What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Safety Director position at Lapham-Hickey Steel-?
Company Description Lapham-Hickey Steel is a full-line steel service center providing a broad range of value-added services, including laser cutting, press brake forming, punch/plasma cutting, plasma and oxy fuel cutting, slitting and edging, sawing and de-burring, and shot blasting. The company positions itself as a one-stop shop for steel products and customized processing solutions. Lapham-Hickey offers total supply solutions that integrate distribution, fabrication, logistics, and inventory management. Customers can receive raw material or value-added parts through tailored programs such as kanban, kitting, or just-in-time release. All programs are designed to meet specific customer requirements and operational needs.
Purpose/Summary:
We are seeking a Corporate Safety Manager to provide strategic guidance for our multi-state operations. This position must be a bold advocate for promoting a safety-first culture while developing a vision for implementing and maintaining safety policies and procedures. The candidate will be responsible for identifying and eliminating risks and potential exposures. A natural trainer, willing to coach and mentor the production leadership and all team members on compliance and various safety initiatives.
Duties and Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):
- Appointed safety liaison between Corporate and all company locations, leading regular safety meetings, audits, site inspections, training record audits and monitoring OSHA compliance.
- Responsible for OSHA required reporting of injuries and assisting with OSHA responses inquiries and/or investigations.
- Collect and analyze safety data to identify injury/incidents trends and implement programs to reduce and/or eliminate future occurrences.
- Liaison to workers’ compensation carriers to manage claims activity.
- Take lead on investigating all safety related incidents, reviews incident reports and completes necessary reports and communications.
- Collaborate with Human Resources on orientation and various employee safety training topics.
- Regularly inspects and reviews plant operations to assure compliance of all permits, operation and equipment with state and federal regulations. Reports any potential violations and recommends corrective action as needed.
- Responsible for tracking employee training in areas such as safety awareness, machine guarding, hand safety, material handling, pedestrian safety, overhead loads, hazard identification, lockout/tagout, personal protective equipment.
Qualifications; Knowledge, Abilities, Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety or similar business field
- CSP or ASP certification preferred
- Minimum 5 years of Safety Management experience within a manufacturing environment
- Proficient in OSHA compliance and reporting standards to include overall health and safety best practices.
- Extensive attention to detail to distinguish safety hazards
- Ability to provide detailed reports and develop safety protocols
- Proficient in data analysis and risk assessment
- Good organizational, leadership and motivational skills
- Excellent writing, communication and interpersonal skills
- Minimum 5 years managing workplace accidents, incidents, injuries or illness.
- Minimum 3 years of manufacturing environment (plant) experience
- Self-motivated.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Working Conditions: Plant environment.