Location:
Durham, NC (ASG) - Industrial spec gasPlumsteadville, PA (SGHCLS) - Healthcare - Industrial spec gas

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Safety Manager partners across teams to guide and coordinate the area's safety and risk mitigation efforts. The Safety manager facilitates training to support regulatory safety & compliance, claims management, and partners on compliance reviews with standard operating procedures.

Airgas is Hiring for a Safety Manager in Durham, NC!

We are looking for you !

• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment

Recruiter: Natasha Smith | [email protected]

• Champion and support the Airgas Safety culture - putting safety first.
• Implementing and maintaining the directives of Airgas' safety policies and procedures.
• Partner with facilities on Local, State and Federal regulatory compliance including OSHA, EPA, DOT & DHS.
• Guides, delivers, and facilitates training and performs audits on Airgas various standard operating procedures (SOP) including the Safety Manual, Medical Gas Manual and other pertinent corporate compliance manuals and initiatives.
• Responsible for environmentally related regulatory compliance efforts (SARA, Waste Management, etc.)
• Partners with and guides Airgas's incident review committee. Develops and implements action plans as necessary to mitigate risks.
• Leads collaborative incident reviews in conjunction with Facility and Operations Management to partner with insurance carriers to manage claims.
• Participates in activities designed to empower employees to lead safety efforts within the organization.
• Inspects or tours organization facilities to identify opportunities to improve safety and health hazards, and recommends corrective or preventive measures where indicated; performs periodic internal safety audits and assures that the results of these reviews are made available to the facility manager, Director/VP of Safety.
• Makes suggestions for corrective actions for deficiencies found as a result of facility reviews/audits, along with specific projection dates for approved necessary corrections.
• Keeps managers and associates informed and supported regarding the hazards of working with toxic fumes, dangerous chemicals, and any other hazardous substances.
• Compiles and submits accident/injury reports required by regulatory agencies and SAFECOR.
• Works closely with the Human Resources Department on worker's compensation programs, including working with the third party administrator to support associate recovery and minimize lost time
• Participates in the AERO (the Airgas Emergency Response Operations) Team.
• Manages Airgas Intellex system and information sharing systems.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Are you a MATCH?

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Bachelor's degree in a related degree field required. In lieu of degree, consideration for up to 5 years of additional related experience may be accepted.
• CSP/ASP/OHST (Certified Safety Professional) certification preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of related safety experience within a production and distribution environment.
• Must have excellent organizational, written and oral communication, listening and presentation skills including the ability to effectively present and discuss technical information and respond to questions from employees, government agency representatives, and customers.
• Proficient in general computer operations and comfortable using Google Workspace applications (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Gmail) to manage daily tasks
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form.
• Ability to define and solve problems dealing with a variety of both abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply basic algebra and geometry.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Employees are regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms.
• Employees are frequently required to talk and/or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Requires use of computer, telephone and operation of a motor vehicle.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Frequent regional travel (up to 60% of work time including overnight)
• Must have reliable transportation, current driver's license, minimum liability insurance as required by state of vehicle registration.
• Job requires visitation of various Airgas and customer sites, which have varying environments/conditions, layouts, and accessibility.

Benefits

We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.

Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.