Safety Manager

JOB SUMMARY:

The Safety Manager is in charge of making sure that employees follow health and safety regulations and supervising operations to promote the wellbeing of their team.  The Safety Manager duties include using safety research to create policies that eliminate workplace hazards, documenting accidents in the workplace and investigating the circumstances of an illness or injury. 

This job must be carried out in compliance with the OmniMax Code of Business Ethics and Conduct, Euramax policies and procedures as well as all Federal, State, and Local laws.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES & TASKS (list in order):

• Monitor the removal of biological, physical or chemical hazards from the workplace.
• Plan, Implements, and conducts preventive care, safety, and compliance training programs.
• Conducts safety meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective action, an implement follow up assessments.
• Advise the facility leadership team on safety issues and compliance in specific projects and operations.
• Inspect and verify company compliance with relevant safety regulations.
• Collaborates with management to develop an Emergency Action Plan and serve as primary contact for project site injury and accident notification, investigation, and case management.
• Maintain accurate and current records in accordance with guidelines.
• Maintain training logs and perform new-hire employee safety training.
• Perform contractor safety training for new vendors.
• Analyze incident reports, metrics and injury case studies in order to institute changes that lead to a safer environment.
• Update and create as needed JHAs and Work Instructions for all areas to ensure compliance with safe procedures.
• Other duties as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS: The minimum qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to perform this job successfully.  Equivalent job-related experience might be substituted for educational degree(s).

Education:

Degree in a technical or relevant field or a combination of education and experience.

Experience:

·         Knowledge of OSHA regulations and employment law

·         Previous experience in heavy industrial environment

·         Experience with medical surveillance and biological monitoring programs

·         Experience with administering a hazardous communication program, including managing and leading an emergency response team

·         Experience in formulating policy and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures

·         Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and ISO training and experience a plus

·         Requires ability to read technical material and develop analysis and recommendations

Travel:

·         Position may require some travel, up to 5% as needed.

Skills: 

• Computer Skills – Strong Excel skills.

• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.