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Did you know we have been revolutionizing the sleep industry since 1883? That’s right! In fact, we hold the original patent on a spiral steel coil bed spring, filed way back in 1885. Since then, we have been an industry leader in guaranteeing you get the best sleep possible. If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.\nAs a Sr. EHS Specialist you will have the opportunity to support and strengthen EHS’ performance across its European operations. Reporting directly to the Regional EHS Manager, this role works closely with site EHS representatives and site leadership to help improve compliance, reduce risk, support practical EHS solutions, and promote consistent execution of BU and corporate EHS expectations. The role requires strong EHS and Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) knowledge, good judgment, and the ability to work independently while knowing when to escalate complex or high-risk matters.\nSo, what will you be doing as a Sr. EHS Specialist?\nLeadership & Strategy\nSupport regional EHS plans and improvement activities aligned with corporate goals, BU priorities, and site-specific risks across Europe.\nServe as a regional EHS resource to site leadership teams on regulatory expectations, safety culture, employee engagement, and practical risk reduction.\nWork independently to assess site needs, prioritize EHS actions, and recommend practical solutions, escalating complex or high-risk matters to the Regional EHS Manager as required.\nMaintain visible field presence during site visits and provide hands-on guidance to local leaders, supervisors, employees, and EHS representatives.\nIdentify EHS capability gaps at assigned sites and help strengthen local ownership, accountability, and execution.\nPromote consistent adoption of corporate EHS expectations while interpreting country-specific regulatory requirements and operating practices.\nIncident Management & Corrective Action\nWork collectively with site EHS representatives and site leadership to ensure incidents, near misses, and hazards are reported and investigated by the responsible site teams in accordance with company expectations.\nAssist with incident investigations as needed, particularly for complex, recurring, or higher-risk events, by helping site teams evaluate facts, identify root causes, develop corrective actions, and consider the hierarchy of controls.\nAnalyze incident trends and recurring findings to identify systemic prevention opportunities and recommend practical process improvements.\nShare lessons learned and support preventive actions across assigned facilities.\nCompliance & Risk Management\nMonitor and support compliance with applicable EU-level requirements, national implementing legislation, and country-specific environmental and occupational safety and health requirements.\nConduct and support site inspections and assessments related to workplace conditions, work equipment, machinery safety, chemical management, dangerous substances, occupational exposure risks, emergency preparedness, and EHS program implementation.\nInterpret internal and external compliance challenges and recommend best practices to improve EHS processes, controls, and site-level execution.\nDevelop practical action plans to close regulatory, program, and risk-control gaps and monitor progress through sustainable completion.\nProvide technical guidance for environmental compliance activities, including waste management, hazardous substances, air and water requirements, permits, regulatory reporting, sustainability data, and related inspections or records.\nSupport implementation of ISO 14001, ISO 45001, REACH, CLP, ATEX, machinery safety, work equipment, and other applicable EHS requirements where relevant to assigned operations.\nSupport emergency response plans, first aid, fire prevention, procedures, drills, and preparedness activities based on local site risks and regulatory expectations.\nTraining & Development\nProvide guidance/assistance to sites in coordination of required EHS training, including new hire orientation, annual compliance training, regional program rollouts, and site-specific safety topics.\nEvaluate training needs based on incident trends, compliance findings, risk assessments, operational changes, worker feedback, site leadership input, and emerging regulatory expectations.\nCoach site leaders and EHS representatives on safety communication, hazard recognition, worker engagement, accountability, and practical risk control.\nHelp strengthen site-level EHS knowledge and capabilities through education, coaching, technical guidance, and practical support.\nPerformance Monitoring\nTrack, evaluate, and communicate leading and lagging EHS indicators, including injuries, near misses, hazard observations, inspections, audit findings, corrective actions, and training completion.\nAnalyze EHS performance data to identify trends, recurring risks, and improvement opportunities that may affect compliance, operations, projects, or service objectives.\nPrepare routine and ad hoc reports that communicate trends, priorities, risks, and recommended improvement actions to site, BU, and corporate leadership.\nPartner with site managers to develop measurable action plans, assign clear ownership, and monitor progress through completion.\nMaintain accurate EHS documentation, records, reports, and system entries in accordance with company and regulatory expectations.\nAudits & Program Management\nLead periodic EHS audits and assessments to evaluate compliance, risk-control implementation, and program effectiveness.\nLead or support functional EHS projects with moderate risk or complexity, including regional program rollouts, corrective action initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts within assigned operations.\nHelp implement corporate EHS programs, tools, standards, and improvement initiatives in a way that fits regional and site-specific needs.\nFollow up on audit findings and program gaps to ensure timely closure, effective verification, and sustainable improvement.\nStakeholder Engagement\nPartner with HR, Operations, Legal, Engineering, Maintenance, site leadership, worker representatives, safety committees, and external agencies to support EHS initiatives and practical risk reduction.\nCommunicate complex or sensitive EHS/OSH topics clearly and professionally, while helping build agreement on required actions.\nInfluence leaders and cross-functional partners to improve compliance, reduce risk, and strengthen EHS execution.\nSupport site engagement with workers, worker representatives, and applicable safety committees in accordance with local consultation and participation requirements.\nRepresent Leggett & Platt professionally during regulatory inspections, agency interactions, customer inquiries, and industry forums.\nSupport customer sustainability inquiries related to finished goods by coordinating EHS, environmental, and product-related information as needed.\nTo be successful in this role, you’ll need:\nRelevant Environmental, Health & Safety qualification, certification, or equivalent regional credential preferred, such as a NEBOSH, NVQ Level 5/6, or comparable qualification; equivalent professional experience may be considered.\nMinimum of 5-7 years of progressive EHS experience, preferably in a manufacturing or industrial environment with multi-site, regional, or cross-functional exposure.\nIn-depth practical knowledge of applicable EU-level EHS/OSH requirements, national implementing legislation, country-specific regulations, standards, and compliance expectations.\nStrong practical knowledge of EU OSH principles and applicable environmental, chemical, machinery safety, work equipment, occupational exposure, waste management, and emergency preparedness requirements is preferred.\nDemonstrates ability to identify known, potential, and emerging workplace hazards and recommend sustainable risk-reduction solutions.\nExperience assisting with incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective action development, and verification of corrective action effectiveness in partnership with responsible site teams.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex or sensitive EHS information, prepare reports, communicate expectations, and influence others without direct authority.\nAbility to work effectively across cultures, languages, and geographically dispersed operations.\nAbility to travel regularly within Europe as business needs require.\nSpecialized EHS expertise with strong field presence and the ability to build trust with site leadership and employees.\nPractical understanding of manufacturing operations, EHS controls, business priorities, and how EHS execution impacts operational performance.\nAbility to guide others through complex problem solving using data, judgment, technical experience, and multiple sources of information.\nAbility to communicate clearly, build agreement, influence action, and reinforce accountability across functions and cultures.\nAbility to balance hands-on site engagement with broader regional priorities, project leadership, and sustainable program execution.\nAbility to respond calmly and professionally to emergencies, regulatory inquiries, and changing priorities.\nThings we consider a plus:\nExperience supporting EHS programs in a multi-country European manufacturing environment.\nExperience with manufacturing-related EHS programs such as ergonomics, machinery safety, work equipment, contractor safety, chemical management, and occupational exposure controls.\nExperience using cloud-based EHS/EMS software platforms such as Enablon, Benchmark Gensuite, or similar systems.\nProficiency with Microsoft 365 tools, including Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.\nMultilingual communication skills.\nWhat to Do Next\nNow that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available. If you require assistance completing an application, please contact our team at \nOur Values\nOur values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.\nPut People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.\n\nDo the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth - good or bad.\n\nDo Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.\n\nTake Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.\n\nOur Commitment to You\nWe're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!\nWe welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.\nFor more information about how we handle your personal data in connection with our recruiting processes, please refer to the Recruiting Privacy Notice on the “Privacy Notice” tab located at http://privacy.leggett.com","description_format":"text","description_chars":11990,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Furniture","Mattresses & Sleep Products"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-16T10:09:41Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:9","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/leggett-platt-sr-ehs-specialist-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/leggett-platt-sr-ehs-specialist-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-18T02:25:34Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3945,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-19T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2278509},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2278509"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fleggett-platt-sr-ehs-specialist-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fleggett-platt-sr-ehs-specialist-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fleggett-platt-sr-ehs-specialist-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/leggett-platt-sr-ehs-specialist-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fleggett-platt-sr-ehs-specialist-2"}]}