Corporate Safety Manager

Daisy Brand • Dallas, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Corporate Safety Manager is responsible for leading and advancing the company’s health and safety strategy across multiple dairy manufacturing facilities. This role serves as the corporate safety leader, partnering with plant leadership and operations teams to foster a proactive safety culture through injury prevention, risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, continuous improvement, and strategic safety program development. The Corporate Safety Manager develops, implements, and monitors company-wide safety programs, policies, and standards while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including OSHA and food manufacturing safety requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of progressive health and safety experience in manufacturing environments and single site safety leadership required.
• Multi-site manufacturing safety leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Managing behavior-based safety observation programs such as DuPont STOP required.
• Food or dairy manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience managing OSHA compliance programs and safety systems required.
• Experience using Power BI to analyze data and support decision-making preferred.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations, manufacturing safety programs, industrial hygiene principles, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Experience leading safety audits, incident investigations, root cause analyses, risk assessments, and corrective action programs.
• Expertise in contractor safety management and providing safety leadership for capital projects, facility expansions, and equipment installations.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, facilitate safety committees, train employees on safety processes, and influence stakeholders at all organizational levels through strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
• Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST)
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
• OSHA 30-hour or equivalent safety training
• First Aid/CPR Certification

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain company-wide health and safety programs, policies, procedures, and standards across all manufacturing locations.
• Lead the company’s overall safety strategy and establish annual safety objectives and performance metrics.
• Drive a culture of safety accountability, employee engagement, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Serve as the corporate subject matter expert for occupational health and safety matters.
• Develop and maintain safety dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools.
• Monitor leading and lagging indicators including: TRIR, DART, near misses, audit findings, training completion, corrective action closure, etc.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that reduce risk and improve operational safety performance.
• Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA and state/local safety regulations.
• Monitor regulatory changes and proactively update company programs and practices as needed.
• Coordinate and support regulatory inspections and interactions with governmental agencies.
• Maintain required compliance with documentation, reporting, and recordkeeping.
• Partner with plant managers, facility leadership teams and site safety teams to implement sustain effective safety programs.
• Conduct regular site visits, safety audits, inspections, and risk assessments across all facilities.
• Identify hazards and partner with operations teams to implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Support facility-level safety committees and encourage employee involvement in safety initiatives.
• Lead or support incident investigations involving injuries, near misses, and property damage.
• Conduct root cause analysis and ensure timely corrective action implementation.
• Track and analyze injury, incident, and workers’ compensation trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop action plans to reduce incident frequency and severity.
• Work collaboratively with Learning & Development team to develop and deliver safety training programs for employees and leadership teams.
• Ensure required safety training is completed and documented.
• Ensure emergency drills and preparedness exercises are properly designed and conducted on appropriate frequencies.
• Oversee and continuously improve key safety programs including: Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Machine Guarding, Confined Space, Fall Protection, Powered Industrial Trucks / Forklift Safety, Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, Hearing Conservation, Contractor Safety, Emergency Response and Preparedness, Ergonomics and Injury Prevention, Behavioral and Culture-Based Safety Programs
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A no deductible, $0 premium option for employee only medical coverage
• Access to virtual healthcare and wellness programs
• A 401(k) program with company match, plus weekly safe harbor and annual profit-sharing contributions
• Company paid short and long-term disability coverage and 2x annual salary in life and AD&D insurance
• Four weeks of paid time off, plus 20 hours of floating holidays in your first full year of employment
• Annual rollover and payout options for any unused paid time off
• Paid time for volunteering and community involvement
• Tuition reimbursement and ongoing professional development opportunities
• Fitness and wellness incentives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior