Safety Manager

Georgia-Pacific; Kane (McKean County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's Mt. Jewett MDF facility in Pennsylvania is seeking a Safety Manager to provide safety leadership and strategic direction through the PBM Framework. You will drive safety excellence, train leaders and employees, and ensure risks are identified and mitigated.

Reporting to the facility manager with a dotted line to the Division S&H Manager, you will lead safety initiatives, manage compliance, and foster a culture of zero incidents at the Mt. Jewett plant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, or related field.
• Safety leadership experience in an industrial, military, or manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety vision and strategies with management commitment and employee ownership.
• Mentor and develop direct and indirect reports to strengthen team performance.
• Advance safety culture through Path to Zero and safe work practices.
• Manage compliance with OSHA, state/local regulations, and PSM/Workers' Comp.
• Develop risk assessments and drive mitigation of gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Support capital projects to ensure safe design, construction, and startup.
• Identify training needs and drive continuous safety improvements with audits.

Skills

Safety leadership

Industrial/manufacturing experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

CSP Certification

Job description

Georgia-Pacific has an immediate opening for aSafety Managerat ourMt. Jewett Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) facility, located inMt. Jewett, Pennsylvania.

The Safety Manager will provide safety leadership and strategic direction to the facility through the application of the Principle Based Management® (PBM®) Framework and Guiding Principles. Create real value for the organization by ensuring risk is aggressively identified and mitigated. Develop and align facility safety strategies consistent with company/division safety vision and strategies. Drive safety excellence and performance improvement through real culture change and effective, sustainable management systems. Ensure leaders and employees are trained and equipped to manage safety. Reports directly to the facility manager, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Division S&H Manager.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific located in Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania manufactures Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF), a popular type of wood product used for cabinets, molding, flooring, RTA, door components, RV, masonry most any custom forming need . Georgia-Pacific's building product business has consistently been among the nation's top suppliers of building products to building materials dealers and large warehouse retailers. Georgia-Pacific employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace.

What You Will Do

• Provide leadership and direction in establishing and achieving a meaningful safety vision and effective strategies through management commitment and employee ownership
• Mentor, coach, and provide continuous development opportunities for direct reports and indirect reports tobuild their skills and enhance team performance
• Promote a safety culture with all team members to help the facility embrace and achieve our Path to Zero Safety Strategy consistent with Koch’s Safety Vision.
• Drive company focus around all safety initiatives/programs (HOP, CSO Teams, Safety Training, etc.).
• Lead the development and use of critical risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards. Drive and assist with the mitigation of identified gaps, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities
• Actively manage all aspects of compliance (e.g., OSHA, state, local, company standards) including OSHA PSM and Worker’s Compensation.
• Ensure facility risk profile is addressed through development/implementation of key prevention and recovery controls.
• Recommend and facilitate engineering/design changes to eliminate or reduce risk (e.g., machine guarding, ergonomics, traffic, fire/explosion, noise, upset conditions)
• Drive flawless execution, assessment, and improvement of critical safe work practices
• Support all phases of capital and major expense projects to ensure safe execution (e.g., change management, design review, contractor selection/orientation/auditing, work plans/permits, pre-startup review,)
• Identify safety development and training needs
• Drive continuous improvement using tools and activities, including self-assessments and audit processes; incident/near miss investigations; metrics and targets (leading and lagging indicators); and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Safety leadership experience in an industrial, military, or manufacturing environment

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, or related field
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Experience in leading culture change and developing/implementing management systems

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how ourbusiness philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.