Corporate Safety Manager
About The Position
The Corporate Safety Manager leads and manages Tnemec’s company-wide safety and occupational health program under the direction of the Director of Technical and Regulatory Affairs. The role develops, implements, and continuously improves policies, programs, and processes to prevent workplace injuries and occupational illnesses, reduce operational risk, strengthen safety culture, improve safety performance, and ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements. The manager works closely with Operations, Human Resources, Environmental personnel, and facility leadership to integrate safety into daily operations and business decisions. The position may support environmental personnel on matters overlapping with employee safety and health but is not primarily responsible for environmental compliance programs. The role supports Tnemec’s production facilities, distribution centers, laboratories, and other company locations. It manages assigned safety personnel, provides technical guidance across the organization, and travels to facilities as necessary for audits, inspections, training, investigations, industrial hygiene studies, and other safety activities. Work takes place in office, manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, and distribution environments, with potential exposure to industrial hazards. Occasional response outside normal business hours may be required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, chemistry, environmental science, or a related technical field.
- Seven to ten years of progressively responsible safety and occupational health experience.
- Demonstrated ability to lead safety initiatives, hold employees and leaders accountable, influence operational decisions, manage conflict, and drive corrective actions through completion.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare professional reports and communicate with executives, managers, supervisors, and hourly employees.
- Training or qualification as a competent person in applicable safety areas, such as confined space entry, fall protection, excavation, or other assigned high-hazard activities.
- Ability to travel to Tnemec facilities as necessary.
- Ability to complete required safety training, medical evaluations, respirator fit testing, and other qualifications before performing applicable work.
- Ability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in chemical, coatings, or industrial manufacturing operations.
- At least three years of safety program leadership or multi-site safety management experience.
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), or comparable professional certification; ability to obtain an approved certification within a specified period may be considered.
- Current 40-hour HAZWOPER certification.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of company-wide safety and health programs, policies, procedures, and objectives.
- Develop and execute an annual safety plan with measurable goals, priorities, timelines, and performance expectations.
- Establish and monitor leading and lagging safety indicators, and provide performance reports and recommendations to leadership and other stakeholders.
- Strengthen the safety culture through employee engagement, supervisor accountability, training, hazard and near-miss reporting, and leadership of the Cross-Functional Safety Team.
- Establish safety expectations and accountability, address unsafe behaviors and repeated violations, and exercise stop-work authority when serious or imminent hazards are identified.
- Manage, coach, and develop assigned safety personnel, including the Baltimore Environmental Specialist, and coordinate safety activities across facilities.
- Develop, implement, and maintain safety programs, including hazard communication, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, personal protective equipment, lockout/tagout, confined space, powered industrial trucks, machine guarding, fall protection, and hot work.
- Develop, coordinate, and facilitate safety and health training for employees, supervisors, and managers.
- Maintain the Tnemec Safety Manual and ensure policies and procedures are current, communicated, implemented, and incorporated into training.
- Conduct facility safety audits and inspections; document findings, assign and track corrective actions, verify effectiveness, and escalate overdue or unresolved items.
- Coordinate safety-related Management of Change reviews for new or modified materials, equipment, facilities, and processes, and ensure controls are implemented before startup or use.
- Conduct job hazard analyses, process risk assessments, and formal process hazard analyses when applicable.
- Maintain proficiency in the use, calibration, and maintenance of industrial hygiene and monitoring equipment.
- Plan and conduct industrial hygiene exposure assessments for chemical, noise, respiratory, ventilation, heat, and other occupational hazards; recommend appropriate controls and personal protective equipment.
- Lead investigations of injuries, illnesses, near misses, property damage, fires, chemical releases, and other significant safety events; identify causes, assign actions, verify effectiveness, and communicate lessons learned.
- Coordinate workplace injury and workers’ compensation activities with Human Resources and other departments, including reporting, investigation, documentation, claim review, return-to-work support, trend analysis, and preventive actions.
- Coordinate workers’ compensation, property insurance, and other safety-related inspections, and ensure recommendations are evaluated, assigned, tracked, and completed.
- Manage fire and life safety compliance activities, including extinguisher maintenance, fire protection system inspections, emergency planning, evacuation procedures, drills, and coordination with facility management and emergency response organizations.
- Develop and maintain contractor safety requirements, including qualification, orientation, safe work practices, permits, oversight, and evaluation.
- Travel to Tnemec facilities as needed for safety audits, inspections, training, investigations, industrial hygiene studies, recordkeeping reviews, and related activities.
- Serve as a technical resource on safety and occupational health matters to employees, supervisors, management, Human Resources, Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, and other departments.
- Interact with regulatory agencies and represent the company on external safety and health committees, professional associations, and coatings industry organizations, including ACA, SCHC, and NFPA.
- Support environmental personnel on matters overlapping with employee safety and occupational health while retaining primary responsibility for company safety and health programs.
- Perform other safety and occupational health duties assigned by the Director of Technical and Regulatory Affairs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
