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Role Overview

Title: EHS Manager
Hours: Full Time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Travel: Up to 50% domestic travel, including trips up to 2 weeks
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: COO

Mission – Why We Need You

We need an EHS Manager who can do more than maintain compliance. We need a true leader who can continuously improve a proactive, accountable, and data-driven safety culture across field and operational environments.

This role is critical to creating a workplace where hazards, near misses, incidents, and environmental concerns are reported early, investigated thoroughly, and acted on quickly. You will lead the systems, behaviors, and reporting rhythms that help employees take ownership of safety, help leaders make better decisions, and help the organization prevent repeat issues before they impact people or operations.

The right person for this role is highly credible in the field, disciplined in reporting, strong in analysis, and comfortable holding teams accountable. You will use data to identify risk, prioritize action, measure performance, and continuously improve how safety is led across the organization.

Outcomes – Problems You’ll Solve

In this role, you will help the company:

• Build a culture where employees proactively report hazards, near misses, incidents, and unsafe conditions without delay.

• Increase employee ownership and accountability by reinforcing that safety is everyone’s responsibility, not just the EHS team’s.

• Establish a data-driven EHS operating rhythm using leading indicators, lagging indicators, trend analysis, and KPI reporting.

• Improve the quality, speed, and consistency of incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and closure verification.

• Identify recurring risks earlier through field observations, inspections, audits, and strong reporting discipline.

• Give operations leaders clear, actionable insights through timely dashboards, reports, and performance reviews.

• Strengthen compliance with company standards and all applicable local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations.

• Reduce repeat incidents and unresolved findings by ensuring corrective actions have clear owners, deadlines, and measurable follow-through.

Responsibilities – What You’ll Do

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of environmental, health, and safety programs, policies, procedures, and standards across operations.

• Own the EHS management system, including reporting processes, KPI tracking, data integrity, corrective action management, and regulatory recordkeeping.

• Build and maintain a data-driven approach to EHS by analyzing trends, identifying leading risk indicators, and translating findings into clear action plans.

• Develop regular reporting dashboards and communicate performance trends, open risks, recurring issues, and corrective action status to operations leadership and executive stakeholders.

• Drive a proactive reporting culture by setting expectations for immediate reporting, accurate documentation, and timely response to hazards, near misses, incidents, injuries, and environmental events.

• Lead incident response and investigations, including fact gathering, root cause analysis, corrective action development, ownership assignment, and closure verification.

• Conduct regular field visits, inspections, audits, and safety observations to identify risks early, validate compliance, and reinforce standards in the field.

• Partner with supervisors and managers to strengthen frontline safety leadership, improve accountability, and coach teams toward better ownership and follow-through.

• Design, coordinate, and deliver effective new hire orientation, refresher training, and targeted training based on operational risk and performance trends.

• Review EHS data to identify gaps in behavior, training, equipment, procedures, and supervision, and drive corrective actions before issues escalate.

• Ensure OSHA-compliant injury, illness, accident, and loss prevention records are accurate, current, and audit-ready.

• Oversee environmental reporting requirements and hazardous waste handling processes in compliance with applicable regulations.

• Support the development and revision of Safety Policies, Standard Operating Procedures, Job Safety Analyses, and other technical documentation.

• Identify safety equipment and PPE needs in partnership with field leadership and ensure equipment is available, maintained, and aligned with operational risk.

• Support emergency preparedness and response, including after-hours response when urgent safety issues require immediate action.

• Provide leadership to EHS personnel, contractors, or site safety representatives as applicable, and help set the standard for how EHS is led across the business.

Competencies – What We’re Looking For

• A true leader with the confidence and credibility to influence operations, challenge unsafe behaviors, and hold teams accountable.

• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive action, not just make recommendations.

• Deep commitment to proactive reporting, fast follow-through, and disciplined execution.

• Data-driven approach to decision-making, with the ability to use metrics, trends, and root cause findings to prioritize risk reduction.

• Strong analytical capability, including KPI interpretation, trend analysis, and translating data into practical next steps.

• Ability to build trust with frontline employees while maintaining high standards and clear expectations.

• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with both field teams and executives.

• Strong judgment, urgency, and follow-through in high-risk and fast-moving environments.

• Ability to balance coaching and support with firmness and accountability.

• Highly organized and capable of managing multiple sites, priorities, deadlines, and reporting requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of certifications and experience also considered.

• 7+ years of progressive EHS experience in drilling, energy, industrial, construction, field operations, or similarly high-risk environments.

• Prior experience in a manager-level or lead-level EHS role with responsibility for program ownership, reporting, and cross-functional influence.

• OSHA 30 Certification in General Industry required.

• Strong working knowledge of applicable safety practices and regulatory requirements, including fall protection, confined space entry, hazard communication, PPE, tool use, electrical safety, incident investigation, and emergency response.

• Experience creating or managing EHS dashboards, scorecards, leading and lagging indicators, and executive-level reporting.

• Experience driving corrective action systems and ensuring measurable closure of audit, inspection, and incident findings.

• Certified and Competent Trainer for Powered Industrial Trucks preferred.

• Experience writing and improving procedures, JSAs, and training materials.

• Strong Microsoft Office skills required, especially Excel and PowerPoint; experience with EHS systems, databases, and reporting tools strongly preferred.

• Valid driver’s license with a driving record acceptable to the company’s driving safety program.

• Ability to obtain additional OSHA and other certifications as needed.

Working Style

• Field-first and highly visible, not reactive and not desk-bound.

• Leads through presence, clarity, consistency, and accountability.

• Comfortable spending significant time in operational environments, building relationships, and addressing issues directly.

• Highly disciplined in reporting, documentation, and follow-through.

• Uses data to ask better questions, identify patterns, and drive smarter decisions.

• Moves quickly on urgent issues while maintaining strong judgment and attention to detail.

• Able to work independently, influence without authority, and partner effectively with leaders across operations.

• Sets a tone of ownership by expecting employees and leaders alike to speak up early, act responsibly, and close the loop.

Physical Requirements

• Sit approximately 30% of the time and stand up to 70% of the time.

• Lift up to 50 pounds repeatedly.

• Wear all required PPE in accordance with safety procedures and regulations.

• Stand for long periods with moderate bending, stooping, and kneeling.

• Work in severe weather conditions.

• Climb ladders, rigs, and other elevated work areas and walk on uneven surfaces.

Benefits

Location, Salary, and Benefits

• The position is located in UT

• Salaried

• 10 Paid holidays

• 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

• 401k

• Paid Parental Leave

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.