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Lean & Business Efficiency – Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager

Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

REMOTE - USA

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• The EHS Business Efficiency Manager is responsible for driving operational excellence across Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) programs by integrating lean methodologies, continuous improvement practices, and strategic business support.
• This role focuses on enhancing efficiency, strengthening safety culture, and optimizing performance through data-driven decision-making and cross-functional collaboration.
• Partnering closely with operations and field leadership, this role leads and facilitates learning team events, supports site-level execution, and identifies opportunities to improve processes, reduce risk, and increase overall effectiveness.
• The EHS Business Efficiency Manager plays a key role in aligning EHS initiatives with business objectives while ensuring consistent implementation of programs and standards across the enterprise.
• Additionally, the position provides onsite training support, advances procurement excellence by ensuring alignment with EHS expectations, and strengthens client relationships by delivering value-driven safety solutions.
• Success in this role requires strong interpersonal skills, the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, and a commitment to building a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and care.
• PRIMARY DUTIES/KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Drive Operational Efficiency: Lead the integration of lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies to enhance EHS and operational performance across the business.
• Facilitate Learning Team Events: Plan and lead learning team sessions to identify root causes, share insights, and implement sustainable improvements that reduce risk and improve outcomes.
• Partner with Operations: Collaborate with business and field leadership to align EHS initiatives with operational goals, ensuring practical, effective, and scalable solutions.
• Enhance EHS Program Effectiveness: Support the execution and continuous improvement of EHS programs, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Provide Onsite Support & Training: Deliver hands-on field engagement and targeted training to reinforce safe work practices, improve adoption of processes, and build local capability.
• Advance Procurement Excellence: Partner with procurement and vendor management teams to ensure EHS expectations are embedded in sourcing, contractor management, and supplier performance.
• Strengthen Client Relationships: Support client engagement by promoting EHS value, ensuring alignment with client expectations, and contributing to strong, trust-based partnerships.
• Leverage Data & Insights: Utilize metrics, trends, and performance data to identify gaps, prioritize actions, and drive informed decision-making.
• Promote Culture of Continuous Improvement: Champion a culture of accountability, learning, and innovation across One EHS Team approach and operations.
• Influence & Engage Stakeholders: Build strong relationships across all levels of the organization to drive alignment, engagement, and sustained performance improvement.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years’ experience in a related field.
• Experience supporting EHS programs within a large company environment.
• Experience leading projects and a strong understanding of Lean Principles.
• Strong interpersonal skills that foster teambuilding and “buy-in” of new initiatives and goals at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements and facilitating requirements gathering sessions.
• Lean Six Sigma experience (Yellow, Green, Black Belts a plus).

🏖️ Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations.
• Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
• Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

Skills & Technologies

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About Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Cox Enterprises is a privately held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1898, it operates through three primary divisions: Cox Communications, the third-largest U.S. cable television and broadband provider; Cox Automotive, offering digital and physical services for vehicle remarketing; and Cox Media Group, encompassing broadcast television, radio, newspapers, and digital platforms. The company also has clean-tech and sustainable innovation investments through Cox Cleantech. Family-owned and committed to corporate responsibility, Cox focuses on environmental sustainability, community engagement, and employee ownership while serving millions of consumers and businesses across telecommunications, automotive services, and media markets.

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