Bridgestone & Firestone

Safety & Health Manager

Bridgestone & Firestone$75K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 4+ years of experience.
  • 3-5 years of management or leadership experience required.
  • Experience in developing safety management systems.
  • Strong understanding of workplace safety regulations and practices.
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Leads health and safety activities for the facility.
  • Implements and manages a comprehensive safety management system.
  • Continuously monitors and identifies opportunities for safety improvements.
  • Conducts investigations into accidents and manages communication with regulatory authorities.
  • Provides training and advice on safety protocols, ensuring compliance with standards.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance provided.
  • Full benefits package.
Full Job Description
Business Unit
BAMG - Wilson

Management Level
Management

Job Category
Legal, Compliance & Audit

Position Summary
Leads and coordinates all safety and health related activities for the Wilson, NC facility. Develops and implements a comprehensive safety management system including providing leadership and support for the line driven behavior based safety process. Continuously monitors safety systems for improvement opportunities. Leads and directs Safety team.

Employee/Labor Health & Safety work encompasses activities related to the wellbeing of employees including:

• Developing and implementing policies and practices to identify/mitigate
hazardous conditions within the workplace.
• Identifying potential workplace hazards, unsafe equipment, work practices,
and working conditions
• Investigating accidents and liaising with engineers, management, and health
and safety regulatory authorities to identify causes of accidents and prevent
their recurrence.
• Providing advice and training on safety protocols and conducting audits to
ensure compliance with organization and government standards related to
employee health and safety.
• Maintaining and analyzing records of workplace injuries, illness, and absences
to identify areas of concern and provide information required by regulatory
agencies.

Responsibilities

• Manages experienced professionals who exercise independent discretion and/or manages a functional area or process that may or may not have direct reports.
• Implements policy and strategy for short-term results and influences others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices and procedures
• Decision making is guided by strategic objectives of specialization
• Influences others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices and procedures
• Must be able to communicates with executive leadership
• Supports relationships through strong communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree; 6 y+ years of relevant experience including 3-5 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience

Or Master's degree; 4+ years of relevant experience including 2-4 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience

* Relocation Assistance provided with Full Benefits package

About Bridgestone & Firestone

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand tires to address the needs of a broad range of customers, including consumers, automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment manufacturers, and those in the agricultural, forestry and mining industries. The companies are also engaged in retreading operations throughout the Western Hemisphere and produce air springs, roofing materials, and industrial fibers and textiles. The Bridgestone Americas family of companies also operates the world's largest chain of automotive tire and service centers. Guided by its global corporate social responsibility commitment, Our Way to Serve, Bridgestone embraces its responsibility as a global leader by striving to improve the way people move, live, work and play.
Learn more about Bridgestone & Firestone
Size
135,636 employees
Industry
NASDAQ

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