Manager, Environmental Health & Safety, Specs Operations

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Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.

We're looking for an experienced Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager to provide strategic leadership for EHS programs across Specs Operations. This role will establish and drive a unified EHS strategy, ensure regulatory compliance, strengthen risk management programs, and foster a world class safety culture across manufacturing, R&D, engineering, and operational environments.

This position serves as the EHS leader for Specs Operations, with responsibility for EHS strategy, governance, and program execution across the Abingdon, UK, Chandler, Arizona, and other Specs locations as business needs evolve.

The role may be based in either London or Abingdon, UK. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain a strong operational presence within the business through regular and significant time spent in Abingdon, partnering closely with site leadership, engineering, manufacturing, facilities, and workplace teams. The role also requires occasional international travel to Chandler, Arizona and other Specs locations to support operational initiatives, audits, expansion projects, leadership engagement, and program implementation activities.

What you'll do: EHS Strategy & Leadership

• Lead the development, governance, and continuous improvement of EHS standards, programs, and strategic initiatives across Specs Operations globally, ensuring consistency while enabling site specific operational requirements.
• Establish annual EHS objectives, key results, and performance indicators for Abingdon, Chandler, and other assigned Specs locations.
• Present EHS performance, emerging risks, compliance status, and strategic initiatives to senior leadership and executive stakeholders, enabling informed business and operational decisions.
• Provide leadership and direction for EHS Specialists, including performance management, coaching, career development, and succession planning.
• Influence organizational decision making by integrating EHS considerations into operational, engineering, and business planning processes.
• Build a high performance safety culture focused on accountability, risk reduction, and continuous improvement.

Governance, Compliance & Risk Management

• Own EHS management systems, ensuring alignment with ISO 14001, ISO 45001, HSG65 principles, and Snap corporate standards.
• Provide strategic oversight of compliance with applicable UK, U.S., and local environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Establish governance processes for compliance, auditing, inspections, corrective actions, and management reviews.
• Lead enterprise level risk assessments for manufacturing, cleanroom, and R&D operations.
• Ensure effective management of regulatory obligations, permits, compliance documentation, agency interactions, and external audits.

Manufacturing, R&D and High Hazard Program Ownership

• Own EHS programs supporting manufacturing, engineering, R&D, cleanroom, facilities, and operational functions.
• Provide strategic oversight of hazardous materials, hazardous waste, chemical safety, machine safety, contractor safety, laser safety, industrial hygiene, and hazardous gas safety programs.
• Establish governance and performance standards for hazardous gas systems, including toxic and hazardous gas storage, distribution, monitoring, and emergency response programs.
• Partner with Engineering, Facilities, Manufacturing, Workplace Services, and Operations leaders to ensure EHS requirements are integrated into facility design, equipment procurement, commissioning, and operational changes.
• Provide EHS leadership for capital projects, facility expansions, equipment installations, new technologies, and operational scale up initiatives through proactive risk management and design review.

Organizational Capability & Culture

• Develop EHS competency frameworks, training strategies, and leadership engagement programs for employees, contractors, and leaders.
• Lead safety committees, emergency response teams, and cross functional governance forums to strengthen accountability and operational excellence.
• Promote the sharing of lessons learned, best practices, and standardized methodologies across locations.

Program Management & Continuous Improvement

• Establish EHS maturity assessments and continuous improvement roadmaps.
• Manage EHS budgets, resource planning, and annual objectives.
• Utilize data analytics, leading indicators, and risk trends to identify opportunities for operational improvement and risk reduction.
• Develop business cases and strategic recommendations for EHS investments, staffing, and growth initiatives.

Incident Management & Emergency Preparedness

• Lead investigations of serious incidents, significant near misses, and high potential events across assigned Specs locations.
• Ensure robust root cause analysis methodologies are applied and corrective actions are effectively implemented and sustained.
• Oversee emergency preparedness and EHS business continuity programs across assigned Specs locations, ensuring organizational readiness for operational disruptions, emergency events, and EHS business continuity risks.
• Provide strategic leadership during significant incidents and emergency events, coordinating with site leadership, Security, Workplace Services, and executive stakeholders to support response and recovery efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Engineering, Occupational Health, Environmental Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of progressive Environmental Health & Safety experience.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience managing EHS professionals or leading multi site EHS programs.
• Expert knowledge of EHS management systems, regulatory compliance, risk management, and strategic program development in manufacturing, R&D, cleanroom, semiconductor, advanced technology, or hardware development environments.
• Experience managing EHS programs within manufacturing, R&D, cleanroom, semiconductor, advanced technology, or hardware development environments.
• Experience leading EHS programs across multiple locations, business units, or regulatory jurisdictions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to communicate technical and regulatory risks to executive and non technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• NEBOSH Diploma (Level 6), CSP, CMIOSH, or equivalent advanced EHS qualification.
• Experience leading EHS programs across multiple countries and regulatory jurisdictions.
• Experience leading EHS governance programs within global hardware, manufacturing, semiconductor, or advanced technology organizations.
• Demonstrated success building EHS organizations during periods of rapid growth, expansion, operational transformation, mergers, acquisitions, or facility growth initiatives.

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At Snap Inc. we believe being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. Snap expects team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.

We believe that a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

Our benefits reflect your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long term success!