Manager, Occupational Safety

Ford Motor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor in Chicago, IL seeks a Manager, Occupational Safety to lead the plant-wide safety program and ensure compliance with regulations. You will supervise investigations, inspections, and documentation, while guiding policy interpretation and best practices to eliminate hazards and injuries across the work environment.

The role emphasizes staff development, performance management, and collaboration with Health & Safety leadership to sustain a safe manufacturing campus.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an occupational safety program.
• Strong knowledge of safety regulations and best practices.
• Ability to coordinate investigations and root-cause analyses.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and improve plant-wide safety processes and programs.
• Lead emergency response planning and drills.
• Direct investigations, inspections, and root-cause analyses; ensure timely corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Health & Safety leadership and cross-functional teams to prevent injuries.

Skills

Safety leadership

Regulatory compliance

Incident investigations

Document management

Job description

In this position...
The Manager, Occupational Safety is accountable for the performance and results of the Occupational Safety team. The role ensures the administration of plant-wide safety processes, emergency response planning, and compliance with regulations, with consistency in a timely manner. The role closely partners with Health & Safety leadership to address complex general and occupational safety issues and collaborates with various departments. The role also supervises the maintenance of accurate documentation, administration of investigations, inspections, and root cause analyses. The role has expertise in interpreting and administering corporate health and Safety policies, Safety regulations, and best practices, analyzing trends, and providing guidance to contribute to the company's over-arching effort to prevent employee injuries and illnesses and the elimination of hazards in the work environment. The role has limited to full management authority for staffing, performance, discipline, pay decisions, team development, and other personnel actions.