EHS Manager

PURPOSE:

The Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager is responsible for leading and maintaining environmental, health, and safety programs at PCC Structurals Carson City. This position provides leadership, technical expertise, and regulatory oversight to ensure a safe, healthy, and environmentally compliant manufacturing environment while supporting the operational needs of the business.

Reporting directly to the General Manager, the EHS Manager oversees the facility’s environmental and occupational safety programs, including regulatory compliance, environmental permitting and reporting, workplace hazard prevention, industrial hygiene, incident investigations, employee training, emergency preparedness, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Facilities, Human Resources, and other departments, the EHS Manager provides direction and accountability for EHS requirements throughout the facility. The position has independent authority to stop work or operations when unsafe conditions present an immediate risk to employees, the environment, or facility operations.

The EHS Manager is expected to maintain a balanced presence between the manufacturing floor and administrative responsibilities, ensuring effective program management while remaining actively engaged with employees, supervisors, and daily plant operations.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Environmental, Health & Safety Program Leadership

• Lead the development, implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of the facility’s environmental, health, and safety programs.
• Establish and maintain EHS policies, procedures, standards, and processes consistent with company requirements and applicable regulations.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to plant management, supervisors, and employees regarding EHS requirements.
• Develop and monitor facility EHS objectives, performance indicators, and improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate manufacturing activities, equipment, and operational processes to identify potential safety, health, and environmental risks.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to incorporate EHS considerations into manufacturing processes, equipment changes, and operational improvements.
• Maintain regular presence throughout manufacturing areas to evaluate conditions, identify concerns, and reinforce safe work practices.
• Promote a proactive safety culture built on employee involvement, accountability, hazard prevention, and continuous improvement.
• Exercise independent authority to stop unsafe work or operations when conditions present an immediate risk to employee safety, health, or the environment.

Environmental Compliance & Regulatory Management

• Oversee environmental compliance programs to ensure adherence to applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations, permits, and company requirements.
• Maintain responsibility for applicable environmental permits, regulatory reporting, monitoring, inspections, and supporting documentation.
• Administer environmental compliance activities involving air emissions, hazardous waste, wastewater, chemical management, and other regulated activities applicable to the facility.
• Coordinate required environmental testing, sampling, inspections, and reporting activities.
• Maintain accurate and complete environmental compliance records and ensure required regulatory submissions are completed timely.
• Serve as a facility contact for environmental regulatory agencies and coordinate applicable inspections or inquiries.
• Monitor changes in environmental regulations and evaluate their potential impact on facility operations.
• Identify environmental compliance deficiencies and coordinate corrective actions with responsible departments.
• Partner with Facilities, Operations, and Engineering to ensure equipment, building systems, and manufacturing activities meet applicable environmental requirements.
• Develop and implement initiatives to reduce environmental risks and improve facility environmental performance.

Occupational Safety & Health

• Develop, implement, and maintain occupational safety and health programs appropriate for an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, Nevada OSHA, and other occupational safety and health requirements.
• Oversee workplace hazard assessments, job safety analyses, safety inspections, and risk evaluations.
• Maintain applicable programs involving machine guarding, lockout/tagout, hazardous energy control, confined spaces, fall protection, powered industrial trucks, electrical safety, and other workplace hazards.
• Oversee industrial hygiene and occupational exposure assessment activities involving airborne contaminants, chemicals, noise, heat, and other manufacturing hazards.
• Coordinate required occupational health monitoring, exposure assessments, and medical surveillance programs.
• Maintain applicable hazard communication, chemical inventory, and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) requirements.
• Evaluate PPE requirements and maintain applicable assessments, programs, and employee training.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Facilities to identify and correct unsafe equipment, processes, and working conditions.
• Exercise independent stop-work authority when conditions present an immediate risk to employee safety or health.
• Establish appropriate corrective action and verification requirements before affected work resumes.

Incident Investigation & Corrective Actions

• Lead or coordinate investigations involving workplace injuries, illnesses, near misses, environmental incidents, and other EHS concerns.
• Conduct root cause analysis and identify appropriate corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with supervisors and department managers to implement corrective actions and verify their effectiveness.
• Maintain required injury and illness records, including applicable OSHA recordkeeping and reporting.
• Monitor incident trends and develop initiatives to reduce recurring hazards and workplace injuries.
• Partner with Human Resources on work-related injuries and illnesses, providing incident investigation findings, safety documentation, and other information necessary to support workers’ compensation claims.
• Support return-to-work activities by evaluating workplace safety considerations and identifying appropriate restrictions or accommodations in coordination with Human Resources.
• Communicate significant incidents, regulatory concerns, and corrective actions to the General Manager and applicable corporate resources.
• Track assigned corrective actions through completion and verify that identified risks have been appropriately addressed.

EHS Training & Employee Engagement

• Develop, coordinate, and deliver required environmental, health, and safety training.
• Maintain accurate training records and monitor completion of applicable regulatory and company training requirements.
• Support safety training during new employee orientation, employee transfers, and changes in job responsibilities.
• Partner with supervisors to reinforce safe work practices and employee accountability.
• Lead safety meetings, employee awareness initiatives, and other EHS engagement activities.
• Evaluate training effectiveness and identify additional training needs based on incidents, inspections, regulatory changes, or operational risks.
• Provide guidance and coaching to supervisors regarding safety expectations, hazard prevention, and corrective actions.
• Encourage employees to identify and report unsafe conditions, near misses, and environmental concerns.

Emergency Preparedness & Response

• Develop and maintain facility emergency preparedness and response procedures.
• Coordinate emergency response planning, evacuation procedures, drills, and employee training.
• Maintain applicable emergency response documentation and preparedness requirements.
• Partner with Facilities, Operations, and outside emergency response agencies as appropriate.
• Evaluate emergency response capabilities and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate corrective actions identified through emergency drills, inspections, or actual events.

Auditing, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Conduct routine EHS inspections, program assessments, and compliance audits.
• Coordinate corporate, regulatory, and third-party EHS audits.
• Maintain required EHS metrics, reports, records, and supporting documentation.
• Monitor corrective actions and ensure identified deficiencies are appropriately addressed.
• Analyze incident trends, audit findings, environmental performance, and operational data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop and implement EHS improvement initiatives that reduce risk and strengthen compliance.
• Communicate EHS performance, significant risks, regulatory concerns, and improvement priorities to the General Manager and plant leadership.
• Support continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives that improve employee safety, environmental performance, and regulatory compliance.

Department Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Provide direct leadership, direction, coaching, and performance management for the EHS Specialist and other assigned EHS personnel.
• Establish department priorities, assign responsibilities, and ensure effective completion of EHS activities.
• Develop employee capabilities and support professional development within the EHS function.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Facilities, Quality, Human Resources, and other departments to integrate EHS requirements into daily operations.
• Support evaluation of new equipment, processes, materials, and facility changes for potential EHS impacts.
• Provide EHS guidance for contractor activities and facility projects in coordination with the Facilities Manager.
• Develop and manage assigned EHS budgets, resources, and program-related expenditures within established company approval requirements.
• Communicate significant safety or environmental concerns promptly and exercise appropriate authority to protect employees, the environment, and business operations.
• Hold department leaders accountable for addressing identified EHS concerns while maintaining clear ownership of daily operational safety within each department.

Safety, Compliance & General Responsibilities

• Demonstrate visible leadership and accountability for workplace safety and environmental compliance.
• Follow and reinforce all applicable company safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Wear required personal protective equipment and promote proper use throughout the facility.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and organized EHS documentation.
• Protect confidential company and employee information.
• Demonstrate sound judgment, integrity, ownership, and accountability.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support department and business objectives.

PREFERRED education AND experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Five or more years of progressive environmental, health, and safety experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing or administering both environmental compliance and occupational safety programs required.
• Previous EHS leadership, supervisory, or program management experience preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, Nevada OSHA, EPA, and applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations.
• Experience administering environmental compliance programs, permits, reporting, and regulatory inspections.
• Experience with incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and workplace hazard assessments.
• Knowledge of industrial hygiene, occupational exposure monitoring, hazardous materials, and applicable safety programs.
• Manufacturing EHS experience strongly preferred; experience in aerospace, casting, foundry, or other heavy industrial environments is beneficial but not required.
• Professional safety or environmental certifications, such as CSP, ASP, or CHMM, preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence employees and leaders at all levels while maintaining appropriate regulatory and safety standards.
• Ability to independently evaluate risks, establish priorities, exercise stop-work authority, and drive corrective actions to completion.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and applicable EHS reporting and management systems.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to work in both office and industrial manufacturing environments, with a balanced presence between administrative responsibilities and production areas.
• Ability to stand, walk, climb stairs, bend, stoop, reach, and access manufacturing equipment and operational areas.
• Ability to occasionally lift and carry up to 35 pounds.
• Ability to work in environments involving heat, noise, dust, chemicals, moving equipment, and varying temperatures.
• Ability to safely wear required PPE, including respiratory protection when applicable and medically cleared.
• Ability to respond to urgent facility EHS matters as required.

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.