Manager, Safety

Use your skills to transform your local community. Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina offers numerous career opportunities with competitive pay, excellent benefits, and the reward of knowing your hard work is helping others.

WHY WORK FOR GOODWILL?

Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. (Goodwill) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC. We employ more than 1,100 team members who are dedicated to our mission of providing employment and training services that help people find jobs and reach financial stability. With 51 retail stores, 20 career centers, and dozens of attended donation centers across a 31-county territory, Goodwill is a complex enterprise offering a wide range of career opportunities.

At Goodwill, the work we do makes a difference in the lives of the individuals we serve and, in turn, in the community in which we live. Our business operations provide stability to our organization that is not always enjoyed by nonprofit organizations solely funded by outside sources. Our employees enjoy excellent benefits and a unique work environment that is professional, fast paced, and fulfilling.

Our organization’s values shape our culture and guide our interactions with program participants, customers, and each other. Our shared commitment to Living the Mission; Promoting Teamwork; Driving Improvement; Taking Responsibility for Actions and Behaviors; and Respecting and Appreciating Others is what makes us successful and inspires all that we do.

Want to learn more about Goodwill? Click on the links at the top of this page or go to: www.goodwillnwnc.org.

Job Summary

The Safety Manager manages Goodwill’s Safety and Health program with the overall goal of ensuring comprehensive safety training, policies and procedures, and tracking metrics are in place to minimize the frequency and severity of workplace accidents and injuries while maintaining corporate compliance for training and tracking metrics. The Safety Manager will work closely with the LP Manager as they conduct scheduled site visits to review standards and facility conditions while auditing staff training, site safety conditions, and safety metrics. The Safety Manager works with the internal compliance team and with all departments on the development, review, and implementation of safety programs and oversees all aspects of workplace safety to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations on the federal and state level. They will also organize and lead corporate training programs related to compliance and safety utilizing virtual and in-person training methods to publish to all employees.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Oversees and conducts site visits throughout three regions.
• Oversees and manages safety walks and OSHA reviews throughout stores, trains retail staff with the monthly safety topic and inspects building for safety violations.
• Conducts loss prevention checks and walkthroughs (i.e. cash drawer checks) and case studies to determine what items are typically stolen from the stores.
• Reviews safety training for new hires.
• Reviews OSHA 300 logs and manages any workplace issues which have been sited at Goodwill.
• Creates, revises, and curates all corporate safety training documents and manages monthly safety training to all site staff, annual required safety training, and safety training for new employee on-boarding.
• Partners with Corporate Compliance Manager to maintain all health and safety program documentation and to ensure site compliance throughout the company, determining and implementing appropriate action as necessary to maintain corporate compliance and CARF accreditation in the area of safety/health.
• Recommends corrective action that mitigates risks by analyzing trends from data found on recordable incident forms, near miss reports, injury forms and safety inspections.
• Serves as the direct liaison to executive safety team for bi-annual safety updates to include any required critical situation updates.
• Partners with Executive Safety Committee, Compliance Manager, and Senior Leadership Team to set safety policy and procedures.
• Reviews worker compensation cases and assists People team with any investigation needs.
• Reviews and stores any related security video and provides to insurance or internal teams as needed.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Education:

Associate degree required. Bachelor's degree in business related field or Safety Management, preferred.

Requirements:

• Certified First Aid/ CPR trainer, preferred.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in safety management.
• 30-hour OSHA certification preferred.
• CPR certifications and/or first aid skills preferred.
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Ability to develop safety training materials.
• Ability to de-escalate situation and manage conflict.
• Basic computer skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
• Must possess strong organizational skills and give attention to detail.
• Must have strong presentation skills at all organizational levels.
• Must have familiarity and experience recommending appropriate corrective actions as a result of safety violations.
• Driver’s license required.
• Ability to travel within region, as required.
• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish, preferred.

BENEFITS

Goodwill believes strongly in supporting our team members and offers excellent benefits, professional development, and opportunities for internal career growth. We are continuously looking for opportunities to expand our benefits program to accommodate the needs of our team members. While this list is not all-inclusive, some of the many benefits we offer to all employees are:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Money Purchase Pension Plan
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free Telehealth
• Employee Referral Program
• Quarterly Incentive Programs (for all retail positions)
• Corporate Discount Programs

In addition, we offer the following benefits for our full-time team members working 30 or more hours per week:

• Medical Insurance
• Prescription Coverage
• Dental and Vision Coverage
• Flex Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

EOE. E-Verified Employer.

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