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Position: Safety Manager

Direct Reports: 2 Safety Supervisors & 2 Safety Technicians

Reports To: Plant Manager

Salary Range: $100k to $120k

Bonus: 15% annual bonus

Relocation: Yes

Job Responsibilities: The Safety Manager will provide safety leadership and strategic direction to the facility as well as drive safety excellence and performance improvement through culture change, effective and sustainable management systems, and ensuring leaders and employees are trained and equipped to manage safety.

• Provide leadership and direction in establishing and achieving a meaningful safety vision and effective strategies through management commitment and employee ownership.
• Lead the development and use of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards. Drive and assist with the mitigation of identified gaps, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.
• Actively manage all aspects of compliance (e.g., OSHA, company standards) and ensure ownership resides with the appropriate roles within the organization.
• Ensure facility risk profile is addressed through development/implementation of key controls.
• Recommend and facilitate engineering/design changes to eliminate or reduce risk (e.g., machine guarding, ergonomics, traffic, fire/explosion, noise, upset conditions).
• Drive flawless execution, assessment, and improvement of critical safe work practices.
• Support all phases of capital and major expense projects to ensure safe execution (e.g., design review, contractor selection/orientation/auditing, work plans/permits, pre-startup review).
• Identify safety development and training needs.
• Drive continuous improvement using tool and activities including self-assessments and audit processes, incident/near miss investigations, metrics and targets, and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent targets.
   

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or closely related degree required. MS a major plus.
• Certified Safety Professional Certification (CSP) a major plus.
• Minimum 5 years of EHS discipline in a manufacturing environment.
• Some specialized training in physiology, vocational rehab, industrial medicine, and/or safety program administration preferred.
• Development and implementation of Safety training programs.
• Regulatory awareness in General Safety including Occupational Safety (OSHA), MSDS Management/Preparation, Chemical Hygiene including PPE Assessment, Exposure Control, and Industrial Hygiene Monitoring.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and technical writing skills with the ability to interact with all levels in the organization.