
Safety Manager Salem, OR
Job description
Baxters North America in West Salem has an opportunity for an experienced safety manager!
complete application at our website at baxtersna.com/careers
Enjoy weekly pay, PTO, 401k, Tuition Reimbursement, 10 Paid Holidays!
Salary: DOE
Monday-Friday (some weekends)
Job Duties:
- Ensure organizational compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and corporate environmental, health and safety laws, regulations, policies and guidelines.
- Ensure working environment for employees that has low injury risk due to conditions, equipment, and behaviors.
- Ensure EHS inclusion in LEAN/Continuous Improvement/TPM processes.
- Be the face of EHS through constant communication to employees and staff through daily tours, meetings, training and coaching.
- Be a part of cross-functional teams that maintain facility infrastructure and building security.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain accuracy of facility regulatory compliance programs and company EHS process. Compliance with critical programs such as: control of hazardous energy, chemical hygiene, HAZMAT, PITO, confined space, electrical, fire protection & personal protective equipment.
- Monitors and ensures completion of corrective actions due to scheduled internal audits, organizational risk assessments, root cause analyses of incidents and external inspections.
- Provides support and guidance to location leadership team when leading incident investigations. Assuring the report’s timely completion, identification of root cause, corrective actions and escalation within 48 hours.
- Responsible for departmental work plan that includes: contingency planning and emergency preparedness, environmental programs & infrastructure/life safety permit related inspections.
- Assists EHS Manager with strategies in respiratory protections, industrial hygiene, air quality & temperature extremes.
- Support department manager in matters of Occupational Health & Wellness such as: workers comp claim management, physical job evaluations & return to duty programs.
- Owns the Computer Based Training program, training curriculum and other methods of electronic and visual communication utilized by the EHS department.
- Resource to engineering and maintenance for chemical review, equipment reviews and on-site contractor approval.
- Issues EHS communications including: incident trend data analysis, departmental summaries, feedback from behavioral audits, single point lessons (Safety Alerts) and others.
- Primary contact for regulatory inspections, permits and licensing in relation the EHS programs and insurance.
- Primary contact to the third-party Security Service, alarm monitoring system, building access system and video cameras
- Owns coaching and feedback to participants in the Behavior Based Safety Process
- Provides leadership to First Responders and Emergency Coordinators during incidents
- Participate in employee on-boarding process, orientation, authorized LOTO training, Forklift and Pallet Jack skills verification.
- Assures EHS involvement with the Business Operating System, LEAN/Continuous Improvement, 5s & TPM.
Experience your bring: A combination of/or:
- At a minimum associates degree from college or university in Safety, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Hygiene/Safety or a related field.
- 3- 5 years relevant experience in an EHS or related field in a manufacturing environment.
- Working knowledge of material flow and manufacturing operations.
- Fluency in Microsoft Office and various software programs.
complete application at our website at baxtersna.com/careers
Text "Safety" to Annabelle Gomez at 503-931-5784 for more details!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $75,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Salem, OR 97304: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Education:
- Associate (Required)
Experience:
- Safety Manager: 3 years (Required)
- Incident management: 3 years (Required)
- Workers' compensation: 3 years (Required)
- Safety Training: 3 years (Required)
- Food Manufacturing: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
