The Safety Manager is responsible for driving safety management systems for the organization. The Safety Manager serves as the primary site resource to ensure all safety expectations are understood by all shop personnel at our Lawrence facility. This role provides leadership, coordination and technical expertise in all areas of safety, health, and industrial hygiene compliance to achieve safety excellence. This position will have the accountability for establishing reliable methods for improving safety performance; nourishing a culture in which safety is an overriding value in all activities and in which every team member assumes accountability for safety and assuring compliance with all regulatory requirements.
Key Functions: The essence of this role requires a highly motivated, people-oriented person for the proactive, practical application of safety commitment to the operation and to the day-to-day behaviors of all team members.
Accountabilities may include, but are not limited to:
- Build a positive working relationship with all regulatory agencies and clients
- Involves & engages team members in developing safety plans, to include safety processes and performance measures
- Manage the shop medical surveillance program
- Provides safety coaching and recognition to all team members
- Responds to & participates in the investigation of safety incidents and interacts with the designated Emergency Response Team
- Develops an effective communication process to make safety priorities and performance visible
- Provides technical support for on-going problem solving and safety investigations
- Ensures systems are in place for an effective safety program while maintaining compliance with regulatory guidelines, applicable record keeping, reporting, safety statistics and trend analysis
- Set safety objectives and targets to ensure that goals are achieved
- Provide leadership, coordination and technical expertise in the areas of health and safety and support the site in training and developmental requirements
- Oversees workers compensation claims
- Responsible for coordinating internal and external audits that support the Health and Safety exchange
- Support and/or lead safety compliance audits at the facility
- Active member of the production team driving safety excellence