Senior Safety Manager

Price Industries•Suwanee, GA

About The Position

The Senior Safety Manager serves as the regional technical leader and independent assurance resource for an assigned group of sites. The role supports consistent application of corporate Safety standards, proactive risk reduction, and implementation of approved Safety initiatives. It provides technical direction to site Safety professionals, reviews and approves significant safety controls within established authority levels, monitors serious and high-potential incidents and recurring risks, and provides independent assurance regarding site Safety performance, data integrity, and corrective-action closure. Working with site leadership, Safety professionals, and corporate functions, the Senior Safety Manager translates site-level risk and performance into actionable priorities, supports organizational capability, and provides objective technical oversight. Operations retains accountability for implementing and sustaining controls. The position includes regular travel to assigned sites, planned and unannounced site visits, and possible response to significant Safety events outside normal working hours.

Requirements

Relevant degree, diploma, recognized occupational health and safety credential, or an equivalent combination of education, progressive industry experience, and demonstrated technical capability.
Progressive Safety, operational risk, or EHS leadership experience in manufacturing or comparable industrial environments.
Experience supporting multiple sites or operations.
Advanced knowledge and experience in incident investigation, auditing, Safety management systems, standards interpretation, and high-risk controls.
Ability to independently assess significant hazards and influence site leadership.
Ability to provide independent technical advice and challenge operational decisions where Safety risk warrants intervention.
Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and Safety governance principles.
Experience collaborating with Operations, Engineering, Human Resources, Legal, and senior leadership.
Ability to travel regularly between assigned sites.
Ability to respond to significant Safety events and escalations as required.
Advanced technical Safety judgment and professional independence.
Strong multi-site risk prioritization, systems thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Advanced investigation, audit, and data assurance capability.
Ability to interpret and apply Safety standards across diverse operating environments, identify systemic risk, and distinguish significant issues from routine operational matters.
Executive-level written and verbal communication skills.
Coaching, influencing, relationship-building, and conflict-resolution skills, including the ability to navigate technical disagreements.
Sound judgment during significant or time-sensitive events.

Nice To Haves

Professional certifications such as CSP or CRSP.

Responsibilities

Apply and reinforce approved corporate Safety standards consistently across assigned sites.
Provide independent technical interpretation and direction on Safety standards, controls, and significant workplace risks.
Review and approve Safety controls within delegated authority, escalating critical risk decisions and exceptions beyond that authority.
Identify and monitor serious injury and fatality exposures, high-potential events, critical-control deficiencies, repeat findings, and overdue high-risk corrective actions.
Verify critical-control adequacy and effectiveness through risk-based field reviews, employee engagement, and follow-up; require interim protective measures where significant risks remain unresolved.
Escalate implementation failures, legal exposure, funding barriers, and other matters outside delegated authority to appropriate Safety leadership.
Support timely resolution of technical disagreements involving site Safety requirements or controls.
Develop and maintain a risk-based site rotation, review, and audit schedule; conduct scheduled and unannounced assurance activities.
Assess site compliance with corporate Safety standards and the effectiveness of site-level controls; identify and escalate recurring or systemic issues.
Monitor the quality and timely closure of corrective actions from audits, investigations, and Safety reviews, verifying that high-risk actions address underlying exposures.
Provide technical oversight and support for serious and high-potential incidents; review investigations and lead or directly support complex investigations when warranted.
Identify recurring risks across sites and support broader preventive measures; maintain same-day escalation availability for significant events with after-hours alternatives.
Verify Safety KPI definitions, supporting evidence, and data quality before leadership reporting; identify inconsistencies and require follow-up or correction.
Provide Safety leadership with independent assessments, regional performance and risk summaries, emerging trends, and recommended priorities and preventive actions.
Guide, coach, and provide functional leadership to site Safety professionals; facilitate recurring reviews of risks, program execution, investigations, and corrective-action performance.
Provide structured functional performance feedback and contribute to site Safety professionals’ performance evaluations in coordination with their designated reporting managers.
Coordinate deployment and sustained adoption of approved corporate Safety programs, procedures, and Safety Management System workflows across assigned sites.
Identify implementation barriers, work with Operations and site Safety teams on solutions, and escalate resource or accountability concerns.
Share effective risk controls and lessons learned across facilities and support integration of new sites, equipment, and processes into corporate Safety expectations.
Stop or pause work where an unsafe condition or significant uncontrolled risk exists, and require appropriate interim protective measures.
Participate in operational planning and technical risk decisions while leaving Operations accountable for resources, implementation, and sustained control ownership.
Build effective working relationships with site leaders while maintaining the independence needed to provide objective Safety assurance.