Manager, Health & Safety - TForce Freight

TForce Freight•South Holland, IL

About The Position

The Manager, Health & Safety promotes wellness and a safe work environment within a region or business unit. The role formulates strategies, tactics, and improvement initiatives to prevent injuries and auto crashes, reduce workers’ compensation and liability costs, and mitigate risk. The manager develops Health and Safety expertise among district and business-unit counterparts and builds strategic relationships with professional, regulatory, and community organizations to support workplace safety and strengthen TForce Freight’s standing in the communities it serves. The position collaborates with HR, Health and Safety, Operations, and other stakeholders to implement prevention initiatives, provide expert guidance, investigate and resolve safety concerns, maintain regulatory compliance, and evaluate the effectiveness of safety plans. It also directs training strategies and delivery, monitors training and compliance activities, manages resources and people processes, supports employee development, and makes salary recommendations.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship or other authorization to work in the United States.
Must be located in the same geographic location as the job or be willing to relocate.
Bachelor’s degree or an internationally comparable degree, or current TFF employee with experience.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of warehouse systems.
Experience in a Health and Safety role.
Operations experience in a distribution environment.

Responsibilities

Develop Health and Safety strategies, communicate trends, and communicate the strategic Health and Safety Plan to stakeholders.
Collaborate with district HR, Health and Safety, Operations managers, and cross-functional partners to execute initiatives addressing injury and auto-crash prevention, wellness, and business needs.
Serve as a subject-matter expert and share Health and Safety best practices.
Consult with districts on action plans that address contributing causes.
Investigate, analyze, and resolve critical business concerns related to injury and auto-crash prevention and wellness.
Promote safety recognition programs.
Analyze cost statements to identify areas with the greatest claims costs.
Communicate and implement new or changing regulatory requirements.
Audit compliance with TFF policies and regulatory requirements.
Support development of corrective actions for identified issues and validate their execution.
Report safety strategy results and initiative progress to management, identify trends, and assess plan effectiveness and execution.
Analyze audit data and Health and Safety compliance reports to identify action plans, abatement strategies, and best practices.
Provide follow-up reports to confirm that district adjustments are executed and maintained as part of the business plan.
Provide direction on district and business-unit prevention and regulatory-compliance training strategy.
Conduct workshops for managers who deliver Health and Safety training programs.
Facilitate Health and Safety training for TFF employees.
Monitor tracking, auditing, and scheduling of employee and manager safety training.
Train district management in accident and injury prevention.
Measure training results.
Manage resources and people processes.
Identify individual and team skill gaps and development opportunities.
Ensure direct and indirect reports have documented career goals.
Make salary recommendations to reward employee performance.