Regional Environmental Health & Safety Manager

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Regional Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager serves as a trusted business partner to operational leadership, providing strategic and day-to-day safety leadership across a designated region. This role is responsible for building strong relationships with field and operations teams, coaching leaders at all levels, and driving the integration of safety into daily business operations. Through influence, training, and partnership, the EHS Manager helps develop a proactive safety culture, strengthen risk management practices, and support sustainable operational performance. Acting as a subject matter expert, this leader partners with the business to design, implement, and continuously improve EHS programs while empowering operations teams to take ownership of safety outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Provide daily and continuous safety support to the Midwest United States Markets (current states include: OH, IN, IL and MI) with expansion planned through other surrounding states

• Conduct compliance reviews, general risk assessments, and other safety assessments to support AWP Safety's EHS Management

• Offer daily guidance and direction in EHS programs to the field level, facility leadership level, and regional leadership to ensure a common and effective approach

• Maintain, audit, and update as needed AWP Safety's SOPs for all safe work practices and equipment and utilize them in the day-to-day training

• Coach, train, guide, and mentor the regional employees through the AWP Safety's Management System

• Review accidents/incidents which occur in the area of responsibility and conduct field audits, reporting, and managing the corrective actions

• Participate in and support detailed incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis

• Assist in the development and presentation of relevant EHS training

• Ability to work with employees and leadership to achieve cultural change in the face of potential resistance

• Travel to branch locations and job sites as required and perform any additional duties as needed

• Visit and walk the job sites on a regular basis to establish an EHS presence and provide support

• Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly EHS Meetings/Training and schedule as needed

• Perform field safety observations during each visit

• Ability to evaluate PPE and ensure proper use and maintenance of PPE

• Conduct critical behavior-based safety observations as needed

• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Business Unit EHS Director

• Oversight and Implementation of Day-to-Day field operations

• Work with the branch leadership and field teams to ensure work practices are understood and followed

• Coordinate Business Unit, Region, and Branch level safety activities

• Conduct EHS audits and assessments of ongoing operations to measure compliance with regulatory requirements pertaining to AWP Safety's company policies and procedures

• Plans, administers and manages AWP Safety's policies, programs, procedures, and systems for assigned region

• Serves as the single point of contact for Regional and Branch leadership in the area of responsibility

• Ensures EHS policies, procedures, programs, and systems are trained and available to the employee