[Hiring] Contract EHS Manager @LG Energy Solution Vertech, Inc.

Role Description

The EHS Manager leads the Environmental, Health & Safety program for battery energy storage service operations—including field maintenance, warranty service, troubleshooting, and emergency response—while also owning the development and delivery of technical and compliance training. This role ensures safe, compliant, and reliable work across service sites, with an emphasis on lithium-ion and alternative chemistries, high-energy electrical hazards, work quality assurance, and contractor management.

The responsibilities are distributed between EHS (program management, compliance, investigations, audits) and Training (program design, support to standard operating procedures documentation).

Primary Responsibilities

• EHS Leadership, Quality and Compliance
  • Program Ownership: Build, implement, and continuously improve EHS programs aligned to BESS service risks.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Maintain compliance with OSHA, EPA, NFPA 70E, NEC/IEC, DOT/HazMat, RCRA, and fire codes; manage permits and reporting; perform and oversee work quality inspections to ensure service tasks are completed safely, correctly, and in accordance with technical standards and procedures.
  • Risk Assessment: Lead JHAs/JSAs, hazard analyses, change management, and pre-task evaluations.
  • Incident Management: Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions.
  • Quality Assurance & Field Execution: Establish and perform field quality audits and work verifications alongside safety audit.
  • Verify adherence to process gates criteria’s, operating procedures, preventative maintenance quality standards and identify quality issues, rework drivers, and systemic execution issues.
  • Emergency Preparedness: Develop and drill ERP for BESS scenarios.
  • Contractor & Client Interface: Prequalify vendors and ensure certification alignment.
  • Data & KPIs: Track leading/lagging indicators and present leadership.
  • Environmental Stewardship: Oversee battery handling, waste management, and spill prevention.
  • Culture & Engagement: Promote safety culture and facilitate committees.
• Training Development & Delivery
  • Curriculum Design: Support development of training for field technicians and supervisors.
  • Competency & Qualification: Support development of skills matrix and assessments.
  • Training tracking: Track and report training completion.
  • Vendor & Certification Management: Coordinate external training providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 5–8+ years of EHS experience in energy or industrial field service.
• Strong experience with electrical safety (NFPA 70E), LOTO, audits, and investigations.
• Knowledge of OSHA, EPA/RCRA, DOT/HazMat, and NFPA.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Valid driver’s license.

Working Conditions/Office Environment/Travel

• Location: Remote - must be located on the East or Central Region.
• Travel: Up to 30%.
• Reports to: Central Operations Manager (with dotted line to Director EHS).