Safety Manager

The Safety Manager leads a proactive peoplefirst safety program that engages every team member strengthens reporting and analytics and partners closely with the Plant Manager and site leadership to build and sustain a strong safety culture. Scope includes injury prevention regulatory compliance behaviorbased safety contractor safety and riskreduction initiatives in a food manufacturing environment.

Annual Salary Range: $90k - $105k 

Responsibilities

Leadership Engagement & Culture

• Be a visible leader on the floorconduct routine safety gemba walks coach supervisors/leads and recognize safe behaviors.
• Facilitate a highperforming Safety Committee (charter goals action logs followthrough).
• Integrate safety into the tiered daily/weekly/monthly operating rhythm; reinforce accountability at all levels.

Reporting Analytics & Business Rhythm

• Own OSHA 300/300A/301 logs and the sites safety KPI dashboard (e.g. TRIR DART near misses observations training audit/action status).
• Publish a monthly safety report; present trends risks and closure status to the Plant Manager and plant leadership.
• Track and verify effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions; maintain auditable records.

Compliance Risk Assessment & Programs

• Ensure compliance with applicable federal state and local safety regulations; maintain required programs procedures and records.
• Perform and maintain JHAs/PHAs for highrisk tasks (LOTO machine guarding PIT confined space working at heights hot work); integrate controls into SOPs/standard work.
• Lead incident and nearmiss investigations using structured root cause (e.g. 5Why fishbone) and implement verified corrective actions.
• Manage contractor safety (prequalification orientation oversight).
• Coordinate emergency preparedness and drills with local responders.

Food Manufacturing Integration

• Collaborate with Quality/Food Safety on GMP awareness hygiene and sanitation practices that affect worker safety.
• Align safety controls with production and maintenance plans to minimize risk during changeovers startups and maintenance activities.

Ammonia Systems

• Oversee the sites ammonia refrigeration safety program (ARM/ARMS) aligning with IIAR standards and applicable regulatory requirements coordinate inspections PMs and emergency response readiness.

Environmental Coordination

• Partner with corporate/environmental resources to meet site environmental obligations (e.g. RCRA Clean Water Act) and address safety interfaces.

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Industrial Safety or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 5 years of manufacturing safety experience (food/beverage or coldchain preferred); 2 years in a leadership or programowner role.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel Word and PowerPoint; experience with EHS/Risk Management Information Systems (incident reporting audits action tracking).
• Certifications: OSHA 30 (required/preferred) CSP/ASP preferred; First Aid/CPR/AED.
• Demonstrated capability in incident investigation audits and continuous improvement (5S Kaizen).

Skills & Competencies

• Strong coaching facilitation and influence skills; credible communicator with frontline teams through senior leadership.
• Analytical capability to build dashboards interpret trends and translate insights into action.
• Effective conflict resolution; able to drive accountability while building strong partnerships.
• Organized actionoriented and able to prioritize in a dynamic production environment.

Additional Information :

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions for 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 stand walk use hands to finger handle or feel talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit stoop kneel bend and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job include close vision and ability to distinguish colors.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant/office setting with varying degree of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet/slippery floors. Most of the time will be spent in a production environment. Travel may be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation and gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-VERIFY:
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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time