Health on first response, recordability support, exposure data, medical surveillance, return‑to‑work coordination, emergency response planning, and employee health‑related EHS needs

Job description

Victaulic is seeking a Senior EHS Specialist to lead environmental, health, and safety initiatives at the Rock Island site. You will drive program development, systems, training, and incident investigations to reduce risk and ensure regulatory compliance across shifts.

You will partner with site leadership to embed safe work practices, manage budgets for training and safety measures, and coordinate audits with internal and external stakeholders.