Safety Supervisor

Great Dane LLC • Statesboro, GA

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About The Position

The Safety Supervisor advances a strong safety culture across manufacturing operations by supporting the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of plant safety and occupational health programs. The role partners with plant leadership and hourly teams to ensure regulatory compliance, encourage employee engagement in safe work practices, and uphold environmental, health, and safety standards. The Safety Supervisor helps identify workplace hazards, monitor compliance activities, investigate incidents, and drive corrective actions to reduce risk and maintain a safe, compliant, and sustainable manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• 2–5+ years of relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and training.
• Thorough understanding of OSHA regulations for general industry and ability to help all organizational levels understand and comply with them.
• Understanding of environmental regulations and ability to help all organizational levels understand and comply with them.
• Knowledge of dry-freight van design and assembly sufficient to make high-level health, safety, and environmental decisions.
• Ability to perform basic first aid and emergency first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, consistent with the first-aid response program.
• Basic understanding of welding, spray painting, shot and glass bead blasting, and assembly and fabrication equipment operations sufficient to analyze hazards and facilitate safety processes and programs.
• Effective communication skills, including meeting participation, employee interactions, written communication, email, interdepartmental interactions, and cross-functional interactions.
• Training and facilitation skills, including preparing and presenting meetings and training classes for groups of 2–20 participants and encouraging participation.
• Computer data-entry and email capability.
• Ability to work in office and plant environments and perform keyboarding, lifting, standing, bending, and walking.
• Ability to travel minimally, up to 10%.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety Management or a related discipline is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and report workplace hazards, implementing immediate corrections to help prevent accidents.
• Ensure employees comply with company policies.
• Maintain accurate records of training, audits, and incident reports.
• Maintain and enforce state and federal regulations, updating safety policies as applicable.
• Conduct documented inspections of machinery, equipment, and work areas; identify hazards and implement corrective actions based on audit findings.
• Develop and deliver safety training, including new-hire orientations and specialized workshops, and audit existing records for regulatory compliance.
• Investigate work-related safety incidents with local management to determine root causes, corrective actions, and incident mitigation.
• Partner with local management to create and implement site-specific strategies and help develop a proactive safety culture.
• Track, verify, and document the completion and effectiveness of corrective actions resulting from incidents, inspections, and audits.
• Monitor safety performance indicators, analyze trends, and recommend initiatives to reduce incidents and improve site safety.
• Coordinate emergency response planning, drills, and incident response activities, and ensure employees are trained on emergency procedures.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Dental, vision, and medical benefits with employer contributions.
• Retirement programs, including a Pension Plan and a 401(k) Plan with employer match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid holidays and vacation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed