safety Manager

About the role

Georgia-Pacific has an immediate opening for a Safety Manager at our Brookneal Oriented Strand Board (OSB) facility, located in Gladys, Virginia. The Safety Manager will provide safety leadership and strategic direction to the facility through the application of the Principle Based Management® (PBM®) Framework and Guiding Principles.

Our Team Georgia-Pacific located in Gladys, Virginia manufactures Oriented Strand Board (OSB), a popular type of wood product used for flooring, walls, and roof sheathing in mostly residential construction applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction in establishing and achieving a meaningful safety vision and effective strategies through management commitment and employee ownership
• Mentor, coach, and provide continuous development opportunities for direct reports and indirect reports to build their skills and enhance team performance
• Promote a safety culture with all team members to help the facility embrace and achieve our Path to Zero Safety Strategy consistent with Koch’s Safety Vision
• Drive company focus around all safety initiatives/programs (HOP, CSO Teams, Safety Training, etc.)
• Lead the development and use of critical risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards
• Actively manage all aspects of compliance (e.g., OSHA, state, local, company standards) including OSHA PSM and Worker’s Compensation
• Ensure facility risk profile is addressed through development/implementation of key prevention and recovery controls
• Recommend and facilitate engineering/design changes to eliminate or reduce risk (e.g., machine guarding, ergonomics, traffic, fire/explosion, noise, upset conditions)
• Drive flawless execution, assessment, and improvement of critical safe work practices
• Support all phases of capital and major expense projects to ensure safe execution (e.g., change management, design review, contractor selection/orientation/auditing, work plans/permits, pre-startup review)
• Identify safety development and training needs
• Drive continuous improvement using tools and activities, including self-assessments and audit processes; incident/near miss investigations; metrics and targets (leading and lagging indicators); and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree and safety leadership experience in an industrial, military, or manufacturing environment are required.

Skills

Preferrable qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, or related field, Certified Safety Professional (CSP), experience in leading culture change and developing/implementing management systems, and experience onboarding and developing employees, helping to foster a safety-driven culture.

Pay

We anticipate paying $90,000 - $120,000 per year for this role, which is also eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Benefits

Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.