Safety Manager

Position Summary:

Under limited supervision, the Site Safety Manager ensures safety and environmental programs and procedures are followed at a particular worksite. This job class requires knowledge of general and construction safety, health and environmental practices, policies and procedures with the ability to resolve routine to complex safety/health and environmental issues. Employees in this job class must have general knowledge of applicable site-specific operations as well as occupational safety, health and environmental regulations and hazardous materials.

Location:

Forest Park, Georgia; Fort Gillem, Georgia

Typical Duties:

• Inspect and evaluate workplace environments, equipment and work practices to ensure compliance with safety, health and environmental standards

• Develop and provide training in safe work practices, ergonomics, health and environmental practices

• Supervises employees; ensures a competent, motivated team through hiring, training, development, counseling and reviewing the performance of employees.

• Maintain professional relationships with customers, assuring support is provided to PRIDE staff in accordance with contracts and resolving safety issues that may inhibit contract performance

• Create, evaluate and educate employees on Job Safety Analysis (JSA’s); Must ensure JSA’s are current and effectively identify potential hazards

• Interact with employees and conduct employee safety, behavior and ergonomic observations and corrective actions to prevent injuries and illness

• Evaluate and educate employees in the proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), shelf stocking equipment and cleaning tool use

• Provide reports and advice to the Site Safety Director regarding accidents and employee injuries

• Conduct investigations to determine root causes of violations, injuries and incidents to determine corrective action and prevent recurrence

• Maintain safety program records and compile data for use in reports

• Transport and accompany injured employee’s to a medical facility for treatment

• Conduct, participate and attend regularly scheduled staff, leadership, committee and offsite meetings. Prepare agendas, roster and presentation materials for various meetings

• Establish a leadership role by assisting department Managers and Supervisors to achieve their safety goals by providing direction and technical support.

• Assist the Site Safety Director in conducting periodic reviews of the safety process.

• Conduct Personal Protective Equipment Inspections.

• Conduct department inspections to ensure sufficient first aid supplies and equipment are available

Minimum Qualifications:

• Five or more years of recent safety, health and environmental experience in the applicable site specific operations;
• Depending on the worksite, bi-lingual English and Spanish required;
• OSHA 10, CPR/First Aid, forklift trainer and HAZWOPPER certifications desired;
• Ability to interpret and implement applicable laws, regulations and policies;
• Knowledge of the Workers’ Compensation system;
• Ability to read and understand Insurance Carrier Loss Run information;
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; to make presentations and respond to inquiries by management, team, vendors and/or customers;
• Human relation skills to build effective relationships with team and internal customers;

Disclaimer:

The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees for this job. Employees are expected to follow their supervisor’s instructions and to perform the tasks requested by their supervisors.