Business Operations Manager Jobs in Andover, MA

Job Summary

The Manager Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) provides technical leadership for various EHS programs within a chip and metal plating manufacturing environment. This role ensures compliance with OSHA, EPA, RCRA (LQG), CAA, CWA, and state/local regulations while supporting high hazard chemical processes including acids, caustics, solvents, metals, and specialty plating chemistries. The Manager EHS drives risk reduction, hazardous waste management, and environmental permitting while partnering with Operations, Facilities, Engineering, and R&D to maintain a safe, compliant, and efficient manufacturing environment.

Job Description

• Chemical Process Safety — Lead EHS oversight for plating lines, chip wet benches, chemical delivery systems, and hazardous material storage.
• Hazardous Waste Management (LQG) — Manage all RCRA LQG requirements including waste profiling, satellite accumulation, manifesting, TSDF coordination, biennial reporting, and waste minimization strategies.
• Environmental Permitting — Maintain and update air permits, wastewater discharge permits, stormwater plans, SPCC, and hazardous materials business plans.
• Wastewater & Plating Compliance — Oversee pretreatment systems, pH control, metals removal, sampling, and reporting for plating wastewater and chip effluent.
• Industrial Hygiene — Conduct exposure assessments for acids, solvents, metals, particulates, and process chemicals; recommend engineering controls and ventilation improvements.
• Incident Investigation — Lead investigations for chemical spills, near misses, equipment failures, and exposure events using structured root cause methodologies.
• EHS Training — Develop and deliver training for hazardous waste, chemical handling, PPE, emergency response, and process specific hazards.
• Emergency Response — Maintain emergency response plans for chemical spills, releases, and plating/chip operations; coordinate drills with internal teams and local responders.
• EHS Auditing — Conduct internal audits of chemical storage, plating operations, hazardous waste areas, and environmental systems; support regulatory inspections.
• Cross Functional Leadership — Partner with Engineering, Facilities, and Production to integrate EHS into process changes, equipment installations, and capital projects.

Education / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Occupational Safety, or related technical field.
• 7 - 10 years of EHS experience in chip, plating, chemical processing, or advanced manufacturing.
• Strong working knowledge of:

• Experience managing hazardous waste streams including acids, caustics, heavy metals, solvents, and plating byproducts.
• Experience with wastewater pretreatment systems, metals removal, and discharge compliance.
• Ability to interpret technical regulations, write procedures, and communicate with operators, engineers, and leadership.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Key Competencies

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Vicor is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability

Compensation Data

Salary Range:

$120,000 - $160,000

Please note: This range is based on our current market driven pay structures. Individual salaries are determined based upon a variety of factors including but not limited to, a candidates overall qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience as well as company internal equity.