Director of Safety

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Directors and Senior Management HLSG Corporate, St. Charles, IL, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $92,000.00 To $ Annually

Position Overview:

Healthcare Linen Services Group (HLSG) is a leading provider of mission-critical healthcare linen management services, operating processing plants across the Midwest, Central, and South-Central United States through a family of premier regional brands. HLSG has grown rapidly through both organic expansion and acquisition, That growth has added plants, equipment, drivers, and operating authorities faster than any single set of standards has kept pace with, and closing that gap is the purpose of this role.

HLSG is seeking a Director of Safety that is accountable for the design, standardization, and execution of safety, occupational health, and transportation safety programs across all HLSG plants and, in partnership with the Transportation team, across fleet operations. The role sets the standard, verifies it is being followed in the field, drives down injury frequency and severity and preventable accidents, manages regulatory exposure with OSHA and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and partners with Human Resources on workers’ compensation outcomes.

This is a working leadership role. The Director of Safety is expected to be in plants and on docks regularly, not managing the program from a distance, and to respond personally to serious incidents.

Why Join Healthcare Linen Services Group?

HLSG is a repeat Great Place to Work–certified employer growing organically and through acquisition. For this role, that means real authority over a program that is still being standardized across multiple brands and plants, direct executive visibility, and measurable impact on both employee wellbeing and the Company’s cost of risk. Safety outcomes here are not abstract—they show up in experience modification rate, insurance renewal, CSA scores, and whether people go home in the same condition they arrived.

Compensation & Incentive Structure:

• Base Salary: $100,000, individually set based on experience and market.
• Performance Incentives:
• Annual performance incentive of up to 20% of base salary, tied to recordable injury and lost-time rates, preventable accident frequency, training completion, audit performance, and workers’ compensation cost outcomes.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Own the Company safety program end-to-end—written programs, standards, procedures, and expectations—and drive consistent application across all plants, brands, and fleet operations.
• Build and maintain the annual safety plan with defined objectives, initiatives, and measures, and report progress to executive leadership on a fixed cadence.
• Establish and support plant-level safety committees, ensuring they meet, act, and close findings rather than merely convene.
• Conduct recurring safety audits and inspections at each facility against a standard scorecard so results are comparable across plants and over time, and verify corrective actions are completed.
• Plant Safety & OSHA Compliance
• Maintain compliance with OSHA general industry standards across all facilities, including recordkeeping and posting obligations (OSHA 300, 300A, and 301 logs and electronic submission).
• Own the core hazard-control programs applicable to laundry processing: lockout/tagout, machine guarding, powered industrial trucks, confined space entry, fall protection, hot work, electrical safety and NFPA 70E, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, emergency action and fire prevention plans.
• Own hazard communication and chemical safety…