The EHS Manager leads the Environmental, Health and Safety function for the manufacturing operation, developing and implementing strategies aligned with business and Latin America regional objectives. This role is responsible for advancing a culture of safety and environmental responsibility while ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable environmental, health and safety regulations. The EHS Manager partners with plant leadership and regional teams to strengthen EHS systems, manage risk, and drive progress toward zero accidents and zero environmental non-compliance. The role also leads the plant EHS team and serves as a key advisor to manufacturing leadership on safety, environmental, and regulatory matters.
Why This Role Matters
- Provides strategic leadership for the plant's environmental, health and safety programs, helping protect employees while supporting safe and sustainable manufacturing operations.
- Drives compliance with applicable environmental and safety regulations, company standards, management systems, and certification requirements, reducing operational and regulatory risk.
- Strengthens the EHS culture across production and administrative areas by engaging leaders, employees, and cross-functional partners in proactive risk identification and prevention.
- Serves as a key EHS authority for the site, with responsibility for escalating critical risks and stopping activities or conditions that present unacceptable safety, environmental, or legal compliance risks.
What You Will Do
- Lead the implementation of environmental, health and safety strategies, programs, standards, and action plans to achieve site and regional EHS objectives.
- Ensure compliance with applicable environmental and safety regulations and maintain the documentation, management systems, audits, and certifications necessary to support compliance.
- Lead and develop the EHS team while promoting a strong safety and environmental culture throughout manufacturing and administrative operations.
- Lead incident investigations, risk assessments, corrective actions, and root-cause analysis to reduce workplace and environmental risks and prevent recurrence.
- Partner with plant leadership and regional and global EHS teams to coordinate initiatives, align priorities, support audits, and continuously improve EHS performance.
- Oversee environmental management activities, including ISO 14001-related processes, regulatory compliance, water treatment operations, environmental monitoring, and supporting operational controls.
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What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical, Electrical or Safety Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience leading EHS processes within a manufacturing environment, including environmental and safety regulatory compliance, incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and implementation or maintenance of ISO 14001.
- 3+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary teams, with the ability to influence across functions and drive EHS initiatives within complex manufacturing operations.
- Experience in manufacturing environment and participation in corporate or governmental audits are preferred.
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Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 63,000 people and manufactures its products in 48 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate
Goodyear is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
