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At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

Additionally, Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup's With Distinction honor - a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that go above and beyond in building exceptional workplace cultures.

Environment, Health, & Safety Manager

Location: McKenzie, TN

Position Overview

At Allegion, we keep people safe and secure where they live, learn, work, and connect. With more than 30 brands sold in 120 countries, we specialize in security for entryways and beyond-ranging from residential and commercial locks and door closers to exit devices, steel doors and frames, access control, and productivity systems. We are seeking an experienced Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager to lead EHS and sustainability at our hollow metal facility in McKenzie, Tennessee. This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on execution to create a safe, compliant, and healthy workplace while ensuring on-time production of hollow metal doors and frames and upholding strong risk management and environmental stewardship. You will own and drive the site's EHS performance across incident prevention, regulatory compliance, training, audits, contractor safety, and sustainability, and partner with operations, maintenance, quality, and HR to embed safety into planning, change management, and daily work.

What You Will Do

• Maintain accurate EHS and sustainability metrics, develop improvement strategies, and track progress against short- and long-term goals.
• Lead incident investigations (including near misses, first aid and recordable cases), identify root causes and systemic factors, and ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
• Facilitate Safety Committee activities, Kaizen events and Job Safety Analyses to detect, reduce or eliminate hazards.
• Conduct EHS risk assessments for new projects, process changes or capital investments and collaborate with project teams to integrate effective controls.
• Develop and deliver training, awareness programs and toolbox talks based on regulations, policies or incident trends.
• Oversee the site's EHS Management System, procedures, plans, permits and standard operating procedures; conduct regular audits, update documents and drive continuous improvement.
• Manage the facility's wastewater treatment system, ensuring permit compliance, overseeing operations and maintenance, coordinating sampling and reporting, driving process optimization, and liaising with regulatory agencies.
• Develop and maintain robust emergency preparedness and response programs, including spill response and environmental incident plans.
• Direct environmental, health and safety audits and inspections, communicate findings and recommendations to facility leadership, and track closure of action items.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders-operations, maintenance, engineering and contractors-to identify EHS risks and gain alignment on priorities.
• Coach and mentor site leaders to assess and control risk, reinforce safe behaviors and integrate EHS into daily management.
• Oversee workers' compensation and return-to-work programs; coordinate medical monitoring and industrial hygiene activities as required.
• Manage regulatory reporting-air, wastewater, stormwater, hazardous waste, EPCRA, OSHA logs, DOT-and stay current with evolving Federal, State and local regulations.
• Ensure contractor and visitor compliance with EHS and security requirements.
• Support regional and corporate EHS initiatives, audits and continuous improvement projects.
• Other duties as assigned to support facility growth, productivity and risk management.

What You Will Need to Succeed

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Safety Management or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 5 years of progressive EHS experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Federal, State and local EHS regulations and permitting (Hazardous Waste, Air, Stormwater, Wastewater, OSHA, DOT, EPCRA).
• Experience managing a wastewater treatment plant or equivalent industrial water treatment system.
• Strong incident investigation, root-cause analysis and corrective action management skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and project management skills.
• Proven ability to influence and build partnerships across all levels of a matrix organization.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Preferred Experience:

• Professional certification (CSP, CIH, CHMM or CEM)
• Working knowledge of NFPA, International Building Code and FM Global standards
• Lean or Six Sigma certification or experience leading Kaizen events

Why Work for Us?

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:

• You'reseeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world,there'splenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, "this is your business, run with it".

• You'relooking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.

• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoygenerouspaid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!

• You want to work for an award-winning company that invests in its people. Allegion is proud to be a recipient of theGallup Exceptional Workplace Awardfor the second year in a row, recognizing our commitment to employee engagement,strengths-based development, and unlocking human potential.

WhatYou'llGet from Us:

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you "be safe, be healthy"

• Unlimited Paid Time Off

• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, which currently offers a 6% company match and no vesting period

• Health Savings Accounts - Tax-advantaged savings account used for healthcare expenses

• Flexible Spending Accounts - Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare expenses

• Disability Insurance -Short-Term and Long-Term coverage, paid for by Allegion, provides income replacement for illness or injury

• Life Insurance - Term life coverage with theoptiontopurchasesupplemental coverage

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Voluntary WellnessProgram - Simply complete wellness activities and earn monetary rewards

• Employee Discounts throughPerks at Work

• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can "serve others, not yourself"

• Opportunities toleverageyour unique strengths throughCliftonStrengthsassessment & coaching

Apply Today!

Join our team of experts today and help us make tomorrow's world a safer place!

Not sure if your experience perfectly aligns with the role?Studies have shown that some people are less likely to applytojobs unless they meet every single qualificationandevery single preferred qualification of a job posting. At Allegion, we are dedicated to building a diverse,inclusive,and authentic workplace. So, ifyou'reexcited about this role but yourpast experiencedoesn'talign perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to applyanyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role.

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we're required to, but because it's the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.

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