Senior HSE Leader, US & Canada - Hybrid

Cooper-Standard Automotive; Northville (MI); Híbrido; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cooper-Standard Automotive is seeking a Senior Manager, Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) to lead strategy and operations across US and Canada. You will partner with regional leaders, guide plant HSE teams and ensure global standard alignment while driving risk reduction, compliance and continuous improvement.

The role requires 10+ years in manufacturing HSE, strong knowledge of US/Canada laws, ISO standards and a proven ability to operate in a multinational matrix organization.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety, engineering, environmental science, chemistry, industrial hygiene or a related field.

Responsabilidades

• Lead HSE strategy and execution across US and Canadian businesses, aligning global priorities with local operations and risks.
• Serve as the primary HSE partner to business, regional and plant leaders while maintaining consistent corporate standards, governance and performance expectations.
• Advise leaders on legal compliance, risk, loss prevention, business continuity and sustainable HSE performance.
• Build an effective regional HSE organization with appropriate resources, skills, clear roles and cross-functional collaboration.
• Provide functional direction, coaching and support to plant HSE leaders and strengthen regional and global HSE teamwork.
• Monitor and communicate federal, state, provincial and local HSE requirements and industry guidance; coordinate implementation of changes.
• Improve HSE programs, culture and management systems in line with corporate, customer and recognized standards.
• Analyze performance, trends and significant or recurring risks; recommend KPIs, priorities and corrective actions.
• Oversee compliance assessments and audits, ensuring gaps are documented, escalated and corrected.
• Support permits, licenses and authorizations for current operations, expansions and restructuring.
• Support environmental assessments, contamination response and remediation when plants close so properties can be transferred in an environmentally manageable condition.
• Coordinate relationships, documentation, surveys and responses with regulators, government agencies, insurers and loss-control representatives; evaluate findings and assign appropriate follow-up.
• Reduce fire risk through prevention controls, emergency preparedness, facility readiness and timely action on insurer and loss-control recommendations.
• Ensure job hazard and risk assessments are used for routine and non-routine work and that controls address identified risks.
• Oversee investigation, reporting and analysis of incidents, injuries, illnesses, environmental events and hazards; ensure corrective action and shared learning.
• Lead regional HSE capital planning and tracking, including project development, capital requests and risk-based prioritization.
• Review major projects, process changes and engineering modifications for HSE risks and ensure use of project-review and change-management processes.
• Coordinate regional internal and external HSE management-system audits.
• Ensure accurate and timely HSE measurement and reporting for legal, corporate and customer requirements.
• Develop HSE training, awareness and competency programs for leaders, HSE professionals and front-line employees.
• Lead cross-functional compliance, risk-reduction, remediation, abatement, ergonomics, energy and sustainability initiatives.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, HR, Quality, Legal, Finance and other functions to integrate HSE requirements into business processes.
• Benchmark results, standardize practices and share effective methods across the region and global HSE organization.
• Model safe and ethical conduct and perform other duties aligned with the role.

Conocimientos

Fluent English

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in OH&S/Engineering/Env Sci/Chemistry/Industrial Hygiene

10+ years progressive manufacturing HSE experience

HSE certification preferred

Knowledge of US/Canada HSE laws

ISO 14001 & ISO 45001 experience

HSE metrics & KPIs experience

multinational matrix organization experience

Fluent English

MS Office & HSE reporting systems knowledge

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

Cooper-Standard Automotive is seeking a Senior Manager, Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) to lead strategy and operations across US and Canada. You will partner with regional leaders, guide plant HSE teams and ensure global standard alignment while driving risk reduction, compliance and continuous improvement.

The role requires 10+ years in manufacturing HSE, strong knowledge of US/Canada laws, ISO standards and a proven ability to operate in a multinational matrix organization.