Position Title: Senior Health & Safety Manager - Training & Competency
Location: GRANBURY, TX
FLSA Class: EXEMPT
Responsible to: Director of Health & Safety
Position Summary: VoltaGrid Manufacturing is seeking an experienced Health & Safety professional to lead safety training and competency development at our Granbury, Texas, manufacturing facility. This hands-on role combines ownership of new-hire safety orientation, employee training, mentoring, and competency verification with day-to-day manufacturing safety responsibilities.
Reporting directly to the Director, Health & Safety, VoltaGrid Manufacturing, you will partner closely with the facility Health & Safety Manager, Operations, Human Resources, and supervisors to strengthen employee capability and help employees perform their work safely
Key Responsibilities:- Lead new-hire safety orientation and develop, coordinate, and deliver practical safety training tailored to manufacturing jobs, hazards, and critical controls.
- Maintain a training matrix by position and task; track initial, refresher, retraining, and qualification requirements and keep accurate training and competency records.
- Develop practical competency evaluations with supervisors and qualified evaluators. Verify employee understanding and demonstrated skills, and coordinate coaching or retraining when gaps are identified.
- Support Short Service Employee and new-employee mentoring, and provide ongoing coaching that connects classroom learning with safe work on the manufacturing floor.
- Maintain a visible manufacturing-floor presence; conduct inspections, workplace observations, hazard and risk assessments, and job safety or job hazard analyses (JSAs/JHAs).
- Support Critical Risk Management and critical-control verification for activities such as lockout/tagout, machine guarding, electrical safety, powered industrial equipment, fall protection, and material handling.
- Lead or support incident investigations as assigned, track corrective actions, and incorporate lessons learned into training, procedures, and work practices.
- Coordinate manufacturing safety activities with the facility Health & Safety Manager and operational leaders; promote Stop Work Authority and timely reporting of hazards, injuries, and near misses.
What You Bring:- Progressive Health & Safety experience in manufacturing, industrial, or comparable environments, supported by relevant education, professional certification, training, or practical experience.
- Demonstrated experience developing and delivering safety training, orientation, coaching, mentoring, or hands-on instruction, and assessing employee knowledge and practical competency.
- Working knowledge of applicable OSHA requirements, manufacturing safety programs, critical controls, inspections, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
- Strong facilitation, communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with employees and supervisors and manage competing priorities.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Industrial Hygiene, or a related discipline.
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or qualified instructor credentials relevant to assigned training responsibilities.
- Experience developing competency-based safety training or structured employee mentoring programs in manufacturing.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
