Regional Environmental Health & Safety (Ehs) Manager

We're Not Just in the Packaging Business-We're in the "Wow" Business

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Why Join Pregis?

Pregis is in the packaging business to protect what matters. We are committed to providing our customers and employees sustainable growth through purpose-driven innovation and customer-centric packaging solutions. If you are looking for a company that is thriving across various high growth industries and is innovative, customer focused, high integrity, believes in strong teamwork and collaboration, Pregis is the company for you. Check out the Pregis Purpose to learn how sustainability and social responsibility is at the very core of our company DNA. Pregis LLC is a leading provider of innovative protective packaging materials and systems. We are headquartered in Chicago and operate multiple Global manufacturing and warehouse facilities devoted to protective packaging solutions.

The Regional Environmental Health & Safety Manager is a senior leader and change agent responsible for advancing environmental, health, and safety performance across multiple manufacturing sites. This role goes beyond compliance oversight and serves as a strategic partner to operations leadership, building site capability, driving systemic risk reduction, and ensuring EHS is fully integrated into how the business operates. You will develop and coach site EHS leaders, strengthen technical and leadership capability across the region, and ensure consistent execution of enterprise EHS standards while enabling operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Regional Leadership & Site Development

• Lead, coach, and develop site EHS Managers to strengthen technical expertise, leadership effectiveness, and business influence
• Build organizational capability by ensuring sites can independently identify, assess, and reduce risk
• Serve as a mentor and escalation point for complex EHS challenges
• Drive consistency in expectations, prioritization, and execution across all sites

Strategy Deployment & System Integration

• Translate corporate EHS strategy into clear regional priorities and executable plans
• Ensure EHS systems, standards, and tools are effectively deployed and integrated into site operations
• Drive alignment between safety, operational, and business objectives
• Ensure safety is embedded into capital planning, engineering design, and operational processes

Risk Reduction & Technical Excellence

• Ensure a disciplined, data-driven approach to hazard identification and risk prioritization across sites
• Elevate focus on engineering and systems-based solutions over administrative controls
• Provide guidance on complex regulatory, industrial hygiene, process safety, and environmental risks
• Ensure consistent application of the hierarchy of controls across the region

Performance Management & Data Utilization

• Analyze regional performance trends (injuries, near misses, audits, exposures, compliance metrics)
• Establish clear targets aligned with corporate goals
• Use data and leading indicators to proactively identify gaps and drive action
• Hold sites accountable for performance and sustainable corrective action completion

Audit, Governance & Compliance Assurance

• Ensure robust audit systems are in place to assess both compliance and system effectiveness
• Validate the quality of incident investigations and root cause analysis
• Ensure timely closure of corrective actions that address systemic issues
• Minimize regulatory risk by ensuring sites always maintain audit-ready processes

Operational Partnership & Change Leadership

• Partner with Operations leadership to balance safety, quality, delivery, and cost
• Influence decision making by clearly communicating risk and operational impact
• Lead and support change management efforts related to new processes, equipment, and business initiatives
• Ensure EHS considerations are proactively addressed, not reactively managed

Continuous Improvement & Standardization

• Identify systemic gaps and drive standardization across sites where it improves performance
• Champion Lean EHS principles to eliminate waste and reduce variation
• Lead or support regional and corporate EHS improvement initiatives
• Share best practices and scale successful solutions across the network

Job Requirements:

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority, driving alignment on safety and process improvement initiatives
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to clearly translate complex processes into understandable procedures and training materials
• Proven capability to collect, interpret, and leverage data to drive decision-making and continuous improvement
• High level of organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Ability to travel (15-30%) between regional sites

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of EHS experience, including multi-site or regional responsibility
• Experience leading and developing EHS professionals
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and applicable regulatory frameworks
• Preferred certifications: CSP, CIH, CHMM

Physical Demands: This position requires regular standing and sitting for extended periods. Regular typing/keyboarding, writing, and filing. Must be able to communicate with all levels of employees, vendors, customers, and visitors. Must also be able to work in a high-stress environment.

Working Environment: Hybrid environment in both office and manufacturing areas with routine visits to production floors across multiple locations.

Our Growth Culture: We thrive in an open transparent environment where we constantly challenge our team members to share their diversity of thought by incorporating round table discussions, regular 1:1's and maintaining a collaborative environment.

Benefits & Rewards At Pregis, we invest in our employees' success both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive compensation package, eligible employees may qualify for a sign-on incentive, relocation package, or gain-sharing programs. We also offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance.

Comprehensive Benefits

• Medical plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Dental and Vision coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• 10% annual bonus incentive
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Assistance and Continuous Development
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting
• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, and Excellent Work-Life Balance
• Hybrid work model and workplace flexibility
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Military Leave

Pregis Core Values

Integrity- The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. Here at Pregis, we value our people and expect the highest quality from each.

Collaboration- Combination action of a group of people, especially when effective and efficient. Pregis strives to hire people that want to win as a team. We look for these qualities when interviewing and value the people that want to strive for the greater good!

Customer Focus- We recognize that having a strong customer focus means having a strong contribution of overall success. We are about putting our customers and their satisfaction first! When recruiting for the right fit, we strive to find this quality in our candidates as a priority for both internal and external customer basis.

Innovation- Here at Pregis, we are always innovating and keeping up with the newest technology to stay proactive within the market.

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