Area Manager-Health & Safety

Provide strategic proactive leadership for the Safety program across Penske Logistics. Partner with Area VP Regional and Corporate Leadership as well as cross-functional teams to embed Health & Safety principles into all organizational strategies operational activities and key decision-making processes. Drive the development and execution of Health & Safety policies procedures best practices training initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.

• Lead the development and implementation of safety strategies training programs and performance goals focused on incident and injury prevention policy and procedure compliance and adherence to agency regulations.
• Monitor and analyze safety performance metrics with emphasis on both leading and trailing indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of performance improvement efforts.
• Communicate performance status to Operations Leadership and provide actionable recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Manage train and develop Health and Safety Managers and Safety Team Leads while mentoring Operations Leadership to foster and strengthen Penskes culture of safety.
• Provide regulatory interpretations updates and safety management support to Health and Safety Managers and Operations Leadership.
• Oversee the design and delivery of effective safety training programs across Warehousing and Transportation operations.

• Support additional projects and initiatives assigned by the VP of Safety Director of Safety and Senior Operations Leadership.

• Bachelors Degree Preferably in safety risk management or related degree

• 7-10 years of safety-related experience in transportation and maintenance warehouse facilities including 3 years management/supervisory experience.

• Proficiency with MS Excel MS PowerPoint and MS Word

• DOT OSHA MCSA / Safety Certifications or CSP and/or general industry safety management experience.

• Knowledge of concepts practices and industry trends related to safety management and preventionmethods.

• Ability to analyze risks and effectively associate these with risk management alternatives.

• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal communication forms.

• Ability to build teams and establish and maintain effective collaborative workingpartnerships with management coworkersand site leaders.

• Ability to plan assign and direct work to subordinates and vendors.

• Ability to manage multiple projects prioritize work and plan resources to meet goals.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of basic safety management techniques

• Regular predictable full attendance is an essential function of theposition.

• Flexibility regarding travel - average 3 nights away per week - includes some weekends and willingness to travel asthe demands of the business.

• Willingness towork the required schedule work at the specific location required complete Penske employment application submit to a background investigation (to include past employment education and criminal history) and drug screening are required.