Sr. EHS Specialist

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 Senior EHS Specialist

Location - Rock Island, TN

Full-Time, Exempt

Environmental, Health & Safety

Immigration sponsorship not provided

ABOUT VICTAULIC

Victaulic, headquartered in Easton, Pennsylvania, is the global leader in mechanical pipe joining solutions, delivering advanced technologies and engineering services to address complex piping challenges faced by engineers, site owners and contractors. Since 1919, our innovative solutions have improved construction productivity and reduced risks, ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget. With over 6,000 employees spanning 50+ locations worldwide, our teams are dedicated to delivering advanced technologies and engineering expertise that address real-world challenges across a wide range of industries.

Our sustainable solutions, made from high quality, graded scrap steel, promote circular construction by making piping systems infinitely reconfigured and minimizing environmental impact. Today, our high-quality products are used in more than 140 countries, supporting some of the world’s most critical and prestigious structures.

An Industry Leader With a Heart as Big as Its Ambition and Innovation

At Victaulic, we’re committed to constructing a better world for and with our people.

Let’s Build a Better World Together.

Our commitment to our people is built on four pillars:

• We build from within.
• We stand behind our people.
• We foster an environment for constant learning.
• We engineer change for a more stable and sustainable world.

YOUR IMPACT STARTS HERE

We’re looking for a Senior EHS Specialist to lead and sustain environmental, health, and safety programs at the site level, reporting to the Regional EHS Manager. In this role, you’ll serve as a key resource for operations, maintenance, engineering, human resources, occupational health, and site leadership, ensuring regulatory compliance, reducing risk, and strengthening employee engagement in proactive hazard identification. You’ll operate with a high degree of independence, providing technical guidance to the site while leading incident investigations and program audits. This is an opportunity to drive continuous improvement across safety, health, environmental, and compliance initiatives at a hands‑on, site‑facing level.

WHAT YOU’LL BUILD & OWN

EHS Program Leadership

• 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

Incident Management & Risk Reduction

• 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

Inspections, Audits & Regulatory Compliance

• 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

Training, Communication & Employee Engagement

• 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

Occupational Health Partnership

• 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
• Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering, quality, contractors, and regional EHS resources to i