Your JobGeorgia-Pacific is seeking qualified contribution-motivated individuals to consider for a Facility Safety Manager opportunity at our plywood mill in Gurdon, AR. This role will provide safety leadership and strategic direction to the facility through the application of our Principle Based Management™ Framework. The Facility Safety Manager will drive safety excellence and performance improvement through real culture change, effective and sustainable management systems, and ensuring leaders and employees are trained and equipped to manage safety. The role reports directly to the Plant Manager, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Division Safety and Health Manager.
What You Will Do
- Provide leadership and direction in establishing and achieving a meaningful safety vision and effective strategies through management commitment and employee ownership
- Lead the development and use of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards - Drive and assist with the mitigation of identified gaps, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities
- Actively manage all aspects of compliance (e.g., OSHA, company standards) and ensure ownership resides with the appropriate roles within the organization
- Ensure facility risk profile is addressed through development/implementation of key 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., design review, contractor selection/orientation/auditing, work plans/permits, pre-startup review)
- Identify safety development and training needs
- Drive continuous improvement using tool and activities including self-assessments and audit processes, incident/near miss investigations, metrics and targets, and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent
- targets, and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Safety leadership experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment
What Will Put You Ahead
- Bachelor's degree in safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Engineering
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification
- Experience in leading culture change and developing/implementing management systems
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Our BenefitsOur goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. 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. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
