Health & Safety Manager

About the role

Provide leadership, coordination, and technical expertise in the area of health and safety at the Flint River mill to employees, mill leadership, contractors, and H&S team members.

Accountable for establishing reliable and sustainable methods for improving safety performance using the hierarchy of controls, nourishing a learning culture in which safety is a core value in all activities and in which every team member assumes accountability for safety, and assuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Develop and implement policies, procedures, programs, and tools to ensure compliance with government regulations and IP policies in a way that leads to a safe and injury-free work environment.

Cook and Manage health and safety audit programs including corrective action plan tracking and SharePoint management for Safety program.

Develop and implement effective safety training programs including support for monthly crew safety meeting content, new hire training, and Contractor Orientation/ training.

Provide leadership and coordinate efforts to drive continual improvement of health and safety program effectiveness.

Recommend changes to reduce safety hazards and health risks and provide project support to business units as needed to help implement and execute changes.

Provide functional expertise and strategic direction to achieve our vision of an accident-free workplace while positively influencing profitability and operational excellence.

Provide tools, information and guidance to the department hourly Safety Coordinators so that their efforts are cohesive, uniform and coordinated, including annual safety training.

Foster mill-change towards a safety culture by:

• Demonstrating behaviors that reflect the core principles of safety and personal commitment to safety excellence.
• Establishing a high standard of behavior for all employees and managers that is reinforced through feedback and coaching.
• Engaging all mill employees in the safety process and empowering them to take personal ownership for safety results.
• Generating mill-wide excitement and demonstrating a positive attitude toward the ultimate goal.
• Treat all contractors, visitors, and vendors as extensions of the mill population and hold them accountable to the mill’s safety standards as applicable.

Oversight of the industrial hygiene and ergonomics programs.

Maintain required information (Incident Prevention System database, OSHA 300 log, lagging and leading indicators, ISNetworld database, etc.) and analyze data to provide information to management and identify problem areas and safety trends.

Develop an annual safety calendar and annual schedule for safety training.

Aid in the coordination of Emergency Response Team (ERT) staffing and training requirements.

Manage the Safety Coordinator and area safety team members.

Support the Safety Engineer at the mill and report to the EHS Manager.

Manage injuries and worker compensation cases potentially including travel to the hospital when injuries occur and follow up through Health Services and third-party providers to ensure proper care to employees.

Manage the Health Services Department employees and act as IPCC to contracted Health Services vendor.

Coordinate visits with Corporate EHS staff and respond to OSHA visits as needed.

Ensure corporate mandates are implemented and executed successfully and report out to corporate team as needed.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• B.S. in occupational health and safety or technical discipline with significant related experience and exposure to OSHA general industry requirements.
• CSP and/or CIH certification preferred.
• Strong computer skills in MS Office and ability to navigate/manage Online databases.
• SharePoint use and management is a plus.

Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment with at least two years' experience in a leadership role.

Demonstrated strong propensity to lead based on successful formal leadership experience.

Strong interpersonal skills with a developed competency to influence others.

Expertise in Process Safety Management (PSM) is a plus.

Demonstrated ability to build and lead cross-functional teams including knowledge of basic facilitation techniques.

Clear ability to manage and coordinate multiple projects and deadlines with an attention to details.

Experience with Six Sigma and change management processes is a plus.

Strong written and oral communication skills to effectively convey priorities and concepts to all levels of the organization.

Ability to manage change and conflict.

Skills

Approachability

Action oriented

Managing through systems

Priority setting

Conflict management

Functional/technical skills

Motivating others

Managerial courage

Interpersonal savvy

Organizing

Time management

Managing vision and purpose

People development

Problem solving

Customer focus

Building effective teams

Business acumen

Benefits

Quality Expectations:

• Aid in the execution of mill-wide quality efforts as needed to help maintain mill quality standards.

Pay

$121,100 - $148,100

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Schedule

Salaried Full-Time