Quality, Health, Safety Environment Manager

The warehouse of the future contains high-density, high-precision racking with automated pallet shuttles (like our atlas 1D) instead of wide aisles that forklifts need to pass through.

Our customers benefit from much better utilization of their warehouses (up to 70% more pallet storage than traditional rack!), maximized vertical space, improved accuracy in pallet selection, and minimized labor costs and product damage.

Over the span of more than 40 years, we’ve grown into a company with 10 manufacturing facilities, 19 commercial offices, and the know-how of around 2000 employees serving customers in 40 countries.

Early 2021, we opened our US Office and have already grown to around 50 people. It’s exciting times to be at stow!

Location: Adairsville, GA, United States

The QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety, & Environment Manager) is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving the Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management system within the plant, ensuring compliance with current regulations and Group standards. The goal is to prevent workplace incidents and foster a strong safety culture. Additionally, this role oversees the quality team and collaborates with external partners to assess and manage environmental risks.

Key Result Areas & Key Deliverables:

QHSE & Compliance:

• Responsible for motivating and ensuring that all work is done in a safe, efficient, and qualitative way.
• Ensure company operations comply with federal, state, and local QHSE laws, regulations, and standards (OSHA, EPA, etc.).
• Maintain and enforce adherence to AWS standards for all welding activities (e.g., D1.1, D1.5, etc.).
• Ensure certifications of welding personnel and procedures are current and in compliance with applicable AWS codes.
• Establish, implement, and maintain ISO 9001 management system.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

• The key responsibility is managing Health and Safety and creating a safety culture within the plant.
• Supervise and support Quality Coaches to ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Oversee quality control processes, safety programs, and environmental initiatives.
• Manage the development and implementation of QHSE policies and procedures.
• Plan and conduct internal audits; coordinate and support external audits to ensure regulatory and certification compliance.
• Ensure welding operations meet quality and safety standards through inspections, testing, and verification.
• Track, analyze, and report QHSE performance metrics to drive continuous improvement.

Incident & Accident Investigation & Prevention:

• Actively and efficiently supports supervisors and managers with incidents and accidents investigation.
• Lead and coordinate accident investigations, driving effective corrective and preventive actions in alignment with the hierarchy of controls.
• Maintain detailed incident records and ensure compliance with OSHA recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
• Promote a proactive safety culture by encouraging early hazard reporting and leading initiatives to reduce the frequency and severity of incidents.

Organization, Strategy & Policy Development:

• Collaborate with the Management Team (MT) to develop, monitor, and drive the plant’s annual plan and overall strategic objectives.
• Implements and monitors the compliance with the QHSE policy, processes, and procedures within the company.
• Establish clear KPIs for direct reports, ensuring accountability and alignment between individual responsibilities and organizational outcomes.
• Regularly verifies the satisfaction of the team members, internal and external clients and stakeholders to define and execute action plans for continuous improvement.
• Actively support and contribute to corporate sustainability goals and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Workplace Inspections & Risk Assessments:

• Responsible for the execution of workplace inspections together with supervisors and other management to coach them to spot QHSE risks, how to correct pro-actively on potentially dangerous situations and to take preventive and corrective actions.
• Implements lessons learned from inspections and findings in the form of improved processes,…