Manager, Safety

About Us

Liberty Tire Recycling is a high-growth company and the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America with operations throughout the United States and Canada. Liberty Tire annually transforms more than 210 million tires into raw materials for smart sustainable products that improve our environment and peoples lives. The Company is private equity owned has approximately 60 sites in the US and Canada and nearly 4000 employees. With innovative tools technologies and processes Liberty Tire is a revolutionary American conservation enterprise from coast to coast and from whole tire to end products. The companys commitment to finding new and better ways to RECLAIM RECYCLE and REUSE bridges the sustainability goals of scrap tire generators nationwide with those of local scrap rubber consumers.

Position Summary:

Liberty Tire Recycling is seeking a hands-on Safety Manager to partner with leadership at an assigned site to reduce injuries strengthen compliance and improve safety performance. This role combines field presence data-driven decision-making coaching training incident prevention and practical risk reduction. The Safety Manager will serve as the sites safety advisor and develop subject-matter expertise SMEin an assigned specialty while operating leaders retain accountability for safe daily execution.

Core Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead site injury-reduction strategies with operating leadership with a primary focus on the safety of hourly employees.
• Establish monitor and improve leading and lagging safety indicators including TRIR DART near misses audits observations training completion and corrective-action closure.
• Analyze incident audit observation ergonomic and operating data to identify trends prioritize risk and convert findings into practical actions.
• Lead incident and near-miss investigations confirm root causes and action ownership and verify that corrective actions are sustainable and effective.
• Maintain accurate and timely incident records internal notifications investigation documentation and required regulatory information; escalate significant issues as appropriate.
• Conduct routine audits and field observations to verify compliance with OSHA requirements company standards and site-specific controls.
• Assess equipment material-handling ergonomic task and work-area risks; recommend effective engineering administrative and work-practice controls.
• Partner with site leaders supervisors maintenance transportation and employees to integrate safe work methods and risk controls into daily plans and standard work.
• Deliver targeted safety training and coach leaders and employees on hazard recognition intervention qualification expectations and accountability.
• Report safety performance unresolved risks corrective-action status and recommended priorities through established operating reviews.
• Exercise stop-work authority when imminent danger serious uncontrolled exposure or a material safety violation exists; verify effective controls before work resumes.
• Build site safety capability through visible field support cross-training repeatable tools lessons learned and continuous improvement that supports safety quality reliability service and productivity.

Additional SME Responsibilities

• Serve as the site SME for transportation safety DOT and FMCSA compliance driver risk fleet readiness and mobile-equipment hazards.
• Partner with transportation leadership on route planning driver scheduling loading unloading customer-site work driver qualification and safe fleet deployment.
• Conduct ride-alongs route reviews vehicle and mobile-equipment observations and field coaching for CDL and non-CDL drivers dispatchers operators and supervisors.
• Analyze vehicle backing pedestrian route loading and mobile-equipment incidents; lead corrective actions and share practical lessons learned.
• Work with transportation and maintenance leaders to address vehicle defects preventive maintenance inspections safe return to service and equipment-control risks.
• Develop and maintain practical standards and training for powered industrial trucks loaders yard equipment traffic management and driver and pedestrian interaction.
• Develop and maintain subject-matter expertise in the assigned specialty; provide practical guidance share lessons learned and effective practices and support other sites or Safety Managers when specialized expertise is needed.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret safety data and convert findings into action.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA requirements and practical safety management in industrial production transportation logistics or recycling environments.
• Experience managing safety performance through KPIs audits observations investigations corrective actions training and operating reviews.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with site leadership frontline leaders hourly employees maintenance transportation and contractors.
• Strong interpersonal coaching training presentation and written communication skills.
• Highly organized detail-oriented field-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced industrial environment.

Experience & Preferred Credentials

• Bachelors degree in occupational safety environmental health and safety engineering operations or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• At least five years of progressively responsible safety experience in industrial manufacturing recycling transportation logistics or similar heavy operations preferred.
• Proven experience reducing workplace injuries and improving safety systems in environments with an hourly workforce.
• Professional certification such as CSP ASP OHST CHST or progress toward a relevant credential strongly preferred.
• Additional experience with DOT and FMCSA requirements commercial motor vehicle operations driver qualification fleet safety powered industrial trucks or heavy mobile equipment strongly preferred.

EEO Statement
Liberty Tire Recycling is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sex national origin age disability protected veteran status relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members) genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.