The
Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager serves as the strategic leader and hands-on champion for cultivating a world-class culture of safety, sustainability, and strict regulatory compliance within our precision aerospace machining facility.
The primary purpose of this role is to design, implement, oversee, and continuously elevate the shop’s EHS processes. This position ensures absolute alignment with corporate standards, defense/aerospace customer requirements, and all governmental regulations (including OSHA, EPA, and DOT).
Given the high-precision nature of aerospace manufacturing, the EHS Manager proactively mitigates operational risks unique to machining, including CNC machine guarding, chemical/coolant management, ergonomics, and hazardous waste disposal. By serving as the subject matter expert, this role drives incident-reduction strategies and fosters an environment where employee well-being and environmental stewardship are seamlessly integrated into our high-standard production workflows.
Responsibilities
Regulatory Compliance & Environmental Stewardship
- Permit & Regulatory Management: Ensure full facility compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations (OSHA, EPA, DOT) and aerospace-specific standards. Manage, maintain, and renew all required environmental permits.
- Waste & Emissions Control: Oversee the safe management, tracking, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams (including CNC coolants, cutting fluids, solvents, and metal shavings), as well as air emissions and wastewater discharge.
- Regulatory Reporting: Accurately prepare and submit all required environmental and safety reports to regulatory agencies in a timely manner.
- Sustainability Initiatives: Lead facility-wide sustainability, waste-minimization, and pollution-prevention programs to reduce the shop's environmental footprint.
Health & Safety Management
- Program Development: Design, implement, and maintain robust workplace health and safety programs tailored to a machining environment (e.g., Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Cranes/Hoists, and PPE compliance).
- Hazard & Risk Assessment: Conduct regular shop-floor hazard assessments, Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), and ergonomic evaluations to proactively mitigate operational risks.
- Emergency Readiness: Develop, update, and manage comprehensive emergency response and disaster preparedness plans, ensuring the facility and team are equipped for crises.
- Documentation & Records: Maintain meticulous EHS records, including OSHA logs, training rosters, and Safety Data Sheets (SDS), ensuring absolute audit-readiness.
Incident Investigation & Risk Mitigation
- Root Cause Analysis: Lead the thorough investigation of all accidents, injuries, near-misses, and environmental incidents. Identify root causes and implement robust Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
- Metrics & Performance Tracking: Monitor, analyze, and report on key EHS performance metrics (e.g., TRIR, DART, near-miss trends) to drive continuous risk reduction.
- Continuous Improvement: Utilize data-driven insights to champion continuous improvement initiatives, integrating safety seamlessly into Lean/5S operational workflows.
Auditing & Quality Integration
- Internal & External Audits: Lead regular internal EHS inspections and audits. Serve as the primary point of contact and coordinator for external regulatory inspections and aerospace customer EHS audits.
- Action Plans: Develop, track, and execute formal corrective and preventive action plans resulting from internal and external audits.
- Regulatory Monitoring: Actively track changing environmental and safety legislation to ensure the facility proactively adapts to new compliance standards.
Culture, Leadership & Training
- EHS Education: Develop and deliver engaging EHS training and awareness programs for employees, supervisors, and on-site contractors.
- Safety Culture Champion: Promote a highly collaborative "Safety First" culture that empowers shop-floor machinists and staff to take ownership of safety.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, and HR to integrate safety into equipment purchasing, facility layout changes, and onboarding.
- Team Leadership: Supervise, mentor, and develop site EHS specialists, coordinators, or technicians where applicable.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or a related technical discipline.
- 5–10+ years of progressive EHS experience within a manufacturing environment (aerospace, precision machining, or heavy industrial environments strongly preferred).
- Proven experience in a supervisory or management role, with a track record of effectively leading direct reports, managing budgets, and influencing cross-functional teams.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen due to the nature of the work, compliance with federal contracts, and exposure to ITAR/EAR-regulated technical data.
Preferred Certifications
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH).
- ISO 14001 (Environmental) or ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety) Lead Auditor certification.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Deep understanding of OSHA, EPA, and DOT regulations, alongside a strong grasp of risk assessment, hazard identification, and root-cause analysis methodologies (e.g., 5-Why, Fishbone).
- Familiarity with Statistical Process Control (SPC) and data-driven problem-solving methodologies to track and improve safety processes.
- Strong interpersonal and employee relations skills, with the ability to build trust with shop-floor machinists, collaborate with maintenance personnel, and present data effectively to executive leadership.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with a strong sense of accountability. Proven ability to remain agile, manage competing priorities, and navigate unexpected events or changing compliance landscapes.
- Native or professional fluency in English (written and verbal).
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically advanced utilization of Excel for data analysis and metric tracking.
Work Environment
The job operates in a manufacturing atmosphere. The work environmental characteristics described here are representative of those any employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to:
- Vibration, or works near moving mechanical parts and high, precarious and congested places
- Occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to:
- Walk; sit; stand; bend; lift; reach with hands and arms; stoop; kneel; crouch; crawl; use hands to fingers; handle or feel objects; and move continually during working hours
- Lift over 50 pounds, along with over the head lifting
- Vision abilities, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus
- Able to work flexible hours – including over-time, and weekends to meet customer demands
Personal Protective Equipment is typically required to perform the essential functions of this job
- ANSI rated metatarsal shoes
- Safety glasses
- Cut-resistant gloves
Disclaimers
The job description is:
- intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job title. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills and behaviors of employees in this job.
- Not an employment agreement or contract. American Flowform and Machining has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.
- Intended to describe the essential functions of the position that a qualified individual must be able to perform, either with or without reasonable accommodation.
American Flowform and Machining will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodation to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.
