Safety Manager

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

Job summary

CPS, Inc. is seeking a Lead Safety Manager to oversee safety across two chemical facilities, with a strong focus on shaping safety culture and driving continuous improvement.

This hands‑on leadership role requires mentoring, coaching, and partnering with operations and frontline staff to embed robust EHS practices. Ideal candidates will bring heavy emphasis on safety auditing, incident investigations, and data-driven decision making within a highly regulated industrial environment.

Qualifications

• Strong industrial safety experience.
• Experience in chemical manufacturing ideal.
• Incident investigation experience.
• Environment/Environmental exposure is a plus.
• Experience in a highly regulated industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety across two sites and improve safety culture.
• Conduct safety audits, inspections and investigations.
• Lead incident investigations and corrective actions.
• Monitor safety metrics and drive data-driven improvements.
• Collaborate with operations and EHS teams.
• Promote employee ownership of safety and near-miss reporting.

Skills

Industrial safety

Leadership

Safety auditing

Incident investigation

Data analysis

Communication

Two-site leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Tools

EHS software

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

JO: 33.26BCM