Safety Manager

Koch•Madison, WI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Facility Safety Manager for its plywood mill in Madison, Georgia. The role provides safety leadership and strategic direction using the Principle Based Management™ Framework, driving safety performance through culture change, effective management systems, and employee and leader engagement. The position reports directly to the Plant Manager, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Division Safety and Health Manager. The Madison facility produces plywood panels and has 525 employees across four production processes. The Safety Manager leads facility-wide safety programs, risk management, compliance, training, industrial hygiene, injury case management, emergency preparedness, and continuous improvement. The role also supports capital and major expense projects to ensure risks are addressed throughout project execution.

Requirements

Safety experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment, including experience in a safety leadership role; the stated duration is unclear in the posting.
Working knowledge of OSHA regulations (29 CFR 1910) and recordkeeping requirements.
Experience leading incident investigations and root cause analysis.
Experience leading culture change and developing and implementing safety management systems.
Willingness to respond to after-hours incidents and emergencies as needed.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Engineering.
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.
Experience coaching and developing employees and leaders to foster a safety-driven culture.

Responsibilities

Establish and achieve a meaningful safety vision and effective strategies through management commitment and employee ownership.
Develop and communicate risk assessment methods and systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards.
Drive mitigation of identified gaps and improvement opportunities.
Manage compliance with OSHA regulations and company standards, ensuring appropriate organizational ownership.
Maintain the site risk register and ensure key controls are in place, verified, and owned.
Recommend and facilitate engineering and design changes to eliminate or reduce risks, including machine guarding, ergonomics, mobile equipment and pedestrian traffic, fire and explosion, combustible dust, noise, and upset conditions.
Drive consistent execution, assessment, and improvement of critical safe work practices, including lockout/tagout, confined space entry, hot work, working at heights, and mobile equipment operation.
Support all phases of capital and major expense projects, including design reviews, contractor selection and orientation, audits, work plans and permits, and pre-startup reviews.
Assess, design, and deliver safety training, and coach supervisors and frontline leaders to own crew safety performance.
Manage industrial hygiene programs, including noise, wood dust, and chemical exposure monitoring.
Oversee injury case management and OSHA recordkeeping in partnership with HR, including workers’ compensation coordination and return-to-work.
Lead emergency preparedness and response planning, drills, and training.
Drive continuous improvement through self-assessments, audits, incident and near-miss investigations, metrics and targets, and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent.
Respond to after-hours incidents and emergencies as needed.