Sr. Manager, Safety

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The Senior Safety Manager for DHL Express US provides strategic leadership, governance, and operational coordination for occupational health and safety across DHL Express operations in the United States. This role partners with senior leaders, operational management, and Safety teams to develop and execute the US safety strategy, strengthen safety culture, ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements, and deliver sustainable improvements in risk management and operational performance.

This role leads and develops a team of safety professionals, coordinates safety activity across a multi-site network, and ensures US priorities remain aligned with regional and global Safety-First objectives.

• Serve as the principal safety advisor to US Operational leadership, influencing operational and business decisions so that safety is embedded across the United States network.
• Executes the US strategic safety vision, priorities, and annual operating plan in alignment with Americas and global Safety-First objectives and business priorities.
• Lead the governance, deployment, and continuous improvement of the Safety Management System across US operations, driving consistent standards, sustainable risk reduction, and operational excellence.
• Coordinate operational safety activities across US gateways, service centers, and support functions to ensure aligned priorities, clear ownership, and consistent execution.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of safety professionals, setting clear expectations and strengthening technical capability, leadership effectiveness, accountability, succession planning, and career development.
• Champion implementation and advancement of the OHS Policy across US operations, ensuring initiatives produce measurable operational, cultural, and risk-reduction outcomes.
• Build a proactive Safety culture through visible leadership, employee participation, effective consultation, and clear accountability at every level of the US organization.
• Provide tactical oversight of US compliance programs, including applicable OSHA, DOT, FMCSA, EPA, state, and local requirements, while ensuring alignment with DHL corporate standards.
• Use safety performance data, leading and lagging indicators, trend analysis, and operational insights to identify emerging risks, guide leadership decisions, and prioritize US risk-reduction activity.
• Govern operational risk assessment processes and ensure safety-by-design principles are integrated into operational change, new facilities, equipment, automation, technology, and capital projects across the US network.
• Coordinate hazard- and critical-risk-reduction initiatives across US operations, ensuring effective implementation, verification, and sharing of lessons learned.
• Direct or support investigations of incidents ensuring robust root cause analysis, sustainable corrective action, timely escalation, and organizational learning.
• Monitor US performance measures, reporting routines,…