Safety Manager

PJW Group has been retained to find two SAFETY MANAGERS/SUPERVISORS in the Northeast Atlanta area (Lawrenceville, Suwanee, Winder, Duluth). These opportunities are in the Manufacturing space and will focus on a hands-on Safety program to ensure compliance and devising safety metrics to ensure training success in a positive, uplifting manner.

The Safety Manager will be responsible for leading and developing a team of Safety professionals. This individual must create and execute leadership development plans for their teams. They must communicate team expectations and provide frequent feedback, and ensure the team is executing to the core competencies of a Safety professional.

Responsibilities:

• Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional and federal regulations and company policy.
• Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance with all applicable Safety and Environment Policies.
• Measure site’s performance against published requirements in the safety policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies. Drive accountability for the plan.
• Analyze Safety metrics and review incident trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the safety risk is highest.
• Perform frequent site safety audits to identify all non-compliant equipment and/or processes at the site. Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury at other sites.
• Review all changes to ensure new equipment and processes are compliant.
• Audit recordkeeping practices and HSI entries to ensure compliance with the safety standards and regulations.
• Audit the workplace organization and employees’ behaviors to ensure that training, auditing, and scoring methods are accurate and consistent.
• Ensure site leadership and employees are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy. Audit the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required safety training.
• Ensure the SWPPP and Site spill Prevention Action Plan is updated and in compliance with the local agencies.
• Develop, implement, and manage facilities training programs for hourly and salaried employees.
• Manage facility workers' compensation program to ensure prompt reporting and follow-up of injuries and illnesses.
• Perform hazard assessments for new equipment and operations to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and safety requirements.
• Oversee facility industrial hygiene and workers' health programs.
• Lead incident investigation program for occupational health and safety-related incidents.
• Serve as the EHS subject matter expert for management and employee lead safety committees.
• Conduct ergonomic assessments to reduce potential MSD hazards in the workplace and production lines

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• 4+ years of increasing responsibilities in WHS and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with site leaders.
• Ability to develop and implement department goals and strategies.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability.
• First Aid, CPR, AED certification.
• Experience as PIT trainer.