Safety Manager

Responsibilities

• Formulate and drive a proactive local safety strategy to establish a sustainable, healthy, and operationally safe plant.
• Participate in the development of a visionary safety framework, continually enhancing existing programs, and consistently implementing new initiatives within a collaborative team environment.
• Contributes to efforts aimed at eliminating, preventing, or reducing safety, health, and medical issues.
• Facilitate the development and maintenance of behaviors, attitudes, and a safety culture aligning with Tyson Foods' goals, acting as a change agent to accelerate best practice sharing within the facility.
• Direct safety programs site-wide, recommending and implementing new initiatives to minimize company losses due to accidents.
• Measure the effectiveness of safety programs and lead compliance with OSHA regulations and the OSHA Tyson Foods Ergonomic program.
• Inspect machinery, equipment, and working conditions to ensure compliance with OSHA standards.
• Maintain OSHA files and support documents, accompanying OSHA inspectors during plant inspections.
• Regularly inspect and review plant operations to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Report potential violations, recommend corrections as needed, and analyze accident statistics to establish necessary precautions for enhanced plant safety.
• Communicate safety policy and procedure changes to management personnel.
• Conduct safety inspections and procedural audits in the field, taking immediate corrective action if required.
• Review all safety areas, policies, determine causes, and identify corrective actions.
• Conduct training in areas such as ergonomics, emergency response team, lockout/tag out, hazard communication, and personal protective equipment.
• Investigate all safety-related incidents, review incident reports, and complete necessary reports for insurance carriers, risk management systems, and the corporate safety office.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Management Engineering, or Industrial Technology or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• Experience: 3 plus years of progressive experience in environmental safety and sustainability management preferred.
• Strong knowledge of safety regulations OSHA hazard communications accident investigation and safety training methods.
• Knowledge of industry best practice regarding safety and environmental approaches with PSM RMP safety practices.
• Computer Skills: Standard computer skills.
• Communication Skills: Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public. Strong written and verbal communication.
• Special Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.