Safety Program Manager

Position: Safety Program Manager I
Who we areFor more than 40 years, Reworld has been a leader in sustainable waste solutions, providing our customers with innovative solutions that help them achieve carbon-negative outcomes.

Our Vision Reworld is leading the charge to a carbon-negative future through revolutionary sustainable materials management solutions that reduce, reuse, recycle and reimagine waste for the benefit of society and the environment.

Our Business Reworld partners with businesses by offering cutting-edge engineering and innovative solutions, to help customers reduce, reuse, recycle and recover value from waste streams and meet or exceed their sustainability goals.

Our Value Reworld's differentiator comes from our ecosystem of technology, facilities and partnerships, trusted by the world’s largest organizations to reimagine waste management for a smarter, more sustainable world.

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** About the role
** Reporting to the Facility Manager and the Regional Safety Manager, the Safety Manager role will span strategic, tactical, and transformational safety and health management activities. In addition to managing the facility’s safety program, the Safety Manager will oversee the employee training program and assist with the daily execution of the facility's safety and health activities. The Safety Manager will also be called upon to contribute to the broader facility management team and provide leadership for process improvement and best-practice deployment, demonstrating the right values and behaviors, with high emotional intelligence, when working with a dispersed stakeholder base, often on critical schedule projects.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Actively lead in the management of the facility’s health and safety programs, processes, and policies.
* Monitor regulatory compliance, maintain facility safety records, ensure compliance with Reworld safety program requirements, and OSHA VPP efforts.
* Implement, motivate, educate, and enforce Reworld safety and health policies.
* Manage the safety training program and ensure training is completed on applicable safety bulletins, memos, Safety Alerts, safety, and health procedures/programs, etc.
* With facility management, oversee contractor safety and health performance. Ensure contractors are properly trained, use appropriate tools and equipment.
* Continually monitor the performance and effectiveness of the facility safety program and implement adjustments and improvements as needed.
* Actively monitor work safety in the field on a very frequent basis. Conduct formal and informal safety reviews and follow-up reporting. When necessary, stop potential unsafe behaviors in the field when observed and coach employees on the proper method. Also, provide positive recognition for safe behaviors.
* Work with plant personnel to secure accident scenes when appropriate, ensure the medical treatment of affected employee and/or contract employee, and investigate near miss, first aid, recordable injuries, on site vehicle incidents or incidents related to plant vehicles, and general safety concerns. Assist/Coordinate recommendations for corrective actions and track to completion. Manage accident investigations, root cause analyses, and related reporting.
* Work with plant personnel and contractors to ensure fire system inspection, testing, and functionality.
* Primary contact with the plant’s health clinic. Schedule annual physical exams, hearing tests, and/or respirator evaluations.
** Qualifications
* ** Bachelor’s degree (ideally in a safety and health or science-related area)
* Working knowledge of OSHA 1910 and 1926, or related state safety and health regulations in a Power Plant, Waste to Energy, Industrial, or related field.
* 3 to 5 years of Safety Experience as a leader
* 5 years of Occupational Health and Safety experience in a Power Plant or related field, including knowledge of operations and maintenance in an industrial/power plant environment.
* Certified Safety Professional (CSP) preferred.
** Physical Demands
*** Regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, and kneel
* Use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard
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