Environmental, Health and Safety Manager

Job Summary

Chatsworth Products (CPI) is an employee-owned manufacturer with four sites in California, Texas and North Carolina. The EH&S Manager leads environmental, health and safety across all sites, managing three site Safety Coordinators, serving as CPI’s primary contact with OSHA and environmental agencies, and building a proactive safety culture.

Essential Functions

Team Leadership & Program Management

• Supervision: Leads and develops three site Safety Coordinators.
• Goals & Metrics: Sets annual proactive safety goals and reports progress at Quarterly Owners Meetings.
• Audits: Conducts regular safety audits at each site to ensure OSHA readiness and drive corrective action.
• Compliance Programs: Manages the corporate compliance calendar (required training, drills and inspections), safety recordkeeping and monthly Safety Huddles.
• Business Continuity: Maintains CPI’s disaster recovery and business continuity plan.
• Budget: Develops and manages the EHS operating budget for all four sites.

Regulatory Compliance

• Health and Safety: Develops, updates and enforces written safety policies based on the risks and exposures at each facility, meeting Cal/OSHA (Title 8, IIPP), North Carolina DOL and Federal OSHA requirements.
• Agency Relations: Represents CPI during OSHA inspections and complaints, including abatement and informal conferences.
• Environmental: Manages permits, monitoring and reporting (stormwater, hazardous waste, wastewater, air and chemical inventory) with signatory authority; selects and directs outside consultants as needed.
• Sustainability: Supports greenhouse gas reporting, ISO 14001 adoption and product environmental declarations (REACH, RoHS, Prop 65, etc.).
• Risk & Insurance: Partners with HR on workers’ compensation; coordinates insurer loss-prevention visits and industrial hygiene surveys.

Systems Administration

EHS & Security Systems: Administers the EHS management software (incident reporting, audits, SDS, etc.), safety and site security access systems.

Additional Functions

• Serves as a company-wide EHS resource and promotes every employee-owner’s responsibility for safety.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Core Competencies

• Ethics, Values, Integrity & Trust - Adheres and acts in line with CPI core values.
• Functional/Technical Skills - Possesses high level of skill, knowledge and ability in assigned functional area.
• Interpersonal Skills - Uses diplomacy and tact. Uses collaborative skills.
• Action Oriented & Adaptability - Takes initiative; acts promptly; is proactive.
• Priority Setting, Planning & Organizing- Uses resources effectively and efficiently.
• Problem Solving & Creativity - Uses logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions.
• Listening, Informing and Written Communications - Practices attentive and active listening. Shares information. Presents ideas and facts clearly and effectively.
• Timely & Quality Decision Making – Focuses on achieving results in an effective and timely manner.
• Building Effective Teams and Directing Others - Inspires and guides individuals toward common goal achievement. Establish clear directions.

Required

Technical Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science or a related field.
• 8+ years of safety experience, including 3+ in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA and environmental compliance in multi-site manufacturing.
• Experience with budgeting, emergency planning and business continuity.
• Proficiency with EHS management software and Microsoft Office.

Preferred

• Senior EHS leadership in a multi-site organization.
• Professional certification (CSP, ASP, CHMM or CIH).
• ISO 14001, emergency management (NIMS/ICS) or facility security experience.
• Fluency in Spanish.

Physical/Environmental Requirements

• Office and manufacturing plant environment; PPE required on the production floor.
• Travel up to 40% between sites.
• Extended walking and standing during audits; stairs.
• Lift up to 50 lbs.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $150,000/year