Safety and Health Manager

Koch • Brunswick, GA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Safety and Health Manager for its cellulose manufacturing facility in Brunswick, Georgia. This key member of the mill leadership team will manage the Safety & Health team, oversee safety and health programs, and partner with site leadership to reduce risk, advance the site’s Path to Zero strategy, and apply Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) concepts to drive sustainable improvement. The position may be filled at a senior level depending on the selected candidate’s experience, capabilities, and demonstrated leadership.

The Brunswick Cellulose facility is one of the country’s largest integrated fluff pulp mills. Its operations include a modern woodyard, fiber line, three paper machines, a waste treatment plant, and utilities. The facility is in southeast Georgia, near downtown Brunswick and about an hour from Jacksonville, Florida, and Savannah, Georgia.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of safety experience in a pulp and paper mill.
• Experience managing safety and health programs in an industrial or manufacturing environment, such as pulp and paper, oil and energy, or another process manufacturing environment.
• Experience using and applying EHS Management Systems.
• Experience interpreting and managing to OSHA, state, and local safety and compliance standards.
• Experience managing and developing direct reports, such as EHS Coordinators or Specialists.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, or a technical field.
• Experience with Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) concepts and methods.
• Board Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), and/or Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
• Experience establishing sustainable systems for compliance and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing process safety in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience helping a manufacturing site achieve measurable, sustainable improvement in safety performance, risk reduction, and organizational learning.

Responsibilities

• Manage, develop, and strengthen the facility Safety & Health team.
• Partner with site leadership to develop and execute safety and health strategies that reduce risk and advance the site’s Path to Zero Safety Strategy.
• Apply HOP concepts to improve organizational learning, incident investigations, knowledge sharing, and prevention and recovery controls.
• Manage the site’s Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) process and strengthen controls for critical hazards, including hazardous energy, line breaking/equipment opening, fall protection, mobile equipment and pedestrian interactions, cranes and rigging, work permitting, and emergency preparedness.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, including Process Safety Management (PSM), and applicable EPA Risk Management Program (RMP) safety elements.
• Build employee and management capability through onboarding, safety training, development plans, and partnership with company safety, health, and process safety resources.
• Drive continuous improvement through audits, self-assessments, performance indicators, incident and near-miss learning, workers’ compensation management, and regular reviews of risk and performance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• ADD insurance
• Disability coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• May include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

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