Environmental Health and Safety Manager

EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) Manager

Eaton's Electrical Division is seeking an EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) Manager to join our team. This position is based in Santa Ana, CA. Relocation will be offered! The expected annual salary range for this role is $107,812 - $158,125 a year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You'll Do :

Identify and implement overall site's strategic objectives around EHS by closely working with all stakeholders

Responsible for ensuring the Santa Ana sites complies with Eaton, local, State and Federal regulations around EHS

Responsible for key EHS leading (near misses, first aids, observations, positive interruptions, etc.) and lagging (total recordable case rate, days away case rate, greenhouse reduction, total waste, water, etc.) metrics improvement to achieve or maintain world class levels

Champion and lead zero-incident EHS culture throughout the assigned location by developing, maintaining, and communicating EHS targets, proactive safety management, and leading strategic EHS initiatives / projects

Lead and guide elements of the implementation of MESH (Management System of Environmental, Safety, Security and Health) via team leadership, program management and coaching to drive improvements

Enable data-driven safety decision making, data management and analysis through available tools such as MESH Suite to improve incidents, injuries and illnesses, environmental impact, risk assessments, and other EHS related actions

Foster employee and leader engagement through safety teams, MESH Champions, training programs, project management, communications, and other employee facing activities

Provide clarity and closure for all open safety incidents (injuries, incidents, spills, property damage & near misses, etc.) through diligent investigations, leadership reporting, system tracking / entry, appropriate remediation, and closure actions

Ensure effective internal and external compliance management via audits, compliance activities, permitting, documentation, and other regulatory requirements

Responsible for executing all EHS related CapEX

Responsible for developing EHS competency throughout the facility and professional pipeline

Oversee facilities management process and team

Act as site point of contact for federal, state, and local inspections pertaining to EHS, and ensures compliance with permits and other safety and environmental concerns

Compiles required safety performance metric data for the country specific injury / illness log and for reporting to government agencies and to Eaton performance metric measurement databases

Qualifications :

Required (Basic) Qualifications :

Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited educational institution

Minimum of (5) Five years' experience working in an Environmental, Health & Safety discipline

Minimum (2) two years' Previous leadership or management of people experience

Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future

Preferred Qualifications :

Previous ladership experience highly preferred

Bilingual - English / Spanish

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited educational institution in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, environmental studies, manufacturing engineering, management / business, or a technical field

Experience in electrical safety or supporting employees working in a live electrical environment

First aid / CPR / AED certifications

Skills : Position Criteria :

Proven analytical and problem-solving skills

Ability to work in a matrix environment, get results and drive change through others

Effective oral and written communication skills as well as planning and organizational skills

Ability to manage by influence through solid relationships and process focus

Ability to effectively present results and recommendations to senior-level executive team

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite

Comprehension of industry, state, and country EHS requirements

Adept at utilization of company-wide system for reporting EHS data and information

Ability to integrate EHS with other functions

Ability to act as an agent of change; effective in enabling and driving change

Delivering all communication with clarity, impact and passion and tailored to the audience