Safety Manager

Safety Plus • Chicago, IL

15d

About The Position

A Safety Manager at Safety Plus Inc. supports long-term client success by providing leadership and expertise to improve client safety performance over time. The role serves as a strategic advisor and operational partner, learning each client’s operational pressures, risk tolerance, and business objectives to develop practical, sustainable safety solutions within agreed service boundaries and Safety Plus operational guidelines.

The Safety Manager for EdgePro Services works directly with clients to assess, design, and improve safety management systems. The position spans client advising, on-site evaluations, compliance support, training, safety-program oversight, data analysis, strategic planning, and administrative program management. The role serves clients across sectors including manufacturing, construction, industrial, warehousing, transportation, and energy. It combines field-based client support with office-based work and requires approximately 60% travel, with roughly half of travel potentially involving overnight stays.

Successful performance includes building trusted client relationships, providing timely reviews and actionable recommendations, maintaining client satisfaction and retention, improving safety performance, and managing multiple client accounts with accurate documentation and follow-up.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience managing safety programs or departments, or working in a similar safety leadership role, with demonstrated success in continuous improvement and regulatory compliance.
• Strong understanding of OSHA regulations and experience applying them in diverse client settings.
• Knowledge of USDOT, MSHA, Industrial Hygiene, and Online Prequalification (Avetta/ISNetworld) requirements, or ability to learn and apply them as needed.
• Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and translate findings into actionable safety improvements.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills, including professional report writing, objective and defensible observation language, business review presentations, action items, and practical recommendations.
• Professional and clear written communication, including client-facing emails and follow-up correspondence.
• Technology aptitude and ability to learn and use software platforms, safety management systems, CRM/task management tools, and related technologies.
• Strong organization and task management, including accurate documentation, scheduling, follow-up, recordkeeping, and prioritization across multiple clients and projects.
• Even-tempered and resilient under pressure, with the ability to work collaboratively with individuals at all levels.
• Ability to assess client questions and operational concerns independently, identify missing information, ask targeted follow-up questions, and develop practical, risk-based recommendations.
• Ability to research unfamiliar regulatory, operational, and compliance topics independently, synthesize credible sources, and provide timely, accurate, actionable guidance.
• Strong business and risk awareness, including the ability to consider client risk tolerance, operational pressures, and organizational maturity when recommending sustainable safety solutions.
• Strong critical thinking and operational awareness to balance regulatory compliance, field application, and client business realities.
• Focus on meaningful risk reduction and sustainable program improvement rather than a check-the-box approach.
• Regular travel to client sites, approximately 60% of the time; roughly half of travel may require overnight stays.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant safety, operational, military, industrial, or leadership experience may be considered instead of a degree.
• CSP, ASP, CHST, OHST, SMS, CIT, or similar professional certification preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Understand clients’ operational needs, pressures, values, priorities, risk profiles, and service needs, and tailor safety strategies accordingly.
• Facilitate regular safety reviews and advisory meetings; discuss goals, update safety plans, and address emerging risks.
• Develop and monitor client-specific performance metrics to assess progress and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Conduct on-site evaluations, identify hazards, and report findings to client leadership.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of client-specific safety management systems aligned with Safety Plus operational guidelines and compliance standards.
• Lead training and workshops for client staff and safety teams, transferring knowledge and promoting best practices.
• Analyze safety audit, incident, and other data to identify trends and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Collaborate with clients on structured paths toward higher safety standards, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Provide strategic oversight of safety initiatives and align client programs with operational objectives and Safety Plus standards.
• Develop compliance schedules and calendars to help clients meet regulatory deadlines and stay ahead of compliance requirements.
• Act as a liaison between Safety Plus and clients, maintaining communication and alignment on safety goals.
• Monitor client health for retention, advocate for client needs, and work within service delivery requirements.
• Perform administrative and program management tasks supporting client compliance, including reminders, policy and program reviews, meeting follow-up, and documentation maintenance.
• Coordinate internal teams to provide meaningful and timely support across assigned client relationships.
• Manage multiple client accounts while maintaining documentation, scheduling, follow-up, and communication.
• Travel to client sites and provide field-based and office-based client support, including audits, report writing, program reviews, compliance tracking, and client communication.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Open PTO
• Seven paid company holidays
• Eligibility to participate in the SIMPLE IRA retirement plan after one year of employment
• Target annual bonus opportunity of 10% of base salary, paid quarterly based on GRR performance
• $1,000 monthly car allowance
• Business travel expenses covered through a company gas card and company-paid travel in accordance with company policy and applicable GSA rates

What This Job Offers

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