Senior Manager, Environmental, Health & Safety - Multi Site

ThermoSafe; Arlington Heights (IL); Remote; USD 160,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote / Field-Based

Job summary

ThermoSafe seeks a senior safety leader to establish and advance the company’s safety strategy across a dispersed manufacturing network. You will translate strategy into practical site-level actions, coach leaders, and drive measurable improvements, with significant travel to ThermoSafe locations.

You will partner with manufacturing and operations to embed safety into daily decision-making, lead serious injury prevention efforts, and support EE reporting for environmental permits as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, Industrial Technology, Environmental Health and Safety, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive safety leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading safety strategy and improvement initiatives across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Proven ability to set organizational safety direction and translate strategy into practical site-level execution.
• Experience coaching plant leaders and influencing senior operations leaders without relying solely on direct authority.
• Demonstrated success improving safety culture, leadership accountability, and organizational safety performance.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA requirements and applicable safety regulations.
• Advanced experience with machine safety, Lockout/Tagout, energy control, risk assessments, incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action management.
• Experience developing and implementing scalable safety management systems, standards, and performance measures.
• Strong change-management, communication, coaching, and organizational-influence skills.
• Ability to travel 50–70% to support ThermoSafe manufacturing locations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and advance ThermoSafe’s enterprise safety strategy, standards, and operating model.
• Serve as the primary safety SME to manufacturing and senior leadership.
• Translate safety priorities into clear expectations for plant leadership teams.
• Coach plant managers on safety accountability and leadership behaviors.
• Lead safety initiatives across facilities to drive consistency in practices and performance.
• Develop a roadmap to strengthen safety systems and organizational maturity.
• Lead injury and fatality prevention through proactive hazard identification and risk mitigation.
• Provide expertise in machine safety, LOTO, energy control, and incident prevention.
• Partner with engineering and operations to reduce hazards via improvements.
• Develop, implement, and improve safety policies, procedures, and training.
• Conduct facility assessments and safety reviews to identify risks and opportunities.
• Lead investigations for incidents and near misses; ensure timely CAPAs.
• Develop leading and lagging indicators and dashboards for accountability.
• Communicate safety trends and priorities to senior leadership.
• Foster employee engagement and ownership of safety across sites.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA and other safety requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Safety strategy

Coaching

Change management

Communication

Organizational influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, Industrial Technology, Environmental Health and Safety, or related field

Job description

Compensation: $160,000 - $171,000 DOE

Travel: 50–70% travel to ThermoSafe manufacturing locations within the U.S.

Location: Remote / Field-Based; Central or Eastern US Time zones

Position Summary

While reporting to the Vice President of Manufacturing, you will serve as ThermoSafe’s senior safety leader and primary safety subject matter expert. You will be responsible for establishing and advancing the organization’s safety strategy, elevating the current safety model, and building consistent safety leadership practices across multiple manufacturing locations.

This role requires a proven leader who can translate safety strategy into practical, sustainable improvements at the site level. You will partner with plant and operations leaders to strengthen accountability, reduce risk, improve safety performance, and embed safety into daily operational decision-making. You will support the sustainability manager with EE reporting for Air, Water and Stormwater Permits.

The successful candidate will combine strategic direction with hands‑on field leadership. They will have thecredibility and experience to influence leaders at all levels, coach the organization through change, and drive measurable improvements across a geographically dispersed manufacturing network.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and advance ThermoSafe’s enterprise safety strategy, standards, and operating model.
• Serve as the organization’s primary safety subject matter expert and trusted advisor to manufacturing and senior leadership.
• Translate enterprise safety priorities into clear, practical expectations for plant leadership teams.
• Coach plant managers and operations leaders on safety accountability, risk ownership, and leadership behaviors that support a strong safety culture.
• Lead safety initiatives across multiple manufacturing facilities and drive consistency in safety practices, expectations, and performance.
• Assess the current safety model and develop a prioritized roadmap for strengthening systems, capabilities, and organizational maturity.
• Lead serious injury and fatality prevention efforts through proactive hazard identification, risk assessment, and mitigation.
• Provide subject matter expertise in machine safety, Lockout/Tagout, energy control, hazard recognition, risk reduction, and incident prevention.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to eliminate or reduce hazards through equipment, process, and workplace improvements.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve safety policies, procedures, management systems, and training programs.
• Conduct facility assessments, audits, inspections, and safety reviews to identify risks, improvement opportunities, and best practices.
• Lead or provide oversight for investigations involving incidents, near misses, and significant safety concerns.
• Ensure corrective and preventive actions address root causes, are completed in a timely manner, and are sustained.
• Develop meaningful leading and lagging indicators, dashboards, and performance reviews that support accountability and informed decision-making.
• Communicate safety trends, risks, priorities, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Partner with site leaders to strengthen employee engagement and ownership of safety.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA and other applicable federal, state, and local safety requirements.
• Support environmental compliance activities as needed, while maintaining safety leadership as the primary focus of the role.
• Identify and share best practices across the manufacturing network.
• Travel regularly to ThermoSafe locations to provide visible leadership, coaching, and on‑site support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, Industrial Technology, Environmental Health and Safety, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive safety leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading safety strategy and improvement initiatives across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Proven ability to set organizational safety direction and translate strategy into practical site-level execution.
• Experience coaching plant leaders and influencing senior operations leaders without relying solely on direct authority.
• Demonstrated success improving safety culture, leadership accountability, and organizational safety performance.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA requirements and applicable safety regulations.
• Advanced experience with machine safety, Lockout/Tagout, energy control, risk assessments, incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action management.
• Experience developing and implementing scalable safety management systems, standards, and performance measures.
• Strong change‑management, communication, coaching, and organizational‑influence skills.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands‑on engagement in manufacturing environments.
• Ability to travel 50–70% to support ThermoSafe manufacturing locations.

Preferred

• Certified Safety Professional certification.
• Experience serving as the senior safety authority for a geographically dispersed manufacturing organization.
• Experience leading a safety transformation or materially advancing an organization’s safety maturity.
• Experience supporting eight or more manufacturing locations.
• Knowledge of ISO 45001, continuous improvement methodologies, and operational excellence principles.
• Experience in packaging, industrial manufacturing, chemical processing, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of environmental compliance requirements.

Physical & Work Environment Requirements

This position requires regular standing and walking throughout the workday and involves repetitious duties in a manufacturing environment. Employees frequently use their hands and arms to perform job duties and may occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, speak, and hear. The role requires the ability to lift, carry, and move materials weighing up to 50 pounds as needed.

Work is performed in a manufacturing environment that is not temperature-controlled. Employees may be exposed to varying indoor temperatures and seasonal conditions typical of an industrial production setting. The work environment may also involve exposure to moving mechanical equipment, chemicals, fumes, airborne particles, and elevated noise levels. The use of personal protective equipment (PPE), including respiratory and hearing protection, may be required based on job assignments and work area conditions.

Equal Employment Opportunity

ThermoSafe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.