Job Description Summary

Job Description

Working at our Grand Rapids Facility

For more than 15 years our manufacturing facilities in Grand Rapids have helped fuel the growth and success of GE Aerospace. Were producing high quality electronics and avionics parts and equipment to exacting standards. This includes Avionics Computing Systems Mission Systems Navigation and Guidance Systems and Vehicle Health & Data Management products. Were the career home for union and non-union employees who seek purpose and challenge in their careers people just like you.

Role Overview

The Sr EHS Manager is responsible for leading the strategy execution and continuous improvement of environmental health and safety programs across operations and site facilities. This role ensures compliance with applicable regulatory and company requirements reduces operational risk and drives a proactive safety culture that supports Safety Quality Delivery and Cost.

The leader partners closely with Operations Engineering Facilities Maintenance Security Human Resources and site leadership to integrate EHS into daily management capital planning facility operations contractor oversight and business decision-making. The role is accountable for fixed facility EHS performance operational risk reduction regulatory readiness and sustainable compliance.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Drive a strong safety culture through visible leadership engagement accountability and employee involvement.
• Partner with leadership to identify assess and mitigate workplace risks.
• Ensure EHS requirements are embedded into standard work process changes new equipment introduction and daily operating rhythms.
• Support incident prevention through hazard recognition risk assessments layered audits and corrective/preventive actions.
• Lead incident investigation processes including root cause analysis corrective action tracking and effectiveness verification.
• Oversee EHS aspects of contractor safety permit-to-work processes lockout/tagout coordination confined space hot work line breaking and high-risk maintenance tasks.
• Partner with Facilities and Engineering teams on construction renovation capital projects and infrastructure modifications to ensure EHS requirements are addressed from design through execution.
• Ensure effective management of facility-related environmental and safety risks including chemical storage waste handling air emissions wastewater stormwater and energy/utilities hazards.
• Interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into site procedures training controls and management systems.
• Lead development and maturity of EHS management systems standards and operating mechanisms including integration into daily management action planning and continuous improvement activities.
• Lead coach and develop EHS professionals and/or site EHS resources.
• Build organizational capability in risk recognition compliance ownership and operational accountability.
• Influence leaders at multiple levels and foster cross-functional ownership of EHS outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college (or a High School diploma / GED with at least 9 years of experience in manufacturing)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in EHS within manufacturing environments
• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading people

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Environmental Health & Safety Environmental Science Engineering Industrial Hygiene Occupational Safety or a related field.
• 10 years of experience in EHS within manufacturing environments.
• 10 years of experience in electrical safety and ergonomics.
• Experience leading EHS programs for both operational environments and fixed facilities/infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA EPA and applicable environmental health and safety regulations.
• Experience with incident investigation risk assessment compliance audits and corrective action management.
• Experience influencing site leadership and cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
• Professional certification such as CSP CIH CHMM PE or equivalent.
• Experience with contractor safety and construction/project EHS oversight.
• Familiarity with ISO 14001 ISO 45001 or similar management systems.
• Experience with hazardous materials management industrial hygiene ergonomics or process safety elements.
• Demonstrated success leading culture change and continuous improvement initiatives.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident U.S. Citizen have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e. a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

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