Senior Safety Manager

PRICE INDUSTRIES INC•Suwanee, GA

6d•Onsite

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 delegated authority, monitors serious and high-potential incidents and recurring risks, and independently assesses site Safety performance, data integrity, and corrective-action closure. The position collaborates with site leadership, Safety professionals, and corporate functions to translate site-level risk and performance into actionable priorities, strengthen organizational capability, and provide objective technical oversight while Operations retains accountability for implementing and sustaining controls. The role applies corporate Safety standards, provides technical guidance on workplace risks and controls, monitors serious injury and fatality exposures, high-potential events, critical-control deficiencies, repeat findings, and overdue high-risk corrective actions. It verifies critical controls through risk-based field reviews and follow-up, requires interim protective measures when necessary, and escalates significant risks, exceptions, implementation failures, legal exposure, funding barriers, and matters beyond delegated authority. The Senior Safety Manager plans and conducts scheduled and unannounced site assurance activities; assesses compliance and control effectiveness; identifies systemic issues; and monitors corrective-action quality, closure, and effectiveness. It provides technical oversight for serious and high-potential incidents, reviews investigations, and leads or supports complex investigations when warranted. The role also verifies Safety KPI definitions and data quality, reports regional risks and trends to corporate Safety leadership, and recommends priorities and preventive actions. The position provides coaching and functional leadership to site Safety professionals, contributes technical feedback to their performance evaluations in coordination with designated reporting managers, and supports implementation of approved corporate Safety programs, procedures, and Safety Management System workflows. It may stop or pause unsafe work, require interim protective measures, and provide technical approvals only within documented delegated authority. Regular travel between assigned sites is required, including planned and unannounced visits; significant Safety events may require response 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 and systems thinking.
Advanced investigation, audit, and data-assurance capability; ability to interpret and apply Safety standards across diverse operating environments.
Strong problem-solving, decision-making, executive-level written and verbal communication, coaching, influencing, relationship-building, and conflict-resolution skills.
Ability to identify systemic risk, distinguish significant issues from routine operational matters, navigate technical disagreements, and exercise sound judgment during significant or time-sensitive events.

Nice To Haves

Professional certifications such as CSP or CRSP are valued but are not required.

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 established corporate risk classifications and delegated decision limits; escalate matters outside 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 the adequacy and effectiveness of critical controls through risk-based field reviews, employee engagement, and follow-up.
Require appropriate interim protective measures where significant risk remains unresolved.
Develop and maintain a risk-based site rotation, review, and audit schedule; conduct scheduled and unannounced assurance activities.
Assess compliance with corporate Safety standards and the effectiveness of site-level controls; identify recurring or systemic issues.
Monitor corrective actions from audits, investigations, and reviews, verifying closure and effectiveness of high-risk actions.
Provide technical oversight for serious and high-potential incidents; review investigations and lead or support complex investigations when warranted.
Identify recurring risks across sites and support broader preventive measures.
Maintain same-day escalation availability for significant events, with defined after-hours alternatives for coverage.
Verify Safety KPI definitions, supporting evidence, and data quality before leadership reporting; identify and require correction of information gaps or inconsistencies.
Provide independent assessments and periodic regional summaries of site risks, performance, trends, corrective-action effectiveness, and issues requiring leadership attention.
Translate regional risk trends and leading indicators into recommended priorities and preventive actions.
Provide technical guidance, coaching, and functional leadership to site Safety professionals; facilitate recurring risk and performance reviews.
Provide structured functional performance feedback and contribute to site Safety professionals’ evaluations in coordination with their reporting managers.
Coordinate deployment and sustained adoption of approved corporate Safety programs, procedures, and Safety Management System workflows.
Partner with Operations and site Safety teams to address implementation barriers 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 when unsafe conditions or significant uncontrolled risks exist; require interim protective measures and verify controls address identified risks.
Participate in operational planning and technical risk decisions without assuming Operations’ responsibility for resources, implementation, or sustained control ownership.
Travel regularly to assigned sites and respond to significant Safety events and escalations as required.