Corporate Safety Manager

The Corporate Safety Manager develops, implements, and oversees the comprehensive safety and environmental compliance strategy across our hardwood manufacturing and wood veneer facilities. This role is responsible for driving a pro-active safety culture, ensuring strict alignment with OSHA General Industry standards, managing workers' compensation claims, and executing specialized compliance protocols for our high-risk operations, including heavy slicing/peeling machinery, mechanical conveying lines, and our high-pressure industrial boiler systems.

This position requires consistent travel (30% ) to oversee regional multi-site operations and facilities between Pennsylvania and Indiana. There is a total of 3 locations in Pennsylvania and one in Indiana.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategic Safety Leadership: Establish, update, and enforce corporate safety policies, procedures, and manuals. Formulate plant-wide safety OKRs and key metrics to measure performance.
• Multi-Site Travel & Facility Support: Travel 30% of the time to conduct hands-on site visits, support local operations, perform physical safety audits, and maintain a visible corporate safety presence across all regional facilities.
• Boiler & Energy Safety Compliance: Oversee critical compliance programs for the facilities' high-pressure boiler systems. Ensure robust, site-specific policies for Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), hazardous energy control, pressure vessel inspections, and permit-required confined space entries.
• Supervisor Training & Mentorship: Build and deliver targeted training programs for frontline manufacturing supervisors. Train management to proactively audit operations, address PPE non-compliance, and systematically enforce safety protocols on a fast-moving production floor.
• Regulatory & Audit Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for federal or state OSHA inspections and insurance safety audits. Lead comprehensive internal safety audits and manage the resolution of any identified non-conformances.
• Incident Investigation & Post-Incident Management: Direct investigations for all workplace accidents, near-misses, and property damage. Conduct detailed root-cause analyses, manage the worker’s compensation process, and evaluate/implement light-duty accommodations in accordance with state laws.
• EHS Documentation & Reporting: Maintain corporate OSHA 300 logs, environmental permits, and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) management systems. Ensure total transparency and documentation readiness at all times.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced OSHA & Industrial Expertise: Deep, practical knowledge of OSHA 1910 standards, specifically machine guarding, and possibly wood dust explosion mitigation (NFPA standards), ergonomics, and boiler room safety regulations.
• Leadership & Employee Relations: Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive personnel actions professionally, such as drafting performance concerns, conducting safety-related write-ups, or handling post-accident drug-screening protocols.
• Communication & Influence: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to present safety metrics to senior executives while maintaining strong, credible rapport with floor-level operators.
• Analytical Problem Solving: Competency in parsing complex technical documentation, mechanical engineering blueprints, and regulatory text to identify underlying systemic risks.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is required.
• Experience: 5 to 7 years of progressive safety management experience in an industrial manufacturing environment. Specific experience within a wood veneer mill, sawmill, or heavy woodworking operation is highly preferred.
• Certifications: Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Associate Safety Professional (ASP) designation is highly desirable. OSHA 30-Hour General Industry card required.
• Travel Readiness: Ability to travel 30% of the time, including overnight stays, to support corporate multi-site infrastructure. Must possess a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Environment: Split between a professional office environment, transit/travel, and active wood processing plant floors. Must be comfortable navigating loud, high-temperature zones near wood dryers, log yards, and the boiler houses.
• Mobility: Ability to walk manufacturing floors daily, navigate tight machine footprints, climb access ladders, and wear required personal protective equipment (hearing protection, steel-toed boots with metatarsal guards, and safety glasses).

Pay: $85,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $85,000 - $95,000