Safety Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The Safety Manager role provides safety leadership, guidance, and support to McKenney’s operations to help minimize the potential for employee injury, property damage, and third-party liabilities resulting from incidents. The position reports to the Corporate Safety Director, and key expectations include evaluating, developing, planning, directing, training, and implementing safety initiatives throughout McKenney’s operations. It is expected that these initiatives will result in continuous improvement of McKenney’s safety processes. This position requires a strong leader with high energy who actively searches for, creatively designs, and implements effective initiatives to support the vision of achieving a Zero Incident Culture.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluate business processes, work tasks, historical incident rates, root cause analyses, and critical needs of Profit Centers/Departments to design, execute, and manage incident reduction projects that help achieve McKenney’s vision of a Zero Incident Culture. These projects will be designed with the Safety Director and executed in partnership with the Senior Vice President of the Carolinas Division, the Carolinas Field Operations Team, and the Corporate Safety Director.
• Manage and monitor projects by tracking action items and outcomes, and provide regular reports to the Safety Director and Carolinas leadership. Prepare and report monthly injury and risk metrics in a roll-up format, including but not limited to employee safety statistics, training status, safety audits, and regulatory compliance issues.
• Develop strong, trusting relationships with all Profit Center/Department leaders and organizational safety leaders through regular face-to-face meetings and communication of safety progress.
• Conduct root cause analysis reports on all jobsite injuries, ensuring that follow-up corrective actions have been taken to help prevent future injuries.
• Coordinate and help administer effective McKenney’s new-hire orientation safety training programs relevant to specific jobs. These programs will include, but are not limited to, hoisting and rigging, ergonomics, fire prevention, safe handling of chemicals, personal protective equipment, general electrical safety, lockout/tagout, fall protection, machine guarding, scaffolding, confined space, asbestos programs, etc.
• Plan and facilitate the implementation of safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and OSHA rules and regulations.
• Serve as a technical advisor by providing research and support on safety challenges for Profit Centers/Departments.
• Conduct and coordinate safety and housekeeping inspections for all active worksites to detect existing or potential injury risks or hazards, determine corrective or preventive measures, and track corrective actions.
• Provide support in managing OSHA and Workers’ Compensation reporting and recordkeeping in conjunction with the Corporate Safety Director and Risk Manager.