Safety & Loss Prevention Manager

ProTrans•Romulus, MI

25d•Onsite

About The Position

The Safety & Loss Prevention Manager — Northern Region leads safety, security, loss prevention, and compliance programs across warehouse, yard, distribution, and transportation operations. The role protects people, cargo, inventory, equipment, and facilities while reducing risk, strengthening operational discipline, and fostering a proactive safety and security culture. The position supports multi-site warehouses, docks, yards, transportation lanes, carrier operations, cross-border logistics, and 3PL partners through audits, inspections, investigations, corrective actions, and cargo-security controls. It is based in Detroit, Michigan, supports regional facilities, and involves travel up to 50%.

Requirements

8+ years in Safety, Loss Prevention, Security, Risk Management, Supply Chain Operations, Warehouse Operations, Transportation, or related logistics environments.
5+ years leading teams or programs in multi-site distribution, warehousing, transportation, yard operations, carrier management, or 3PL environments.
Knowledge of OSHA safety programs, EHS compliance, DOT, EPA, AHJ, warehouse safety, dock safety, yard safety, supply chain security, and transportation security.
Knowledge of safety inspections, including emergency exits, eyewash stations, sprinklers, racking, PITs, dock doors, dock plates, trailer restraints, housekeeping, and walking-working surfaces.
Skills in risk assessment, investigations, root cause analysis, CAPA, audits, cargo-loss analysis, claims support, and corrective action verification.
Project management, data analysis, Microsoft Office, performance metrics, crisis management, and business continuity skills.
Knowledge of safety management systems, warehouse management systems, transportation management systems, CCTV, access control, alarms, visitor management, and security technology platforms.
Leadership, communication, coaching, collaboration, and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Criminal Justice, Risk Management, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field preferred.
Experience with OSHA, DOT, EPA, AHJ, warehouse safety, transportation security, cargo claims, investigations, loss prevention, or CTPAT preferred.
OSHA 30, CSP, ASP, PSP, CPP, LPC, CFI, CTPAT Security Specialist, or Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead regional safety and loss prevention support for warehouse, dock, yard, and transportation operations.
Coach leaders on safety accountability, cargo security, risk mitigation, and security awareness.
Partner with Operations, Transportation, Dispatch, HR, Facilities, IT, Legal, customers, carriers, vendors, and 3PL partners.
Execute safety programs for warehouse, dock, yard, material handling, and transportation environments.
Support OSHA, DOT, EPA, AHJ, company, customer, carrier, and local compliance requirements.
Analyze injuries, near misses, PIT events, dock incidents, cargo exceptions, trailer incidents, audits, and inspections.
Conduct inspections, investigations, audits, and root cause analysis across warehouse, dock, yard, trailer, and transportation areas.
Lead programs to reduce theft, fraud, cargo loss, shrink, trailer tampering, unauthorized access, and security incidents.
Maintain physical security standards for warehouses, docks, yards, trailer parking, shipping and receiving, and restricted areas.
Investigate losses, theft, cargo incidents, inventory discrepancies, seal issues, trailer exceptions, and workplace concerns.
Partner with HR, Legal, Operations, and external partners on investigations, corrective actions, and security gap closure.
Lead CTPAT, cargo security, seal control, trailer inspections, yard security, gate controls, driver verification, and carrier compliance.
Develop continuity plans for warehouse disruptions, dock or yard emergencies, severe weather, power outages, cargo theft, route deviations, and border delays.
Strengthen route, yard, trailer, seal, cargo custody, and emerging-risk controls with carriers, customers, and 3PL partners.
Establish risk and compliance processes for warehouse, yard, transportation, and 3PL operations.
Monitor regulatory, company, customer, insurance, and audit requirements to support compliance across teams.
Lead corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) for audit findings, incident trends, compliance gaps, and operational risks.
Manage dashboards, reports, audit evidence, site readiness, emergency response coordination, cargo-security metrics, and transportation risk follow-up.
Manage projects for warehouse safety, transportation security, physical security, compliance, facility support, and loss prevention.
Coordinate project timelines, stakeholders, resources, risks, and deliverables.