Technical Safety Manager

As a premier global food provider, the OSI Group partners with the world’s leading food service and retail food brands to provide concept‑to‑table solutions that delight consumers around the globe.

Join us and discover a work experience where diverse ideas are met with enthusiasm, and where you can learn and grow to your full potential. We’re looking for individuals who thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and who enjoy working as a team to deliver unparalleled service and solutions to our customers.

The Technical Safety Manager leads multi-site safety efforts with a primary focus on capital projects, new equipment, and process changes ensuring safety requirements are designed in from the start and sustained in day-to-day operations. This is a hands‑on role responsible for ensuring that new production lines and equipment comply with OSHA requirements and align with applicable ISO and NFPA standards. The role drives safe design reviews and commissioning/startup verification and provides direct leadership to EHS Managers to ensure consistent execution of corporate safety objectives across facilities.

This position balances technical risk reduction through engineering controls with strong people leadership, accountability, and partnership with Operations and Engineering.

• Job supervises a team, has authority to hire and performance‑manage a team.
• Job leads/supervises/manages 1-5 employees.

• Lead safety integration for capital projects (new lines, equipment installs, automation, layout changes) from design through startup.
• Review engineering drawings/specs and validate required safeguards: machine guarding, interlocks, emergency stops, electrical safety, ergonomic design, and safe access.
• Ensure safety requirements are embedded into procurement, vendor specifications, and commissioning plans.
• Conduct/lead startup readiness reviews and verify controls are installed and functioning before release to Operations.

• Ensure current equipment and new equipment comply with OSHA General Industry standards, ISO Safety of Machinery standards, and applicable corporate/site standards.
• Support alignment with ISO management system requirements by ensuring risk assessments, controls, and documentation meet audit expectations.
• Maintain clear documentation packages for projects: design reviews, risk assessments, commissioning verification, and corrective action closure.

• Lead hazard analyses for equipment/process changes and ensure the hierarchy of controls is applied (engineer out the hazard first).
• Establish and standardize machine safety requirements and safe design checklists for the organization.
• Partner with Operations and Maintenance to drive durable controls that reduce risk without adding unnecessary burden.

• Ensure equipment is LOTO‑ready before startup: isolation points, procedures, labeling, and verification methods.
• Audit/verify machine guarding effectiveness and address gaps before production begins.
• Partner with Maintenance and Engineering to ensure corrective actions are designed, implemented, and sustained.

• Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management for EHS Managers to drive consistent expectations and execution.
• Set priorities, standard work, and reporting cadence across sites (KPIs, action tracking, audit readiness, incident learning).
• Ensure site teams align with corporate objectives and deliver measurable improvements in injury prevention, compliance, and culture.
• Support staffing plans, onboarding, and capability building for EHS resources.
• This role has the responsibility to understand and place in practice appropriate safety procedures. This responsibility is achieved through education, training, use of protective equipment (as applicable) and by following safety policies, regulations, standards, and laws.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• 5-10 years of experience in related field is preferred.
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