McWane Ductile Ohio - Safety Manager

McWane • Coshocton, OH

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About The Position

We are seeking a collaborative and principled Safety Manager to champion our commitment to protecting every team member and to uphold our VPP Star certification at our 600-employee unionized heavy manufacturing site. This role is central to cultivating a culture of shared ownership, continuous learning, and operational excellence, grounded in The McWane Way principles, values, and behaviors. The ideal candidate is both a strategic thinker and hands-on leader who models humility, fosters psychological safety, and inspires proactive engagement in safety and well-being.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field (required).
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive safety experience in a heavy industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Proven success working in a unionized environment, with the ability to foster alignment and mutual respect.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA standards, VPP requirements, Behavior-Based Safety, Operational Learning, and best practices in industrial safety.
• Experience facilitating learning from events or safety learning teams is highly valued.
• Demonstrated commitment to coaching, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, or CHMM preferred.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong computer proficiency (Microsoft Office, EHS management systems, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a cultural steward for safety excellence, integrating McWane's core principles into daily operations and long-term strategy.
• Champion a proactive safety culture aligned with VPP Star principles, with a strong focus on Behavior-Based Safety (BBS), and employee ownership of safety.
• Foster employee-led safety initiatives, including Hourly Safety Reps, peer observations, and grassroots safety conversations.
• Champion a collaborative learning environment, ensuring that events, whether injuries, near misses, or unsafe conditions, are used as catalysts for organizational learning and continuous improvement.
• Partner with hourly and salaried employees, including union leadership, to maintain a cooperative, transparent, and safety-focused work environment.
• Lead and develop the plant's Hourly Safety Representative Program and other peer-led safety engagement initiatives.
• Maintain a strong presence on the shop floor, listening, learning, coaching, and reinforcing shared responsibility for safety.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with OSHA, EPA, and other applicable federal, state, and local safety and environmental regulations.
• Sustain and elevate the site's OSHA VPP Star status through excellence in documentation, management commitment, engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct regular audits, risk assessments, and job hazard analyses (JHAs); ensure timely follow-up on corrective actions.
• Serve as the primary contact for regulatory agencies and manage reporting requirements (e.g., OSHA logs, environmental reports).
• Design and deliver training on safety procedures, hazard communication, lockout/tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, machine guarding, and other critical programs to real world application and The McWane Way principles.
• Equip supervisors and frontline leaders to coach, model, and reinforce safety expectations in everyday decisions.
• Lead onboarding and refresher training with a focus on Behavior-Based Safety, human performance, and operational learning.
• Oversee and set expectations for incident investigations, ensuring thorough root cause analysis, documentation, and corrective/preventive actions.
• Monitor and analyze safety performance indicators to identify trends and drive data-informed decisions.
• Use leading and lagging indicators to guide strategic priorities and evaluate the impact of cultural and system changes.
• Lead and coach safety team members, ensuring alignment with both technical excellence and cultural leadership.
• Build cross-functional partnerships with HR, Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations to integrate safety into every aspect of work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree