Job DescriptionJob Title: Manager, H&S
Job Summary:This position is responsible for promoting wellness and a safe work environment within the region/business unit. The incumbent formulates region/business unit strategies, tactics and improvement initiatives to prevent injuries and auto crashes, reduce workers compensation/liability costs and mitigate risk. This position is responsible for developing Health and Safety expertise among their District/business unit counterparts. This role fosters strategic external relationships with professional, regulatory and community organizations to provide a safe work environment and to strengthen TFFs standing in the communities that are served.
Job Responsibilities:- Develops health and safety strategies to set direction and communicate trends to region/district staff.
- Collaborates with district HR, H&S and Operations Managers to execute health and safety initiatives that prevent auto crashes, injuries and address the needs of the business.
- Serves as a subject matter expert to share health and safety best practices.
- Provides district consultation on effective action plans that address contributing causes.
- Collaborates cross-functionally to investigate, analyze and resolve critical business concerns related to injury and auto crash prevention and wellness.
- Promotes safety recognition programs to foster a safe work environment.
- Analyzes cost statements to identify high-impact areas with greatest claims cost.
- Communicates and implements new or changing regulatory requirements to ensure compliance.
- Verifies compliance to TFF policies and regulatory requirements through audits to ensure TFF's brand and reputation are protected.
- Supports business unit development of correction actions for all identified issues and validates execution.
- Reports safety strategy results to the management team to detect trends and determine the effectiveness of the plan and plans execution.
- Analyzes audit data/health and safety compliance reports to identify action plans, abatement strategies and best practices.
- Provides follow-up reports to management teams to ensure adjustments within the districts are being executed and maintained as part of the business plan.
- Communicates the strategic Health and Safety Plan to all stakeholders to communicate expectations and ensure progress in execution is tracked and accountability is maintained.
- Reports progress of safety initiatives to management teams.
- Provides direction on district/business unit prevention and regulatory compliance training strategy.
- Conducts workshops to assist management who deliver health and safety training programs.
- Facilitates health and safety training to TFF employees.
- Monitors tracking, auditing, and scheduling of employee and manager safety training.
- Trains district management in using accident and injury prevention.
- Measures training results.
- Manages resources and people processes.
- Identifies individual and team skill gaps/developmental opportunities.
- Ensures that direct/indirect reports have documented career goals.
- Makes salary recommendations to reward employee performance.
Job Requirements:- U.S. citizen or otherwise authorized to work in the U.S.
- Must be located in the same geographic location as the job or willing to relocate
- Bachelors Degree (or internationally comparable degree) or current TFF employee with experience
- Knowledge of Warehouse Systems- preffered
- Experience in a Health & Safety role- preferred
- Operations experience in a distribution environment- preferred
