Safety Manager

Job description

Our Safety Manager partners with leaders, employees, and multiple stakeholders to strengthen our QSE (Quality Safety Environment) culture and develop policies and processes specific to a DC (distribution center) and PC (production center) setting in order to protect our most important assets:
Our employees, our customers, our communities, and our brands.

• Partners with the Site General Manager/ Plant Manager (as a direct report) to define, build, monitor, and continuously improve Liberty's QSE culture of "100% safe, 100% of the time" and "100% Right, 100% of the Time."
• Verifies the comprehensive and universal QSE program meets all regulatory and other stakeholder requirements specific to a production, warehouse, and distribution settings.
• Creates and develops training tools, processes, and other programs for our operations QSE team, management, and our employees to improve QSE capability, performance, and culture.
• Develop annual QSE performance goals (LTIR, TRIR, MFI, CPM, WUR, EUR, etc.).
• Create management routines, audits, and inspections to significantly improve QSE performance within each PC & DC and strategic business functions.
• Develop and implement/roll out systems, policies, and routines which continuously assess risk, set goals, drive accountability, implement best practices, and monitor/improve company QSE performance.
• Develop comprehensive multi-year QSE strategies within each assigned PC, DC, and/or Business Function.
• Effective QSE leader/SME, role model, and employee advocate who influences PC, DC, and Business Function employees and the site-specific QSE teams.
• Creates PC, DC, and Business Function-specific QSE metrics, measurements, scorecard, and reporting to significantly improve QSE performance.
• Leverages data, assessments, and observations to identify risks, hazards, and root causes to prevent incidents and injuries.
• Passion for winning, relentless execution, and strong drive for results.

• Bachelor's degree in QSE Related Science (Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection, Environmental Science, QSE Management, Risk Management, QSE Engineering, or related discipline).
• Minimum of 5+ years of field experience QSE experience in a warehousing/distribution, manufacturing, or transportation operation.
• General Industry Trainings (OSHA 10, OSHA 30, HAZWOPER, etc.).
• Strong knowledge/background in QSE, consensus standards and regulatory compliance (OSHA, FMCSA/DOT, CDC, DOH, etc.)
• Strong background in Auditing.
• Strong background in Workers Compensation and OSHA Recordkeeping.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Regular interaction with PC, DC, and Business Functions employees where they work.
• Willingness to learn or experience in regulatory compliance, incident management, and consumer affairs.
• Innovative, tech savvy, transformation leader.
• Strong team leader and leader of self.
• Supervisory Experience.
• Strong collaborator who builds networks inside & outside the company.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills across a wide audience.
• Effectively able to manage multiple projects and conflicting priorities.
• Effective time management skills including planning, scheduling, and organizing.
• 15%-25% of time locally or nationally; some overnight required