Our client located in Louisville, KY has an immediate need for an Occupational Health & Safety Professional. This is a direct hire opportunity.

Client Profile
Our client is a well established manufacturing organization with a large and complex Louisville operation combining heavy industrial aluminum processing with packaging and finishing operations. The facility employs approximately 650 people and provides an excellent environment for an early career EHS professional to gain significant hands on experience within a sophisticated manufacturing operation.

Occupational Health & Safety Professional Role
The Occupational Health & Safety Professional will serve as a highly visible, boots on the ground safety resource supporting employees, supervisors, engineers and plant leadership throughout the Louisville facility.

This position is designed for an early career EHS professional who wants to build strong technical and operational experience in a complex manufacturing environment. The successful candidate does not need years of heavy industrial experience, but they must bring a solid foundation in occupational safety, the ability to learn complex processes, strong communication skills and the confidence to positively influence safe behavior on the manufacturing floor.

Approximately 70% of this position will be spent in the manufacturing environment, with the remaining 30% supporting documentation, investigations, training, reporting and other EHS activities.

The Occupational Health & Safety Professional will work closely with the EHS Manager and broader plant team to implement and sustain safety systems while helping the organization continue developing a more proactive approach to workplace safety.

What Success Looks Like

• Establish credibility and productive relationships with frontline employees, supervisors, engineers and plant leadership
• Become a visible and approachable safety resource throughout the manufacturing operation
• Develop enough knowledge of plant operations to independently identify hazards and address unsafe behaviors
• Communicate safety requirements confidently and professionally, including situations requiring an employee to change an unsafe practice
• Demonstrate curiosity and the ability to quickly learn complex manufacturing processes and EHS requirements
• Collaborate effectively with operations, engineering and other EHS team members
• Help employees understand not only what safety requirements exist, but why those requirements matter
• Contribute to a proactive safety culture focused on identifying and reducing risk before incidents occur
• Continue developing technical EHS knowledge under the guidance of experienced EHS leadership

Responsibilities

• Spend significant time on the manufacturing floor supporting employees, supervisors and operational leaders
• Conduct safety inspections, audits and workplace risk assessments
• Identify hazards and work with employees and leadership to implement corrective and preventive actions
• Independently address unsafe behaviors and reinforce established safety expectations
• Participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis and corrective action planning
• Support ergonomic evaluations and other workplace exposure assessments
• Assist with implementation and maintenance of occupational health and safety programs
• Support compliance with OSHA and other applicable regulatory requirements
• Maintain required EHS documentation, records and performance metrics
• Participate in new employee safety orientation and training
• Support training related to lockout/tagout, confined space and other critical manufacturing safety programs
• Participate in safety committees and cross functional improvement initiatives
• Support industrial hygiene, hearing conservation and respiratory protection programs
• Assist with emergency response planning, training and preparedness
• Support Behavioral Based Safety and continuous improvement initiatives
• Work collaboratively with engineering and operations on projects and process changes
• Assist with environmental compliance activities as needed

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Engineering, engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 0–2 years of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) experience (can include internships/co-ops)
• Basic understanding of occupational safety principles and what makes an effective workplace safety program
• Familiarity with core manufacturing safety concepts (risk assessment, lockout/tagout, confined space, hazard identification)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Confidence communicating with frontline employees and plant leadership
• Demonstrated ability to learn technical/complex subject matter
• Collaborative, team-oriented approach
• Ability to positively influence others and address safety concerns professionally
• Comfortable spending most of the workday in an active manufacturing environment

Preferred Skills:

• Recent graduates with relevant safety internships, co-ops, or manufacturing experience
• OSHA 30 training (or comparable knowledge)
• Heavy industrial manufacturing experience (plus, not required)
• Union manufacturing experience (plus, not required)

Schedule
First shift, Monday through Friday
Approximately 70% plant floor and 30% office based responsibilities
Occasional communication outside normal business hours may be required to support a manufacturing operation with areas running 24/7

Features:

• Excellent opportunity for an early career EHS professional to accelerate their development
• Hands on experience within a large, complex manufacturing facility
• Direct exposure to experienced EHS, engineering, operations and plant leadership
• Opportunity to develop across a broad range of occupational safety programs
• Significant plant floor experience rather than a primarily administrative EHS role
• Opportunity to contribute to meaningful safety initiatives and continuous improvement projects
• Long term advancement opportunities across multiple facilities and business units
• Stable manufacturing organization with a long history of operations in Louisville

Benefits:

• Approximate Compensation Range: $66,000- $90,750
• Healthcare Benefits and various Wellness Programs
• PTO and Holiday
• 401k with match
• And so much more
• Highly visible leadership opportunity within a large manufacturing operation
• Significant opportunity for professional development and advancement
• Exposure to complex heavy industrial and manufacturing operations
• Opportunity to lead meaningful safety and capital improvement initiatives
• Strong organizational investment in environmental, health and safety programs
• Career opportunities across multiple facilities and business units

Our client located in Louisville, KY has an immediate need for an Environmental Health & Safety Manager. This is a direct hire opportunity.

Client Profile

Our client is a well-established manufacturing organization with a large, complex Louisville operation combining heavy industrial processing with packaging and finishing operations. This is a highly visible leadership opportunity within one of the organization's most complex manufacturing facilities, supporting approximately 650 employees in a heavily unionized environment.

The organization is making a significant investment in advancing its safety culture and is seeking an EHS leader who can help move the operation beyond reactive safety management toward a more proactive, prevention-focused approach.

Environmental Health & Safety Manager Role

The Environmental Health & Safety Manager will serve as a key member of the plant leadership team and provide strategic leadership and technical direction for environmental, health and safety programs across the Louisville operation.

This is not solely a compliance-focused EHS position. The successful candidate will be expected to lead people, influence behavior and drive cultural change throughout a large and complex manufacturing environment.

The EHS Manager will lead a team of technical EHS professionals and security personnel while partnering closely with the Plant Manager, EHS Director, operations, maintenance, engineering and union employees.

The ideal candidate must be equally comfortable coaching a direct report, challenging an experienced operational leader, working alongside employees on the manufacturing floor and presenting safety performance and initiatives to the entire plant population.

A major focus of the position will be continuing the organization's evolution from a historically reactive approach to safety toward a proactive culture centered around risk identification, prevention, employee engagement and accountability.

Leadership & Safety Culture

• Lead the development and execution of a proactive EHS strategy for a large, complex manufacturing operation

• Champion the continued transition from reactive incident management toward proactive risk identification and prevention

• Build credibility and influence across operations, maintenance, engineering, plant leadership and the hourly workforce

• Lead, coach and develop EHS professionals and other direct reports

• Champion cross-functional safety initiatives and personally lead projects involving managers, engineers, supervisors and hourly employees

• Develop employees through coaching, accountability and performance management

• Present safety performance, priorities and initiatives during plant-wide employee town halls

• Establish a visible presence throughout the manufacturing operation and actively engage employees on the plant floor

• Partner with plant leadership to integrate safety considerations into operational and business decisions

• Drive Behavioral Based Safety, employee engagement and continuous improvement initiatives

Union & Employee Relations

• Build productive working relationships within a highly unionized manufacturing environment

• Communicate effectively with union employees regarding safety expectations, initiatives and operational changes

• Partner with operational leaders and employees to gain support for safety programs and improvements

• Navigate differing viewpoints while maintaining credibility, consistency and appropriate safety standards

• Influence employee behavior and safety performance through communication, education, visibility and relationship building

EHS Technical Leadership

• Provide leadership and oversight for environmental, occupational health and safety programs

• Partner with technical EHS resources to maintain compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, state and local requirements

• Oversee environmental compliance activities including permitting, reporting, hazardous waste, air emissions, wastewater and related programs

• Lead and support incident investigations, root cause analysis and corrective action initiatives

• Evaluate EHS risks and develop strategies to reduce employee exposure and operational risk

• Monitor EHS performance, identify trends and establish improvement priorities

• Support regulatory inspections and ensure appropriate corrective actions and responses

• Maintain emergency preparedness and response programs

• Provide oversight and leadership for case management activities

• Partner with engineering and operations on capital projects and EHS improvements

Background Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Environmental Engineering, Engineering, a technical discipline or related field

• Progressive environmental, health and safety experience within manufacturing or industrial operations

• Heavy industrial manufacturing experience strongly preferred

• Demonstrated experience directly leading, coaching and developing employees

• Proven ability to personally lead major EHS projects or initiatives involving cross-functional teams

• Demonstrated success influencing operations, maintenance, engineering and hourly employees

• Experience working within a unionized manufacturing environment strongly preferred

• Experience supporting a large hourly employee population preferred

• Demonstrated ability to move safety programs beyond compliance and reactive incident management toward proactive risk prevention

• Strong understanding of occupational safety and environmental compliance requirements

• Behavioral Based Safety experience

• Strong incident investigation, root cause analysis and case management experience

• Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to establish credibility with employees ranging from plant floor personnel to senior leadership

• Strong strategic thinking, project management and problem-solving capabilities

• CSP, CIH, CHP or advanced degree is a plus

Benefits & Features

• Healthcare benefits and various wellness programs

• PTO and paid holidays

• 401(k) with company match

• Highly visible leadership opportunity within a large manufacturing operation

• Significant opportunity for professional development and advancement

• Exposure to complex heavy industrial and manufacturing operations

• Opportunity to lead meaningful safety and capital improvement initiatives

• Strong organizational investment in environmental, health and safety programs

• Career opportunities across multiple facilities and business units

Apply Today

If you are an experienced EHS leader looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on safety culture within a complex manufacturing environment, we encourage you to apply today.