Safety Manager

Koch•Brunswick, GA

20d•Onsite

About The Position

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a dedicated Senior Safety & Health Manager at our cellulose manufacturing facility in Brunswick, GA. Reporting to the Vice President, General Manager, the Sr. Safety & Health Manager will provide transformative leadership and guidance to the site leadership team and their team of direct reports. This position will lead a Safety and Health capability team that includes strategic direction and oversite in the areas of Occupational Safety and Health, Process Safety, Worker's Compensation/Medical Management, Emergency Response for the site, and Security. This role will work directly with the leadership team to identify and reduce risk, leverage transformative investment opportunities via the site's Path to Zero risk reduction plan, and applying Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) concepts to assist the mill in becoming a learning environment, ultimately creating value by achieving sustainable improvements. As a key leader in the mill, the successful candidate will create value for the organization by ensuring risk is aggressively identified and mitigated, developing and aligning facility safety strategies to be consistent with the company/division Health & Safety vision, and ensuring leaders and employees are trained and equipped to manage safety.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree OR Four (4) or more years of safety experience in a pulp and paper mill
Safety leadership experience in an industrial/manufacturing setting, such has paper, oil & energy, military, or manufacturing process environment
Experience using and applying EHS Management Systems
Experience interpreting and managing to OSHA, state, and local safety and compliance standards

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree or higher in safety, industrial hygiene and/or engineering/technical
Experience with Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) concepts/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 with process safety management in a manufacturing environment
Experience leading and developing people related to safety
Experience in leading a site to improved safety and performance

Responsibilities

Supervise the facility Safety & Health team and the ongoing development of the team
Partner with site leadership to develop and execute strategic safety and health improvement plans, including effectively communicating the safety vision, strategies, and performance to internal and external stakeholders
Promote a positive safety environment using Principle Based Management (PBM) as the guide with all team members to help the Brunswick facility embrace and achieve the site’s Path to Zero Safety Strategy consistent with our company’s overall Safety Vision
Apply Human and Organization Performance (HOP) concepts so the facility becomes a more robust learning environment where knowledge sharing occurs in an expedited manner
Support and help facilitate employee onboarding including initial safety training, as well as continuing safety training for all Brunswick employees
Ensure that the facility risk profile is addressed through the development and implementation of key controls
Enhance the site capabilities in critical hazard program management, including hazardous energy control; line breaking/equipment opening, fall protection, mobile equipment and pedestrian interactions; cranes and rigging, work permitting; emergency preparedness; etc.
Lead the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) methodology at the site, including department and task-based risk assessments
Facilitate incident investigations, HOP concepts are utilized so the learning is maximized and ensuring recommendations are effective from both a prevention and recovery perspective to build the capacity to fail safely
Utilize development plans to grow safety/health and process safety skills and knowledge though innovation in training and development programs
Communicate and collaborate with business and company safety, health, process safety capabilities to ensure alignment with business vision, strategy, and programs
Ensure compliance with OSHA, including PSM as well as the safety related elements for EPA RMP requirements for specific covered processes
Drive continuous improvement using tools and activities, including self-assessments and audit processes, incident/near miss investigations, metrics, and targets (leading and lagging indicators), and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent
Manage Workers Compensation processes and work-related injury cases