Assistant Safety Manager

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Assistant Safety Manager

The Opportunity

The Assistant Safety Manager is responsible for the leadership & technical support of all matters pertaining to facility safety and employee health. The successful candidate will be a key leader at the location, helping to create a culture of safety excellence by working with Operations and Maintenance leaders to design, modify, recommend and implement safety and health programs to assure a safe work environment.

How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock

• Support the mill by offering practical and compliant solutions for working safely, supporting compliance with all applicable safety and health regulations, corporate requirements as well as audit processes.
• Participate in post injury case management and lead the audit preparation and response processes.
• Equip managers/supervisors to be able to provide safety training and important safety information to employees.
• Help mill leaders in developing measures and practices that prevent accidents and ensure compliance with OSHA standards.
• Be a key leader who will identify and help implement priorities for the facility that will most positively impact safety performance.
• Support positive culture change towards an injury-free facility through leadership, increasing employee engagement, effective training and coaching, on-the floor interactions and commitment to adhering to facility rules.
• Provide effective leadership and guidance in a variety of areas including machine guarding, lock out/tag out systems, forklift training, fire systems, hot work procedures, contractor training, mill safety communication, HAZWOPER and HAZCOM training, confined space program, process safety management, fall protection, and other safety related topics.
• Engage with safety & health support staff, ensuring department objectives align and support mill safety strategy.
• Provides training and information to mill leaders on methods to develop and sustain effective safety.
• Interface with Corporate Safety team as needed, providing necessary reports, audit follow-ups, etc. in a clear, accurate and timely manner.
• Positively influence other leaders, employees and safety teams to help all mill stakeholders create a “safety first” culture.
• Review and modify written procedures, as needed, to assure the safety of all personnel and assuring compliance with all applicable corporate, local, state and federal regulations.
• Familiar with local, state and federal regulatory agencies and their respective functions and can work with them as needed.
• Organizes and schedules mill committee activities.
• Ensures follow-up on accident and near-miss reports, as assigned, including recommended remedial action as part of the investigating team.
• Serves as the secondary contact for OSHA inspections: own inspection activities, makes corporate notifications and accompanies OSHA inspectors on their tours of the plant.
• Prepares and publishes safety related information (reports, updates, alerts, etc.) to increase and maintain safety awareness.
• Prepares statistical data pertaining to injury experience for careful analysis by company leaders to help identify and correct true sources of key mill safety issues.
• Routinely audits the mill for safe working conditions and procedures; initiates corrective actions where appropriate.
• Manages purchases for Health & Safety expenditures including emergency equipment, safety shoes, safety glasses, personal protective equipment required for manufacturing operations, training expenses, and first aid supplies.
• Assists with the design and administration of disaster recovery plans and procedures. Serves as liaison for local, state and federal government agencies.
• Support the implementation of the facility’s annual safety improvement plan and the Smurfit WestRock Safety Excellence System (SES).
• Develop effective safety communication utilizing various multi-media methods.
• Coordinate with HR in workers compensation case management.
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Health/Safety (or closely related field) or commensurate, industry specific safety leadership experience.
• Certification or Associate Safety Professional status - preferred
• 2 years of safety professional experience administering health and safety strategies and programs in a manufacturing operation.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulatory programs is required.
• Process Safety Management experience- Preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to assign priorities in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Must be able to make effective presentations to a wide range of audiences ranging from hourly employees to senior corporate executives and government agencies.
• Strong PC skills are also required.
• Candidate must exercise independent and group problem solving skills to establish ways to eliminate hazards in the operations.
• Must be able to accurately interpret information gathered in accident and incident investigations to make sound recommendations for the prevention of future occurrences.
  
  

What We Offer

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
• Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
  
  

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.