Health & Safety Manager

Creative Werks•Elk Grove Village, IL

About The Position

The Health and Safety Manager leads and promotes the health, safety, and well-being of all creative werks employees. The role oversees the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of safety programs across all facilities, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated in alignment with company objectives. The manager ensures leaders and employees are trained, equipped, and accountable for maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related business field.
At least 5 years of workplace safety experience.
Knowledge of current OSHA regulations and federal, state, and local workplace safety laws.
OSHA 30-Hour Certification.
Excellent organizational and communication skills.
Ability to develop and conduct training.
Proficiency in MS Office programs.
Ability to perform internal and external audits.

Nice To Haves

Workplace safety experience in manufacturing.
Certified First Aid Responder; CPR and/or EMT preferred.
Bilingual in Spanish.

Responsibilities

Lead and promote proactive safety processes across all facilities to achieve companywide safety goals and support employee engagement.
Lead risk assessments and conduct internal audits to anticipate, identify, evaluate, and eliminate hazards, including safety observations and monthly meetings; develop a floor-monitoring or coaching system.
Achieve safety KPIs, including TRIR goals, reduction in workers’ compensation claims, and ergonomic improvements.
Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
Deploy programs modeled after ISO 14001 standards.
Maintain and develop loss-related and risk-related metrics, and advise on systematizing data collection.
Ensure accidents, near misses, and security issues are communicated, reported, and measured for regulatory compliance; conduct ongoing trend analysis and industry comparisons, and lead case management with Human Resources.
Develop a system to return employees to work quickly and safely after injury or illness.
Manage safety observations and related data, record actionable items, and assign them to the appropriate departments.
Follow up on actionable items to ensure hazards are mitigated.
Manage the facility Emergency Response Plan and Crisis Management Plan with other department leads.
Schedule and maintain fire systems and inspections, and direct evacuation plans and drills for each facility.
Monitor Maintenance, Facilities, and Production teams’ compliance with OSHA standards for SDS sheets and chemical lists.
Advise and support site leadership teams on safety, risk mitigation, and improvement efforts.
Manage site safety activities, training, and programs.
Partner with HR on new-hire safety orientation, including training for temporary employees and vendors and visitors.
Perform other duties as assigned by Management.