Safety Manager

Simmons Prepared Foods Inc; Van Buren (AR); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Simmons Prepared Foods Inc., a leading food manufacturing company, seeks a Safety & Health leader to oversee program development and regulatory compliance at a production location. This salary-exempt role emphasizes training, hazard abatement, and incident investigations across the facility.

You will collaborate with site management to implement safety procedures, lead emergency planning, and promote a proactive safety culture with ongoing improvements and audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Safety or related fields.
• 2 years minimum in Safety & Health program development and implementation.
• Minimum of 5 years industry experience, preference for Poultry, Pet Food, or similar.
• Certifications such as SHEP, CSHO, or willingness to complete certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of Safety & Health programs.
• Identify hazards, assess risks, and abate safety issues with management.
• Coordinate and deliver training on safety programs, OSHA regulations, and hazardous conditions.
• Support regulatory inspections and prepare for OSHA audits.
• Foster a safety culture and drive continuous improvement in site safety.

Skills

Safety management

Regulatory compliance

Training

OSHA standards

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Safety

Job description

Provide leadership in the implementation of the company’s efforts to a production location; to anticipate, recognize,and evaluate workplace conditions that may cause workers’ injury or illness. Supervise and ensure the compliancewith the company philosophy, policies, procedures and governmental regulations.

Essential Position Responsibilities - This is a Salary Exempt position.

Ensure the continuous improvement of Safety and Health Programs. Work with the Director of Safety and facilitymanagers to identify best practices and lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce work process risks, raisesafety awareness, and improve safe work practices. Work with Facility Management to ensure employees, visitors andcontractors are trained and understand our Safety and Health Programs. Coordinate and facilitate training in safetyprograms, procedures, regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment. Provide facility managers with training material that is effective and easily comprehended by site audience. Develop effective safetytraining presentations for both employee orientation and annual safety training. Develop and grow effective safety trainers. Develop, train and implement site specific emergency management procedures.

Identify, make recommendations and assist in the abatement of workplace hazards. Monitor job sites andprocesses for adherence to company Safety and Health programs & procedures, and OSHA standards by overseeing inspections, recommending corrective measures, preparing for OSHA safety audits and investigations. Lead work related injury and illness investigations. Provide leadership in abating all known hazards. Will identify andcommunicate safety issues to the attention of management, providing solutions to abate all known hazards.

Assist in regulatory inspections and abatements. Will create action registers and will lead the abatementstrategies for all cited hazards. Demonstrate a working knowledge of OSHA, DOT, DOL, and EPA regulations, auditsand reporting. Be a resource and provide guidance to management in understanding the general industry standards,Department of Transportation, Department of Labor, and Environment Protection Agency. Support the companyDirector of Safety ensuring all regulatory reports are completed timely. This would include but not be limited to, OSHA’s 300 logs and the BLS end of the year reports, State & Federal EPA TIER II reports, and EPA Risk Management Plan(RMP) submissions.

Work with our managers and employees to build a strong safety culture. Provide support to the companyDirector of Safety in the development and implementation of safety incentive programs that encourage employees toparticipate in reporting hazards. Develop and lead Facility Safety Committees. Create a Safety culture that empowersall employees to understand that everyone is responsible for their own safety. Create a learning environment where employees become safety advocates.

Assist in the continuous improvement of our Workers’ Compensation strategies. Possess a working knowledgeof each State and Federal Workers’ Compensation Laws. Understand compensable injuries versus non-compensable injuries. Ensure all Facility Workers’ Compensation reports are accurate and completed in accordance with the law.Assist in the identification of questionable claims and report such claims to the company Director of Safety. Utilize and implement appropriate resources and procedures that identify malingering claims and bring to resolution.

Support company initiatives to reduce compensable claims and assist in bringing claims to closure . Assist facility canagement, claims manager, and LMP with the development of job rotation schedules for high risk positions that are known tohave characteristics of causing cumulative trauma disorder or CTD’s. Maintain contact with employees who have sustained a compensable injury or illness. Ensure that our assigned Third Party Administrator (TPA) and respondentattorney have the necessary information, documents and insight into the incident or claim.

Assist in the continuous improvement and implementation of our Loss Prevention and Security strategies. Ensure our employees, visitors, contractors, and company properties are protected from harm or theft. Provide andassist in the implementation of recommendations and solutions in crisis situations such as workplace violence, protest, and terrorist attacks.

Participates as a member of the Team . Participates in the ongoing development, communication andimplementation of team concepts, programs and policies; coordinates work to ensure best practices with all teammembers. Attends appropriate team meetings. As a member of the Team, fosters strong cohesiveness regarding allmajor issues; e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes, etc. Accepts responsibility to quickly identify anyareas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in asupportive manner to resolve issues and actively look for ways, and reinforce actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization.

Simmons Operating systems principles and objectives: Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems(e.g. quality, security, office environment, company policies, LEAN); understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems - including a consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas.

Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives: This position description is intended toguide the activities of the person in this position and is not intended to limit the thinking and creativity of the person asto the work of this function nor is it intended that this describe all the work that may be required of the person in thisposition.

Physical Activities: Enters and locates information on a computer. Visually verifies information, often in small print.Communicates with Customers, Vendors, or Employees via telephone, in person, and/or electronic mail. May present information to small or large groups. Must be able to work in various temperatures. Move about in a manufacturingenvironment and surrounding property. May travel via car or plane to various work locations. Must be able to walk orstand 50% of an 8 hour work day, ascend & descend stairs, steps, portable & fixed mounted ladders to a minimumheight of 20ft.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Must be able to don and wear personal protective equipment such as steel toed shoes, hearing protectors, and other required PPE that would assist in the assessments of potential hazards.

Travel: Must be able to travel for a minimum of 5 hours by vehicle or plane. May require overnight stays.

Technical Experience: 2 years minimum in Safety & Health program development and implementation.

Industry Experience: A minimum of 5 years of industry experience, preference for Poultry, Pet Food, Feed Ingredientor similar food manufacturing organizations.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Safety or related fields, or equivalent certifications such asSHEP, CSHO, or similar certifications or willing and able to complete certifications or 4 years related work experience.

Preferred Education: N/A

We value military experience and welcome veterans to join our team.

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