Manager, EHS

Position summary:

The Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the site's Environmental, Health & Safety programs. This role partners with manufacturing and business leaders to ensure compliance with environmental and occupational safety regulations while fostering a proactive, employee-centered safety culture. The EHS Manager serves as the site's subject matter expert for regulatory compliance, risk management, incident prevention, emergency preparedness, and environmental stewardship.

What You'll Do

• Lead the site's Environmental, Health & Safety strategy, ensuring compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, and company requirements.

• Drive a proactive safety culture through employee engagement, training, risk identification, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Develop, implement, and maintain EHS programs, policies, procedures, and standards supporting safe manufacturing operations.

• Lead hazard identification, risk assessments, incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action programs.

• Partner with operations leaders, safety champions, and employees to reduce workplace risk and improve safety performance.

• Manage emergency preparedness programs, including evacuation planning, response procedures, drills, and business continuity support.

• Deliver EHS training programs for employees, contractors, and site leadership while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Establish and track EHS metrics, analyze trends, and provide regular updates to site leadership on program effectiveness and compliance performance.

• Lead internal audits and inspections while supporting external regulatory interactions and compliance assessments.

• Monitor regulatory changes and ensure timely implementation of new environmental, health, and safety requirements.

• Manage EHS projects, consultants, budgets, and corrective action plans to achieve site goals and compliance objectives.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to site leadership by providing technical expertise and practical solutions that strengthen employee safety, environmental compliance, and operational performance.

Minimum Qualifications & experience:

• Bachelors Degree required

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience supporting Environmental, Health & Safety programs within a manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior direct supervisory experience required.

• Experience developing, delivering, and executing EHS training programs.

• Knowledge of process design and implementation, change control, auditing, SOP development, document management, and risk management systems.

• Demonstrated knowledge of OSHA and applicable federal, state, and local EHS regulations.

• Experience in GMP-regulated manufacturing environments preferred.

• Professional certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Safety Manager (CSM), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), or equivalent preferred.

• EHS experience within a manufacturing facility strongly preferred.

• Knowledge of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 (or ISO 45001) preferred.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

USN : $102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual

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Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.