Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager

About the position Sigma Design has collaborated with a heavy industrial fabricator seeking an experienced EHS Manager to join their facility in Vancouver, WA. This company is an established heavy industrial fabrication provider serving infrastructure, energy, and marine sectors across the west coast.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the company’s lead HSE professional and manager of the overall HSE mission.
• Plan, develop, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve company HSE policies, procedures, programs, and initiatives consistent with regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and industry best practices.
• Provide visible leadership throughout the facility by routinely engaging with employees, supervisors, and managers to reinforce safe work practices and expectations.
• Exercise authority to identify hazards, require corrective action, pause unsafe work when necessary, and escalate significant risks to leadership.
• Lead incident reporting, investigations, root cause analysis, corrective action tracking, and lessons learned follow-up.
• Develop and deliver HSE training programs, orientations, refresher training, and practical field coaching.
• Ensure employees understand their responsibilities in planning and executing work safely and in compliance with environmental requirements.
• Lead routine inspections, audits, observations, committee activities, and facility assessments to identify improvement opportunities.
• Manage industrial hygiene activities including qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments, monitoring, respirator program administration, fit testing, PPE evaluations, and related recordkeeping.
• Coordinate environmental compliance activities including waste management, stormwater, air quality, spill prevention, hazardous materials management, and required reporting.
• Maintain required HSE records, logs, metrics, permits, certifications, and documentation in an accurate and timely manner.
• Track HSE performance trends and provide recommendations, reports, and updates to leadership.
• Collaborate with customers, subcontractors, vendors, insurers, consultants, and regulatory representatives as needed.
• Assist with review and approval of HSE-related equipment, PPE, tools, services, and training resources.
• Support operational planning for major projects, non-routine work, shutdowns, facility changes, and high-risk activities.
• Promote a professional, practical, and solutions-oriented safety culture that supports production excellence.
• Other duties as assigned or required.
• Follow Business Technology policies to protect sensitive data and reduce information security occurrences.

Requirements

• 3+ years of progressive HSE experience in industrial, manufacturing, fabrication, construction, or related environments required.
• Proficient with standard business software and digital recordkeeping systems.
• High level of integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive matters.
• Able to work independently, manage competing priorities, and make sound decisions in a fast-paced production environment.
• Excellent communication, coaching, documentation, and organizational skills.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence all levels of the organization.
• Strong working knowledge of occupational safety, environmental compliance, industrial hygiene principles, incident investigation, and employee training practices.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Nice-to-haves

• Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, ASP, OHST, or similar preferred.
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree related to safety, environmental, industrial hygiene, engineering, or business preferred.
• Experience leading safety programs in a heavy industrial setting strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Low cost to employee medical, vision, and dental benefits
• 15 days of PTO (negotiable)
• Annual performance-based bonus
• 10 percent contribution to 401k without employee contribution necessary

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