Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Health & Safety Manager

Reports To: EHSS Manager

Salary: $110k-$120k

FLSA Status: Exempt

Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k, etc.

SUMMARY

The safety manager is responsible for enhancing overall occupational health and safety on the manufacturing site and monitoring laws and regulations. Its primary jobs are to assess the status of occupational health and safety and establish, implement, and develop occupational health and safety management programs and policies based on laws, regulations, and company standards. This position needs to interact with a wide range of personnel and conduct safety audits and inspections to identify issues related to health/safety and to investigate the root causes and report them. The safety manager requires some on-call support.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

Occupational Health/Safety Management System

• Support the adoption and implementation of occupational health/safety laws, regulations, and the company's standards at the manufacturing and service site.
• Maintain working knowledge of occupational health/safety laws and establish and/or revise procedure manuals and standards to reflect changes and organizational needs.
• Develop annual facility H&S goals and objectives through data deep dive analysis and auditing results
• Drive the development of specific safety and health standards, including, but not limited to, injury/ illness/near miss investigations, energy control, hazard communications, high-risk tasks (risk assessment and reduction), and the ergo team process.
• Position will report to the TNA EHSS manager working with a team of managers with direct responsibilities to two safety specialists, with indirect reports to twenty responders, reps, and clinic associates.
• This position will, on occasion, stand in for the TNA EHSS Manager in high-level meetings, providing updates, project management status, and monthly data, including trends analysis.
• Work with engineering to enhance systems/ processes for coordinating, tracking and auditing work permits, MSDS (material safety data sheets) management, emergency response plan (ERT and Drill) PPE management (purchasing and provision).
• Manage clinic and medical team, Safety Leads, Safety Reps, and First Responders.

Communications

• Liaison effectively with statutory authorities, OSHA and OHS representatives as needed, and also with the operations leadership, medical and plant floors managers, and third-party contractors.

Audit Preparations & Action

• Conduct periodic audits, formulate root causes, assign corrective and preventive actions.

Safety Training

• Support manufacturing safety training
• Provide orientation and job-specific safety training if required

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety Management, Occupational Safety Engineering, or other related field of study

Experience

• 6-8+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing
• 5-7 years of experience leading cross-function teams and/or managing processes

Certifications/License

• Associate Safety Professional (preferred)
• Certified Safety Professional a plus
• Certified Industrial Hygienist a plus

Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Proficiency with SAP, other enterprise system a plus
• Safety management systems experience a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee must regularly lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

TRAVEL: Little to no travel is expected for this position.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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