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JEFFREY MANN
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JEFFREY MANN

Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability Leader
Marshalltown,IA

Work Preference

Job Search Status

Open to work

Desired Job Title

EHS DirectorRegional EHS Manager

Work Type

Full Time

Location Preference

RemoteHybrid
Location: Marshalltown, IAiowa
Open to relocation: No

Salary Range

145000/yr - 200000/yr

Important To Me

Company CultureWork-life balanceHealthcare benefitsWork from home option

Summary

Global EHS & Sustainability Leader with 25+ years driving culture transformation, operational risk reduction, digital transformation, and compliance excellence. Proven track record partnering with executive leadership to elevate operational performance, strengthen workforce engagement, and reduce risk across complex manufacturing environments.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director Subscriber Success EHS & Risk Management

BENCHMARK GENSUITE
07.2023 - 06.2026

Advise enterprise clients across manufacturing, energy, utilities, and field service on EHS digital transformation strategy — applying 20+ years of hands-on EHS leadership to help subscriber organizations improve safety performance, risk visibility, and regulatory compliance.

  • Delivered EHS and risk management advisory support across a 30+ subscriber portfolio, achieving 98%+ net retention on $4.7M average ARR
  • Shared firsthand operational EHS experience with senior business leaders to guide digital transformation and program deployment strategy
  • Increased platform adoption through executive engagement and structured deployment methodologies, growing project services revenue past $800K annually

Senior EHS Manager

DANFOSS
01.2019 - 06.2023

Provided strategic leadership for EHS programs, creating a sustainable health and safety culture for a 1,266-employee, four-shift operation.

  • Implemented foundational OSHA programs while engaging hourly employees and leadership team in program development and deployment.
  • Reduced injury rates 53%, improving performance from 3.41 to 1.60 recordable injuries per million hours
  • Developed risk reduction plans aligned with business objectives and leading performance indicators
  • Supported operational expansion through contractor management and risk assessments for Autonomous Vehicle and production line Cobot implementations
  • Introduced AI-enabled ergonomic assessment technology, reducing assessment timelines from days to under one hour and completing baseline assessments of 400 workstations in six months while empowering the Process Engineering team to self-serve
  • Partnered with operations to identify and eliminate 2,435 workplace hazards while increasing employee hazard reporting from 513 to 867 submissions annually

Senior EHS Manager

LENNOX INDUSTRIES
06.2017 - 01.2019

Led environmental, health, and safety operations for an 813-employee union manufacturing facility working across three shifts.

  • Partnered with plant leadership, manufacturing engineering, UAW leadership, and hourly workforce teams to strengthen safety culture, reduce risk, and improve regulatory compliance.
  • Reduced OSHA recordable injury rate by 46%, improving performance from 1.57 to 0.84 within one year
  • Directed safety operations during recovery from a direct-hit F3 tornado, coordinating safe execution of restoration activities involving 700+ contractor personnel across more than 10 contractor organizations while maintaining site safety and regulatory compliance
  • Engaged UAW employees as active safety partners, increasing workforce ownership and participation in training and risk-reduction initiatives
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams of union leadership, manufacturing engineers, and operations leaders to eliminate 59 medium-risk machine guarding exposures and mitigate 371 high-risk ergonomic hazards

Global Digital Transformation Leader

XYLEM INC.
03.2011 - 05.2017

Led the digital transformation of EHS management systems through enterprise deployment across 300 facilities in 14 countries and 11 languages, establishing a standard enterprise platform for compliance, risk management, and corrective action tracking.

  • Developed and launched a Management Systems Scorecard aligned with OSHA VPP principles and ISO 14001 requirements, driving enterprise-wide standardization of EHS governance and regulatory compliance expectations across 300 global facilities
  • Deployed a Global Learning Management System integrating ADP workforce data and embedded training content to automate assignment and tracking of required training worldwide
  • Built governance, auditing, and performance-measurement processes that improved compliance assurance and accelerated continuous improvement.

Senior EHS Manager

XYLEM INC.
03.2009 - 05.2017

Provided strategic leadership for environmental, health, and safety programs supporting a 568-employee manufacturing operation.

  • Partnered with operations, engineering, and continuous improvement teams to drive safety performance, regulatory compliance, and environmental sustainability initiatives.
  • Reduced OSHA recordable rate 90%, improving performance from 7.98 to 0.73 over an eight-year period
  • Implemented a leading-indicator performance management scorecard that strengthened leadership accountability and operational ownership for safety results
  • Developed and implemented internal EHS audit protocols that strengthened compliance assurance and accelerated closure of identified gaps
  • Leveraged Benchmark Gensuite action management tools to capture and correct 2,133 safety hazards while reducing average corrective action closure times by 78%

Senior EHS Manager / EHS Engineer

GENERAL ELECTRIC
03.2002 - 03.2009

Collaborated with plant leadership and hourly workforce teams to strengthen safety culture, reduce risk, and improve regulatory compliance.

  • Managed environmental compliance obligations and reporting including Air, Stormwater, RCRA, SARA, Wastewater, and hazardous waste disposal.
  • Achieved OSHA recordable rate reductions of up to 67% across multiple operations.
  • Led OSHA VPP certification and recertification activities, mentoring other GE facilities in preparation.
  • Implemented programs and process improvements across safe electrical work practices, machine guarding, industrial hygiene monitoring, confined space entry, and contractor management

Education

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology

Iowa State University

Skills

  • Global EHS Strategy
  • Benchmark Gensuite Digital Transformation
  • Compliance & Risk Management
  • Enterprise Governance
  • Sustainability & ESG Reporting
  • Operational Excellence
  • ISO 45001
  • Leadership Development
  • ISO 14001
  • AI Ergonomics Solutions
  • Digital EHS Performance Dashboards
  • Compliance Management Systems
  • Learning Management Systems
  • Management Systems Auditing Protocols
  • Incident Management
  • Corrective Action Tracking
  • Environmental Permit & Monitoring

Certification

Certified Safety Professional (CSP), CSP-21007, 2009-05-01

Professional Highlights

  • Reduced OSHA recordable injury rates by up to 90% across multiple organizations.
  • Led Benchmark Gensuite deployment across 300 facilities in 14 countries and 11 languages.
  • Directed EHS programs supporting manufacturing workforces of up to 1,266 employees.
  • Managed capital investment portfolios exceeding $1.6M for risk reduction and compliance.

Core Leadership Expertise

  • Global EHS Strategy
  • Benchmark Gensuite Digital Transformation
  • Compliance & Risk Management
  • Enterprise Governance
  • Sustainability & ESG Reporting
  • Operational Excellence
  • ISO 45001
  • Leadership Development
  • ISO 14001

Technology And Systems

  • Benchmark Gensuite
  • AI Ergonomics Solutions
  • Digital EHS Performance Dashboards
  • Compliance Management Systems
  • Learning Management Systems
  • Management Systems Auditing Protocols
  • Incident Management
  • Corrective Action Tracking
  • Environmental Permit & Monitoring

Timeline

Director Subscriber Success EHS & Risk Management - BENCHMARK GENSUITE
07.2023 - 06.2026
Senior EHS Manager - DANFOSS
01.2019 - 06.2023
Senior EHS Manager - LENNOX INDUSTRIES
06.2017 - 01.2019
Global Digital Transformation Leader - XYLEM INC.
03.2011 - 05.2017
Senior EHS Manager - XYLEM INC.
03.2009 - 05.2017
Senior EHS Manager / EHS Engineer - GENERAL ELECTRIC
03.2002 - 03.2009
Iowa State University - Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology
JEFFREY MANNEnvironmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability Leader