Safety Manager

House of Spices is a deeply rooted brand within the food industry, leading the specialty food and ingredient category for over 50 years. Fast-forward from its start as a homegrown family business, House of Spices has become a middle-market wholesale/manufacturer which includes multiple distribution networks across the country. Although the business has and continues to expand rapidly, the brand is still family-owned and home-based out of the NYC metro area.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our ACARE culture!

The Safety Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing workplace health and safety programs across all 10 HOS warehouse locations in the United States and Canada. This role will establish consistent safety standards while ensuring each location complies with applicable federal, state, provincial, and local requirements.

The Safety Manager will partner with warehouse leaders, Human Resources, Quality Assurance, Fleet, and Operations teams to identify risks, prevent workplace injuries, investigate incidents, deliver safety training, and build a strong safety culture across the organization.

• Develop and manage a company-wide warehouse safety program for all U.S. and Canadian locations.
• Establish consistent safety policies, procedures, checklists, and reporting standards.
• Conduct regular site visits, inspections, and safety audits across all 10 warehouses.
• Develop annual safety goals and location-specific improvement plans.
• Partner with warehouse managers to correct unsafe conditions and behaviors.
• Monitor completion of corrective and preventive actions.

• Ensure compliance with applicable U.S. and Canadian occupational health and safety requirements.
• Monitor changes in safety regulations and update company policies accordingly.
• Maintain required safety records, inspection reports, training documents, and incident logs.
• Coordinate responses to regulatory inspections, inquiries, and corrective action requirements.
• Work with HR and Operations to ensure proper reporting of workplace injuries and incidents.

• Conduct job hazard analysis and workplace risk assessments.
• Identify hazards related to forklifts, pallet jacks, loading docks, racking, machinery, material handling, slips and falls, fire safety, and warehouse traffic.
• Recommend engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment controls.
• Evaluate warehouse layouts and work processes to reduce risk.
• Oversee programs for PPE, emergency exits, fire prevention, lockout/tagout, hazard communication, ergonomics, and safe material handling.
• Partner with Fleet and Operations on driver, yard, and loading-dock safety.

• Lead investigations of workplace injuries, near misses, property damage, and safety-related incidents.
• Determine root causes and develop corrective and preventive action plans.
• Track safety incidents, trends, recurrence rates, and corrective action completion.
• Communicate investigation findings and lessons learned to appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinate with HR, Operations, insurance providers, and workers’ compensation partners as required.

• Develop and deliver safety orientation for new employees.
• Conduct recurring training for warehouse employees, supervisors, and managers.
• Coordinate forklift and powered industrial truck training through qualified trainers.
• Provide training on PPE, emergency response, fire safety, hazard communication, incident reporting, ergonomics, and safe lifting.
• Develop safety materials in languages appropriate for the workforce.
• Conduct toolbox talks, safety meetings, and awareness…