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Description
The Site Health & Safety Manager is responsible for ensuring site-level compliance with applicable occupational safety and health requirements. This role partners directly with operations to identify risks, implement required safety programs, facilitate incident investigations, support regulatory inspections, and drive a proactive safety culture through daily engagement, auditing, training, and risk assessment activities.

• Maintain site compliance with all applicable OSHA regulations, company safety standards, and site-specific safety requirements.
• Identify which OSHA-required programs apply to the site and ensure those programs are implemented, maintained, and documented
• Create and maintain site-specific work instructions that define how the site complies with corporate safety policies and regulatory expectations.
• Facilitate incident investigations in partnership with operations, ensuring root causes are identified, and corrective actions are developed, assigned, and tracked to closure.
• Conduct site safety audits, inspections, and compliance reviews to identify hazards, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Serve as the site point of contact for regulatory inspections and interactions with local regulators, including environmental agencies.
• Participate in Gemba walks to observe work practices, engage employees, identify risks, and reinforce safe behaviors.
• Participate in daily morning operations meetings to provide safety input, communicate priorities, and support operational alignment.
• Ensure employees receive required regulatory and annual safety training based on job duties, exposures, and applicable OSHA requirements.
• Identify industrial hygiene monitoring needs using risk-based assessments, including potential exposure concerns related to air contaminants, noise, chemicals, ergonomics, or other workplace health hazards.
• Conduct and maintain site safety risk assessments for tasks, processes, equipment, and operational changes.

Working Relationships
This role works closely with site operations, supervisors, employees, corporate safety leadership, environmental contacts, human resources, maintenance, and external regulatory representatives. The position is expected to be visible in the operation, actively engaged with teams, and accountable for translating corporate safety expectations into effective site-level execution.
Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or related fields.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting occupational safety, environmental compliance, risk assessment, or safety programs within an industrial manufacturing environment, including at least three (3) years in a leadership or supervisory role.
• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations and common safety programs such as hazard communication, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, powered industrial trucks, confined space, walking-working surfaces, personal protective equipment, emergency action planning, and recordkeeping.
• Ability to conduct audits, inspections, incident investigations, JSAs/JHAs, and risk assessments in collaboration with operational leaders and employees.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to develop clear site-specific work instructions, procedures, reports, and training materials.
• Ability to communicate effectively with employees, supervisors, managers, and regulatory representatives.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple compliance activities, deadlines, action items, and documentation requirements.
• Experience utilizing Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) or Safety Management software platforms to manage incidents, inspections, corrective actions, audits, and compliance documentation.
• Experience with environmental compliance programs, regulatory inspections, industrial hygiene sampling coordination, safety management systems, and corrective action tracking.
• Experience facilitating employee training, safety meetings, Gemba walks, and cross-functional operational reviews.
• Must be available to respond to phone calls outside of normal business hours in the event of workplace accidents, emergencies or other critical safety incidents.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to walk, stand, and move throughout manufacturing, warehouse, and office environments for extended periods.
• Ability to occasionally bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and stoop while conducting inspections, investigations, or evaluating work processes.
• Ability to occasionally climb ladders, stairs, platforms, or elevated work areas while performing safety assessments.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds on an occasional basis.
• Ability to work in varying industrial environments, including exposure to heat, cold, noise, dust, and moving equipment while wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Ability to visually inspect work areas, equipment, and documentation, and distinguish safety hazards in various operating conditions.

Key Competencies

• Regulatory compliance mindset with practical understanding of operational risk.
• Collaborative approach to safety, emphasizing partnership with operations rather than isolated program ownership.
• Strong hazard recognition and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence safe behaviors and build trust with frontline employees and leaders.
• Attention to detail in documentation, training records, audit findings, and corrective action follow-up.
• Comfortable engaging in daily operations, field observations, and hands-on safety support.