Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world.

POSITION TITLE: Environmental, Health and Safety Manager
LOCATION: Dallas, Texas

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager will provide strategic EHS guidance to assigned operations and ensure full compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations. This role is responsible for overseeing regulatory programs, developing and delivering safety and health training, and driving continuous improvement across all EHS initiatives. The EHS Manager will develop, monitor, and manage key environmental, health, and safety strategies that support both corporate objectives and site‑level performance goals. This position plays a critical role in supporting the Dallas manufacturing facility by ensuring adherence to all regulatory requirements, including environmental and safety reporting. This role reports directly to the Regional Operations Leader.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Specific responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
• Implement safe working techniques and re-enforce the safety policies, guidelines, and procedures as set out by Mativ and all regulatory agencies.
• Provide daily guidance and direction in EHS programs at designated locations to ensure a common and effective approach.
• Lead audit programs at designated location
• Responsible for investigations of possible losses; evaluating the risk in such loss exposure; developing and implementing a plan to correct or prevent a loss and audit the plan to ensure its effectiveness.
• Manage worker’s compensation cases
• Ensure that contractor personnel working on the property are in compliance with Mativ policies and safety requirements.
• Maintain and update as needed all OSHA required forms, programs and work instructions for safe work practices and equipment and utilize them in day to day training.
• Provide advice, assist, and audit line management to ensure that EHS policies and procedures are implemented and working as intended.
• Conduct employee safety orientations; emergency response training; and facilitate required and supplemental safety training programs for the operation.
• Lead coordination of inspections by regulatory agencies, ensure deficiencies are minimized and corrected and present findings and corrections to the organization.

• Lead plant safety committees, monitor action item status and coordinate activities as required to support the needs of the committee.
• Maintain all logs and documentation associated with permits and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with maintaining the Site Preparedness and Emergency Plans & Procedures.
• Lead investigations, reviews and communication regarding accidents and incidents which occur in the area of responsibility.
• Partner with Human Resources on new hire employee orientations.
• Additional duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Education & Skillsets:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a Safety Science, Safety Engineering, Industrial Hygiene or a related discipline required plus 5-7 years’ experience in EHS and manufacturing operations or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to work independently with limited supervision. Excellent communication skills. Strong organization skills and attention to detail. Analytical and problem solving skills.

• Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and apply the information contained on technical documentation, procedures, and drawings.

• Ability to speak Spanish is a must

• Team player and able to build and maintain relationships both internally and externally; solid leadership presence; project management and prioritization abilities; computer skills; availability to work flexible hours based on business needs

• Strong passion for Safety.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Professional Safety certification(s) strongly preferred.

WHAT WE OFFER

Mativ benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable.

ABOUT MATIV

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.