Manager, Safety & Risk

Jobtailor; Pflugerville (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Living Spaces is seeking a Safety Manager to lead and oversee safety programs across sites in Texas. You will ensure compliance with all safety policies, develop relationships with site leadership, and drive risk reduction initiatives in a distribution/retail environment.

The role requires a strong background in OSHA regulations, hazard analysis, and workers’ compensation management, with Lean process improvement experience and 2+ years in logistics or DC operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, safety management, industrial health, or related field.
• 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in safety and risk programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a logistics or distribution center environment.
• Demonstrated expertise and working knowledge of safety rules and regulations including fall protection, industrial lift truck, warehouse operations and ergonomics.
• In-depth knowledge of OSHA, environmental law and health and safety at work regulations (state and federal).
• Experience with Workers’ Compensation case management.
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational setting.
• Basic computer skills (Word, Excel).
• Certified Safety Professional (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance with safety policies.
• Establish high quality relationships with site and business unit leadership.
• Measure network performance against safety policy requirements.
• Identify and drive plan to fix deficiencies at the site.
• Analyze safety metrics and incident trends to justify resource allocation.
• Conduct frequent site safety audits to identify non-compliance equipment or processes.
• Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to risks and prevent injuries at retail locations.
• Audit record-keeping practices and incident entries for compliance.
• Audit workplace organization and training effectiveness to ensure accurate methods.
• Ensure leadership and teams are trained on policy responsibilities.
• Audit the quality and effectiveness of safety training.

Skills

Safety program leadership

Risk assessment

Ergonomics knowledge

Lean principles

Process improvement

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in safety/related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

• Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance with all applicable Living Spaces safety policies.
• Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional/domestic regulations and company policy.
• Leads initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our team members.
• Establishes high quality relationships with both site and business unit leadership.
• Measure the network’s performance against published requirements in safety policies.
• Identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies.
• Drive accountability for the plan.
• Analyze safety metrics and review incident trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the risk is highest.
• Perform frequent site safety audits to identify all non-compliance equipment and/or processes at the site.
• Implement solutions to eliminate exposure to these risks and prevent injury at other retail locations.
• Audit record‑keeping practices and incident entries to ensure compliance with Living Spaces standards and local regulations.
• Audit the workplace organization and team member behaviors to ensure that training, auditing, and scoring methods are accurate and consistent.
• Ensure site leadership and team members are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy.
• Audit the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required safety training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) or equivalent from a four‑year college or university in science, Safety Engineering, Safety Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Health, or a related field.
• 5+ years of increasing responsibilities in safety and risk programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a logistics or distribution center environment.
• Demonstrated expertise and working knowledge of safety rules and regulations including fall protection, industrial lift truck, warehouse operations and ergonomics.
• In-depth knowledge of OSHA, environmental law and all health and safety at work state and federal legislation.
• Prior experience with Worker’s Compensation case management.
• Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Certified Safety Professional (preferred).