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Location: North Central, IL | Schedule: full-time, on-site

Overview

An established manufacturing organization is seeking a Senior EHSS Engineer to lead a multi-year safety improvement initiative. This senior individual-contributor role reports to the EHSS Manager and will play a key part in strengthening safety culture, compliance, and operational excellence across a fast-paced industrial environment.

What you'll do

• Lead a multi-year safety improvement plan across multiple locations
• Own EHSS programs from development through full implementation
• Serve as a visible safety culture change agent, influencing employees and leaders at all levels
• Manage compliance, permitting, and regulatory reporting responsibilities
• Develop and maintain policies and training programs
• Conduct audits, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions, tracking each to completion
• Track and report EHSS metrics and provide regulatory support across multiple sites
• Support growth into future EHSS Manager responsibilities or serve as a fill-in when needed

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health and safety, environmental science, engineering, or another technical field
• Seven or more years of relevant EHSS experience
• Working knowledge of OSHA and industrial hygiene requirements
• Demonstrated success developing and implementing safety improvement programs that produce sustainable behavior and performance changes
• Proven ability to act as a safety culture change agent, positively influencing employees and leaders without relying solely on policing or enforcement
• Experience with audits, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, and tracking actions through completion
• Strong critical thinking, organizational, written and verbal communication skills, professional judgment, and ability to work effectively in a team environment

Preferred qualifications

• EHSS experience in a manufacturing or similarly fast-paced industrial environment preferred
• Experience with environmental regulations and permitting procedures preferred
• Industrial Class K Wastewater License and Certified Landfill Operator license, or ability to obtain them, preferred
• Master's degree in a relevant field is a plus

Why this role

This role offers the opportunity to lead a multi-year safety improvement plan, serve as a visible culture change agent, and grow toward future EHSS Manager responsibilities within a fast-paced manufacturing organization.