xPL Manufacturing Safety Manager

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Lead, direct, and enforce Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) at the manufacturing facility, based on safety staffing requirements as defined by Headquarters (HQ) EH&S policy.
• Manage time and resource allocation and provide safety leadership.
• Assess Safety practices and known and potential safety related exposures, develop and implement action plans to mitigate risks, and drive changes to improve team safety awareness and activities.
• Communicate requirements for improving performance to leadership and team for adoption and adherence to changes, using specific-safety standards, best management practices, and EH&S policies and procedures.
• Understand facility safety trends and participate in reducing Incident Rates by meeting or exceeding established Business Unit (BU) goals and manage regulatory exposures to zero citations.
• Develop training for the manufacturing needs to educate management, employees, and Trade employees on Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) programs, policies, and procedures and provide training on safe work practices to encourage and enforce adoption and adherence.
• Promote safe work practices and safe working conditions in accordance with company and Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) policies, Federal, State, and Local regulations, and owner contractual requirements.
• Maintain and enhance working relationships with staff and Safety Representatives.
• Develop and enforce Safety Program and related policies and procedures.
• Identify unsafe actions and conditions and engage with the team to implement immediate corrective actions in accordance with xPL Offsite, Federal, State and Local regulations and owner requirements.
• Develop accountability model for the manufacturing team to ensure pre-planning for activities and tasks.
• Review safety programs for completeness and compliance with company and EH&S policies, Federal, State, and Local regulations, and owner contractual requirements.
• Review quality of Pre-Task Plans (PTPs).
• Hold planning meetings with the team to review site safety program and job hazard analysis for their scope of work and to establish and review risk mitigation plans.
• Develop safety action items for manufacturing meetings and verify conduct training as per OSHA standards.
• Carry out effective worker orientation program for new employees; administer and record participation.
• Collaborate with leadership to create specific safety reports, assess metrics, and make recommendations for improvement over baseline.
• Ensure timely log of safety meetings.
• Conduct and review team’s safety audits, assess recommended corrective actions, and issue reports of violations and/or unsafe practices for immediate resolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited degree program in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, or related field of study, and minimum of 4 years of related manufacturing safety experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Environmental Health Safety Technician (EHST) certification required or within 2 years of appointment.
• Completed OSHA 30-hour training and maintain current First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED certifications.
• Knowledgeable of Federal, State, and local Environmental Health & Safety regulations.
• Working knowledge and consistent application of safety and environmental principles and techniques.
• Ability to identify known and potential safety related exposures and lead implementation of corrective actions.
• Familiar with general construction operations.
• Demonstrate elements of leadership from within, teamwork, and interpersonal skills to build teams and professional relationships.
• Professional verbal and written communication skills and effective presentation delivery skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Analytical thinking, good judgment, and complex problem-solving skills.