Job Purpose

Lead the development, implementation and improvement of the site’s safety system and its associated safety programs at a plant level in accordance with Ring’s corporate safety strategy and policies, and OSHA standards and regulations. 

Key Job Responsibilities / Performance Measures

Manage the overall safety system to address issues that impact employee, visitor, and vendor safety while they are on company property.

Promote the current safety programs of the company and the maintenance of a safe and accident free work environment.Establish standards and methods of measuring environmental, health, and safety performance.Develop and maintain site’s safety policies, procedures, and records.Coordinate site resources to ensure alignment with and implementation of corporate policies and OSHA regulations.Communicate information related to safety initiatives to all employees.Foster a positive culture of safety to empower all employees to actively participate in improvement of the safety system.Regularly engage with employees in their work environment to build a relationship and identify opportunities to improve their work experience.Provide ongoing feedback to all employees on work performance and recognize them for successes.Develop and maintain a safety committee with the site’s employees.

Responsible for conducting safety surveys, site assessments, inspections, and audits of site’s operations, equipment, materials and training.

Perform safety inspections and compliance audits, proactively recognize, eliminate, and control occupational health hazards.Investigate incidents to determine root cause and develop an action plan to correct deficiencies to minimize or eliminate any future risks.Establish and maintain plant records (such as OSHA logs, training records, and any other required documentation) in accordance with OSHA.Conduct evaluations of exposure to noise, and any other potential industrial hazards with third party vendor’s assistance.Partner with engineering to perform safety risk assessment of any upcoming project such as equipment additions or changes to the site’s layout for compliance with applicable safety rules, regulations, and practices.

Responsible for maintaining the site’s safety training system.

Track and maintain records in compliance with OSHA training standards.Provide feedback to plant management as it relates to safety training compliance.Create an environment that promotes a knowledge of safety related regulations and education in safety related topics for both management and employees.

Promote the company vision, business principles and the Ring Container Technology culture.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience, Educational and Technical Qualifications

The Safety Manager position requires a 4 year degree. Minimum of 5 years direct experience in safety program implementation or safety system management. Work experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.Possess strong people skills, leadership qualities, managerial abilities, a sense of urgency, accountability, business ethics, professionalism, self-motivation and the desire and focus to improve the business. Must be proficient in general problem solving and incident investigation, root cause analysis, action planning techniques; able to prepare and interpret charts, and perform trend analysis studies.Capable of conducting analytical problem solving using statistical data analysis techniques. Ability to organize and orally present relevant subject matter to management and employeesAbility to provide technical guidance through past experience and knowledge OSHA standards.Partner with corporate safety manager and third party consultants as necessary.Strong oral and written communication skills, writes clearly, speaks persuasively, and facilitates groups effectively.Ability to work on weekends as necessary to support plant operations.Occasional travel may be required.

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

The Safety Manager must be proficient in computer software applications including but not limited to: MS Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.

Abilities Required

Must be able to come to work promptly and regularly.Must be able to take direction and work well with others.Must be able to work under the stress of deadlines.Must be able to concentrate and perform accurately.Must be able to react to change productively and to handle other tasks as assigned.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Ring Container Technologies is an equal opportunity employer.  It is the policy of Ring to apply recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation and professional development practices without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or certain classifications based on genetic information.