About the Role:The Health and Safety Manager serves as the senior site leader for health and safety, providing strategic direction, technical expertise, and day-to-day leadership for all plant health and safety programs. The Health and Safety Manager partners with plant leadership to drive a proactive safety culture, manage risk, ensure compliance with OSHA and other applicable regulatory requirements, and lead continuous improvement initiatives that protect employees and support operational performance.
What You'll Do:- Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the plant's health and safety strategy, programs and performance objectives in alignment with company and operational goals.
- Serve as the primary site leader for health and safety, providing expert guidance to plant leadership, supervisors and employees on regulatory compliance, risk management and safe operating practices.
- Partner with the Plant Manager and site leadership team to strengthen accountability, embed safety into daily operations and support a proactive safety culture.
- Lead the design and delivery of health and safety training programs to ensure employees and leaders are equipped to recognize hazards, manage risk and work safely.
- Oversee site audits and inspections, evaluate findings and ensure timely implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
- Lead and/or oversee incident, injury and near-miss investigations, including root cause analysis, corrective action planning and follow-up.
- Monitor and report on site health and safety performance, including analysis of leading and lagging indicators, identification of trends and presentation of recommendations to plant leadership.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state and local health and safety regulations, and serve as the primary site contact during regulatory inspections, agency inquiries and investigations.
- Lead the development, review and maintenance of health and safety policies, procedures and written programs.
- Partner with HR, Operations and other stakeholders to manage workers' compensation cases, support return-to-work efforts and reduce injury-related costs.
- Lead critical risk management efforts, including industrial hygiene, PPE, hazard communication and other high-risk activities, as applicable.
- Support the introduction of new chemicals, materials, processes and equipment by ensuring appropriate hazard reviews, documentation, communication and controls are in place.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations and Environmental teams to support capital projects, process changes and operational improvements through effective safety risk assessment and control measures.
- Support environmental compliance efforts, as needed, in coordination with the Knauf Environmental team.
- Ensure the accuracy and completeness of required health and safety documentation, records and regulatory reporting.
- Notify regulatory agencies as required and lead the appropriate internal response, documentation and corrective action for reportable events or compliance concerns.
What You'll Need:Education:
- Bachelor's degree in health and safety or related field preferred
Experience:- Minimum three (3) years of experience working with occupational health and safety regulatory issues.
- Minimum five (5) years of experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:- Knowledge of industrial hygiene and safety, occupational health and hazard communication
- Knowledge of OSHA regulations and requirements
- Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process
- Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Ability to quickly analyze information and make pragmatic decisions that will benefit the organization
- Ability to educate and train others in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
- Ability to motivate others and gain buy-in as it relates to health and safety issues/topics
- Ability to work hands-on in corporate and industrial environments
- Ability to manage large projects within scope and budget
- Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time
- Computer skills in MS Windows environment; proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
