Safety Manager

R Safety Manager (Open)

Location:

Albany, NY - Karner Rd - Filling industrial, Cheektowaga, NY - Filling industrial, Elmira, NY - Filling industrial, Syracuse, NY (Plant) - Filling industrial

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Position Title:

Safety Manager

• NY State territory
• Shift time:
  Monday - Friday
• Frequent regional travel (up to 60% of work time).
• Minimal overnight travel.

In particular you will:

• Champions and promotes a strong safety and compliance culture implementing programs to ensure associate safety and company regulatory compliance.
• Manages, delivers, conducts training and performs audits on Airgas various standard operating procedures (SOP) including the Safety Manual, Medical Gas Manual and other pertinent corporate compliance manuals and initiatives. May receive direction on tasks from supervisor or other managers.
• Represents the company on regulatory issues with government entities.
• Provides leadership and guidance on Airgas's incident review committee.
• Provides analysis of significant risk data to management by evaluating the effectiveness of initiatives through safety assessment by compiling and interpreting data to identify gaps.
• Develops and implements action plans as necessary to mitigate risks.
• Conducts incident investigations in conjunction with Branch and / or Plant Management to partner with insurance carriers to manage claims.
• Participates in activities designed to empower employees to lead safety efforts within the organization.
• Participates in a leadership capacity on the AERO (the Airgas Emergency Response Operations) Team.
• Other projects and duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in a related degree field required. In lieu of degree, consideration for up to 4 years of additional related experience may be accepted.
• CSP (Certified Safety Professional) certification preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of related safety experience within a production and distribution environment.
• Must have excellent organizational, written and oral communication, listening and presentation skills including the ability to effectively present and discuss technical information and respond to questions from employees, government agency representatives, and customers.
• Computer literate with Intermediate knowledge of MS Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form.
• Ability to define and solve problems dealing with a variety of both abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply basic algebra and geometry.
• Requires use of computer, telephone and operation of a motor vehicle.
• Regularly move and/or transport up to 60 pounds and move up to 125 pounds with the aid of material handling equipment.
• Must have reliable transportation, current driver's license, minimum liability insurance as required by state of vehicle registration.
• Job requires visitation to various Airgas and customer sites, which have varying environments/conditions, layouts, and accessibility.

Pay Range: $80,000 - $90,000

Benefits

We care about and support all Airgas associates. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children.

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program.

At Airgas, we are committed to building a workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other…