Senior Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager

Stryker; Portage (MI); On-site; USD 118,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) & ESPP

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a senior EHS leader to drive environmental, health, and safety programs across our manufacturing operations in the United States. You will provide strategic and operational oversight of employee health, regulatory compliance, risk management, and team leadership within the plant leadership team.

This role partners with operations and business leaders to ensure effective execution of EHS programs, lead investigations, manage budgets, and deliver safety metrics and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety or related field.
• 10+ years of EHS leadership in manufacturing/regulated environments.
• 5+ years managing teams or multi-site EHS programs.
• Experience complying with federal, state, and local EHS regulations.
• Experience developing and managing EHS budgets and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of EHS strategies, plans, budgets, schedules, and risk mitigation.
• Manage EHS compliance programs and regulatory reporting.
• Direct EHS incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Oversee emergency response, hazardous materials handling, waste management, and inspections.
• Lead EHS professionals and cross-functional initiatives delivering safety metrics and continuous improvement.

Skills

EHS leadership

Regulatory compliance

Incident investigations

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety

Job description

Join Stryker in a leadership role focused on advancing environmental, health, and safety programs across manufacturing operations. This position provides strategic and operational oversight of employee health and safety initiatives, regulatory compliance, risk management, and team leadership. As a key member of the plant leadership team, you will partner with manufacturing and business leaders to ensure effective execution of environmental health and safety programs and processes.

What You Will Do

• Lead the development and execution of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) strategies, plans, budgets, schedules, and risk mitigation activities aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
• Manage EHS compliance programs and ensure adherence to applicable local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations, including reporting and agency interactions.
• Direct EHS incident investigations, identify root causes, track corrective actions, and monitor trends to reduce workplace risks and improve safety performance metrics.
• Oversee emergency response, hazardous material handling, waste management, compliance training, inspections, and management-of-change processes to maintain operational readiness and regulatory compliance.
• Lead, develop, and manage EHS professionals and cross-functional initiatives while delivering required safety metrics, reports, and continuous improvement activities across the organization.

What You Will Need

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in environmental, health, and safety leadership within a manufacturing, industrial, life sciences, or regulated environment.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing teams, managers, supervisors, or multi-site EHS programs.
• Experience managing compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Experience developing and managing EHS budgets, programs, and performance metrics.

Preferred

• Professional certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or equivalent.
• Experience supporting medical device, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading emergency response, hazardous waste management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

United States of America Pay Ranges

$118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.