Health & Safety Manager

Bridgestone Americas; Normal (IL); On-site; USD 106,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onboarding experience

Career development through mentoring

CSR activities

Global, dynamic work environment

Work/life effectiveness

Inclusive team

Job summary

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is seeking a Health & Safety Manager to direct and coordinate all safety and health activities for the Bloomington facility. You will develop policies to identify and mitigate hazardous conditions, assess risks, and lead audits to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

The role requires strong leadership and collaboration with engineers and management. Responsibilities include investigating accidents, training on safety protocols, maintaining injury/illness

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; 6 y+ years of relevant experience including 3-5 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience.
• Or Master's degree; 4+ years of relevant experience including 2-4 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate all safety and health related activities for the facility.
• Develop and implement policies and practices to identify/mitigate hazardous conditions within the workplace.
• Identify potential workplace hazards, unsafe equipment, work practices, and working conditions.
• Investigate accidents and liaise with engineers, management, and health and safety regulatory authorities to identify causes of accidents and prevent recurrence.
• Provide advice and training on safety protocols and conduct audits to ensure compliance with organization and government standards related to employee health and safety.
• Maintain and analyze records of workplace injuries, illness, and absences to identify areas of concern and provide information required by regulatory agencies.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Business Unit

BAMG - Bloomington

Management Level

Management

Job Category

Legal, Compliance & Audit

Position Summary

In this role the Health & Safety Manager will direct and coordinate all safety and health related activities for the facility. Employee/Labor Health & Safety work encompasses activities related to the wellbeing of employees including: Developing and implementing policies and practices to identify/mitigate hazardous conditions within the workplace. Identifying potential workplace hazards, unsafe equipment, work practices, and working conditions. Investigating accidents and liaising with engineers, management, and health and safety regulatory authorities to identify causes of accidents and prevent their recurrence. Providing advice and training on safety protocols and conducting audits to ensure compliance with organization and government standards related to employee health and safety. Maintaining and analyzing records of workplace injuries, illness, and absences to identify areas of concern and provide information required by regulatory agencies.

• Developing and implementing policies and practices to identify/mitigate hazardous conditions within the workplace.
• Identifying potential workplace hazards, unsafe equipment, work practices, and working conditions.
• Investigating accidents and liaising with engineers, management, and health and safety regulatory authorities to identify causes of accidents and prevent their recurrence.
• Providing advice and training on safety protocols and conducting audits to ensure compliance with organization and government standards related to employee health and safety.
• Maintaining and analyzing records of workplace injuries, illness, and absences to identify areas of concern and provide information required by regulatory agencies.

Pay Range

Pay Range: $106,200.00 - $169,900.00

Responsibilities

• Manages experienced professionals who exercise independent discretion and/or manages a functional area or process that may or may not have direct reports.
• Implements policy and strategy for short-term results and influences others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices and procedures.
• Decision making is guided by strategic objectives of specialization.
• Influences others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices and procedures.
• Must be able to communicates with executive leadership.
• Supports relationships through strong communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree; 6 y+ years of relevant experience including 3-5 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience. Or Master's degree; 4+ years of relevant experience including 2-4 years management or direct/indirect leadership experience.

At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they feel safe bringing their chosen version of themselves to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

What We Offer

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• An effective and inclusive team.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider all individuals for employment based on their unique merit and without regard to age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.