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Senior EHS Manager - Americas Region
Senior EHS Manager - Americas Region-February 2024
San Diego
Feb 24, 2026
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About Senior EHS Manager - Americas Region

  Company:

  Qualcomm Incorporated

  Job Area:

  Facilities & Security Group, Facilities & Security Group > Environment Health & Safety

  General Summary:

  General Summary

  The Senior EHS Manager will be responsible for developing, supporting and managing the implementation of the Qualcomm EHS management system processes within the Americas Region. This position will also be a change agent for Qualcomm as the EHS program matures within the organization to influence line management and employee awareness, engagement, and accountability. In addition, this position will build, lead, and manage site-level EHS professionals.

  The Senior EHS Manager will serve as the lead EHS subject matter expert on technical and regulatory aspects, EHS management systems, EHS program standards, and EHS best practices, in the region. This role requires strong project management skills and close collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure ongoing site-level compliance and risk management effectiveness.

  Principal Duties & Responsibilities

  Being accountable for EHS performance metrics and implementation of improvement plans

  Design, develop, implement, execute and maintain all EHS programs, procedures, processes and systems to ensure regional and site-level compliance with EHS laws and regulations, and align with Corporate EHS standards and strategies

  Perform EHS compliance applicability reviews and EHS risk assessments and implement effective programs to ensure regulatory compliance and protection of employees, and the environment

  Conduct workplace inspections / assessments at regional sites at various intervals

  Provide EHS service, solutions, programs, best practices and guidance to functional and operational teams, site operations management and site EHS Representatives to effectively manage compliance assurance and EHS risk mitigation

  Develop and provide training on company and regulatory technical safety and environmental requirements

  Support EHS incident investigations to determine and implement root cause corrective actions

  Oversee EHS corrective and preventative actions; drive actions to closure

  Create, collect, measure and analyze regional and site EHS metrics and KPI's to discover trends for continuous improvement or to initiate targeted prevention programs

  Perform management reviews and report on EHS performance and tactical and strategic improvement planning

  Manage regulatory agency and external stakeholder EHS activities, including reporting, visits, or inspections

  Monitor developments, trends, emerging issues, legislation, and regulations related to EHS, and best practice trends in the industry and interpret and incorporate changes/updates to EHS programs

  Serve as a thought partner and strategic advisor on the EHS Leadership team to shape strategy on critical business and/or program issues

  IT Core Competencies

  Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, WORD, EXCEL, PowerPoint) and SharePoint

  Adapts to technology quickly to complete work objectives; confidently uses new techniques and/or technologies as a routine part of work assignments; has firm grasp of how to use core computer programs

  Required Competencies

  In depth experience in EHS tactical and strategic leadership

  Exceptional strategic consulting skills balanced with a drive for execution, thinks with an enterprise-wide mindset. Demonstrates strong judgment in decision making and quickly gains trust. Able to consider the best solution/outcome for Qualcomm. Responds with agility in navigating complex business and organizational dynamics

  Experience establishing metrics, analyzing data and developing dashboards and reporting, including executive reporting

  Broad experience managing efficient operations, including ensuring effective business process and metrics-driven alignment to achieve goals. Excellent planning and prioritization skills with the ability to multitask and adapt in a dynamic environment

  Highly effective team player and collaborator. Track record of partnering with and engaging others to realize change. Strong comfort working in a matrix environment, leveraging expertise across functions and building local and global networks

  Skilled at seeing opportunities from challenges. Track record of being resilient and adaptable in navigating organizational resistance and influencing others to adopt new behaviors and approaches. Visible and dynamic champion for EHS

  The ideal candidate will have:

  Bachelor’s degree in environmental, health, safety or scientific or related engineering field

  10+ years’ experience in EHS, with demonstrated experience in managing EHS programs in a company with global operations

  3+ years managing teams

  3+ years’ experience in OHSAS18001, ISO14001, ISO45001 or similar accredited EHS management systems

  Experience prioritizing and managing multiple and technical assignments concurrently

  Analytical, problem-solver, and project management experience

  Experience establishing and maintaining cross-functional working relationships

  Broad communication skills and demonstrated experience in understanding of business value drivers

  Ability to travel, 25-30%, including international

  Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of Environment Health & Safety related work experience.

  OR

  Associate's degree and 11+ years of Environment Health & Safety related work experience.

  OR

  High School Diploma or equivalent and 13+ years of Environment Health & Safety related work experience.

  *Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.

  Preferred Qua lifications:

  • Master's degree in EHS related field.

  • 11+ years of progressive responsibility working in one or more of the Environment, Health & Safety disciplines.

  • Internationally recognized accredited safety professional certification or credential.

  • 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with executive leadership (e.g., Vice President level and above).

  • 3+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.

  • 3+ years in a leadership role with direct reports.

  Level of Responsibility:

  • Works independently with no supervision.

  • Provides supervision to other supervisors/managers who are direct reports.

  • Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

  • Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey highly complex and/or detailed information. May require strong negotiation and influence with large groups or high-level constituents.

  • Oversees budgets, schedules, and performance standards for multiple departments or functional areas.

  • Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is making or directly making key decisions that will have substantial impact over the organization).

  • Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

  Physical Requirements

  May involve occasional work in a cold, hot, high noise, at heights, or wet environment

  Work may be required outside of the standard 8-hour workday, including weekends

  Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

  Must be able to lift, push, pull and carry up to 25 lbs. and remain standing or walking for extended periods in the performance of site inspection and compliance activities

  Perform tasks requiring bending, stooping, kneeling, standing, and walking significant distances

  In general, the position requires a combination of sedentary work and walking around observing conditions

  Applicants : If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call Qualcomm’s toll-free number found here (https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028) for assistance. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

  To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies : Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

  EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

  Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

  Pay range:

  $130,000.00 - $195,000.00

  The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer!

  If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers (http://www.qualcomm.com/contact/corporate) .

  EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification

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