Safety Superintendent

Responsibilities

• Champion the company's 20 Safety Principles, Process Safety, Behavioral Safety, and Life Saving Rules.
• Lead the site's Safety, Health, Security, and Emergency Response programs across all operating areas.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve safety policies, procedures, and management systems.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, state, local, and corporate safety requirements.
• Partner with operations leadership to conduct process and behavioral hazard assessments and implement risk reduction strategies.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action implementation.
• Analyze safety performance metrics, identify trends, develop reports, and present recommendations to leadership.
• Coordinate all required safety, emergency response, and regulatory training for employees and contractors.
• Develop and conduct emergency response drills, skill development exercises, and emergency preparedness programs.
• Oversee fire protection systems, breathing air systems, emergency response equipment, and related inspection programs.
• Provide technical guidance regarding industrial hygiene, PPE selection, respiratory protection, chemical protective equipment, and hazardous material controls.
• Support workers' compensation, industrial medical response, ergonomics, job hazard analysis, and industrial hygiene initiatives.
• Foster a proactive safety culture through coaching, employee engagement, and behavioral safety programs.
• Serve as an on-call safety resource during emergencies and support plant operations outside normal business hours as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Environmental Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of five years of progressive safety leadership experience within an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Chemical manufacturing, petrochemical, refining, or other OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) experience strongly preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of OSHA regulations, process safety management, industrial hygiene, emergency response, hazardous materials management, ergonomics, workers' compensation, and incident investigation methodologies.
• Experience developing and implementing site-wide safety management systems and emergency response programs.
• Strong knowledge of risk assessment techniques, behavioral safety, and hazard recognition.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze safety data, develop KPIs, prepare presentations, and communicate effectively with hourly employees through executive leadership.
• Working knowledge of respiratory protection, chemical protective clothing, PPE selection, and industrial exposure controls.
• Strong leadership,