Director of Safety; Prepared Foods BU

Director of Safety (Prepared Foods BU)

Foster Poultry Farms

Salary Range: $147,450 - $196,600 per year

To create a safe, healthy, and positive working environment at the Business Unit level for all Foster Farms’ team members. Responsible for the Prepared Foods Business Unit compliance with local, state, federal and corporate regulations pertaining to health and safety concerns (HS). Developing, implementing, and managing all H&S policies and procedures. Support Prepared Foods Business Unit with managing incident investigations, tracking H&S metrics, workplace inspections, and recommending program modification or corrective actions pertaining to H&S issues at a division level.

This position provides safety leadership and strategic direction by leading the operations’ safety continuous improvement efforts at the division level. The Director of Safety will support and advise management on safety systems and compliance.

• Have indirect reporting for multi-site safety teams
• Develop, implement, and enforce governing safety and health policies and procedures and conduct incident investigations to ensure “root cause(s)” have been identified and that appropriate corrective action has been completed by the corresponding site.
• Provide strategic guidance and coaching to the Prepared Foods Business Unit Safety Team.
• Mentor Safety Team, team members, and management to develop a positive safety culture throughout the complex.
• Maintain and analyze safety related data to develop trends and action plans. Prepare and deliver reports for management and guide safety committees.
• Perform safety audits and inspections of the Prepared Foods Business Unit operations, as well as track findings and assign corrective actions to ensure closure.
• Prepare and deliver selected H&Strainings and programs to ensure compliance with local and federal regulations.
• Assist the Environmental Department when needed, enforce and monitor compliance with environmental programs for the facility; programs include Air Quality, Pesticide, Hazardous Material, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Wastewater and Drinking Water & Storm Water Programs.
• Inspect equipment, working conditions, and maintain OSHA files and supporting documents required by municipal, State and Federal regulations.
• Report any potential violations and recommend corrections, as needed.
• Communicates safety procedure changes to Business Partners through several conduits including staff meetings, safety huddles, postings, and interpersonal communication.
• Ensures all health safety policies, procedures, and practices are reviewed on an annual basis or as changes and updates are required by practices or regulation and are rolled-out in a timely manner.
• Follow and abide by Foster Farms Corporate requirements or mandates.
• Reviews all safety documents, policies, procedures, and incident reports. Drive change through developing corrective actions related to root cause, indirect cause, and direct cause, as well as providing training on corrective actions to affected Team members.
• Support investigations of all safety-related incident reviews and incident reports and completes necessary reports for safety management system, corporate safety office and support workers compensation efforts.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge and continuous development of existing and proposed federal and state specific safety and legal regulations.

• Perform accurate record keeping and gather statistics in compliance with governmental regulations and/or company needs, utilizing company computer and/or manual systems. Includes records of training drills, audit inspections, certifications, procedures, permits, communication with external agencies and any other documents required by governmental regulations.
• Serve as an additional point-of-contact for external safety and/or environmental auditors/inspectors. Participate in external audits/inspections in conjunction with the HS Management.
• Assist with contacting vendors to coordinate/arrange outside services related to environmental or safety regulations and/or industrial hygiene, such as audiometric testing, thermographic testing, hazardous…