Safety Manager

CPS, Inc.; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CPS, Inc. seeks a Lead Safety Manager to drive safety across two chemical facilities, with about half the time at each plant. The role emphasizes safety culture, employee engagement, and continuous improvement in a highly regulated environment.

You will mentor and coach site teams, lead incident investigations, and ensure compliance with safety programs, while leveraging data to identify trends and improvements.

Qualifications

• Strong industrial safety experience.
• Chemical manufacturing experience ideal.
• OSHA knowledge.
• Incident investigation experience.
• Safety auditing and inspection experience.
• Data-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safety across two sites.
• Spend ~50% time between plants.
• Lead safety audits, inspections, and investigations.
• Promote near-miss reporting and safety culture.
• Influence safety practices without direct authority.
• Coordinate with operations and frontline employees.

Skills

Industrial safety

Incident investigation

OSHA knowledge

Data-driven mindset

Regulated environment

Job description

Lead safety across chemical facilities in a highly visible Safety Manager role where you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on safety culture, employee engagement, and continuous improvement. This is a hands‑on leadership position for a leader, mentor, and coach with strong industrial experience, ideally in the chemical industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for safety across both sites
• Spend approximately 50/50 time between the plants
• Heavy safety and health focus
• Environmental exposure
• Serve as a leader, mentor, and coach to employees and site leadership
• Build and strengthen safety culture across both facilities
• Develop relationships with operations and frontline employees
• Influence without direct authority
• Promote employee ownership of safety
• Encourage near-miss reporting
• Support behavior-based safety initiatives
• Ensure compliance - non-negotiable
• Conduct safety audits, inspections, and investigations
• Lead incident investigations and corrective actions
• Monitor safety metrics and identify trends
• Use data to drive safety improvements
• Work with contractors and staffing personnel onsite
• Partner with the Environmental Engineer on EHS initiatives
• Ensure consistency in safety programs and expectations between both facilities
• Pick up projects and see them through to completion

Salary

$100,000 - $140,000

Benefits Available

Technical / Compliance Requirements

• Strong industrial safety experience
• Chemical manufacturing experience ideal
• OSHA knowledge
• Incident investigation experience
• Safety auditing and inspection experience
• Data-driven mindset
• Ability to assimilate and consolidate data from multiple EHS systems / platforms
• PSM not required but ideal
• Environmental experience / exposure is a plus
• Experience in a highly regulated industrial environment

Leadership / Personality Profile

• Strong leader who can drive EHS forward
• Leader, mentor, and coach
• Not a “safety cop”
• Ability to be forceful when necessary
• Adaptable leadership style depending on circumstances
• Influence without authority
• Able to build relationships with operations and frontline employees
• Comfortable challenging leadership when necessary
• Strong communication skills
• Shows up consistently at both facilities
• Strong follow-through
• Can pick up projects and see them through
• Does not get distracted
• Comfortable managing priorities across two facilities
• Able to hold people accountable while maintaining positive relationships

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