Sr Director Safety - Corporate

Mohawk Industries; Calhoun (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Mohawk Industries is seeking a Sr Director Safety to lead the development and implementation of comprehensive safety strategies, creating and maintaining a safe working environment for employees. This role collaborates with leadership, regulators, and staff to ensure compliance with safety standards.

The position requires strategic leadership, extensive safety experience, and a track record of managing safety programs and incidents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 12+ years of relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 7+ years of management experience.
• Safety training and certificates are preferred.
• Knowledge of OSHA safety disciplines, other regulatory guidelines, and common industrial safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership on safety initiatives.
• Develop and execute the organization's safety strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
• Stay abreast of local, state, and federal safety regulations.
• Ensure organizational compliance with all applicable safety laws and standards.
• Design, implement, and manage comprehensive safety programs and policies.
• Continuously assess and enhance safety programs to address emerging risks and trends.
• Ensure that training materials are current and effective in promoting safety awareness.
• Lead and oversee investigations of workplace incidents, accidents, and near-misses.
• Analyze data to identify trends and implement corrective actions to prevent future incidents.
• Develop and manage the safety budget, ensuring optimal allocation of resources.
• Regularly interact with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning functional areas.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Strategic Leadership

Safety Strategy

Regulatory Compliance

OSHA Knowledge

Data Analysis

Budget Management

People Management

Risk Assessment

Communication Skills

Cross-functional Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you looking for more?

At Mohawk Industries, we're committed to more - more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what's important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

What We Need

The Sr Director Safety is a senior-level leader responsible for leading the development and implementation of comprehensive safety strategies to create and maintain a safe working environment for employees. This role collaborates with leadership teams, regulatory bodies, and employees to ensure compliance with safety standards.

What You'll Do

• Provide strategic leadership and guidance on safety initiatives.
• Develop and execute the organization's safety strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
• Stay abreast of local, state, and federal safety regulations.
• Ensure organizational compliance with all applicable safety laws and standards.
• Design, implement, and manage comprehensive safety programs and policies.
• Continuously assess and enhance safety programs to address emerging risks and trends.
• Ensure that training materials are current and effective in promoting safety awareness.
• Lead and oversee investigations of workplace incidents, accidents, and near-misses.
• Analyze data to identify trends and implement corrective actions to prevent future incidents.
• Develop and manage the safety budget, ensuring optimal allocation of resources.
• Regularly interact with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning functional areas.
• Perform other duties as needed.

What You Have

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 12+ years' relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 7+ years of management experience.
• Safety training and certificates are preferred.
• Knowledge of OSHA safety disciplines, other regulatory guidelines, and common industrial safety practices.

What You're Good At

• Holistic, integrated understanding of organizational context.
• Solid understanding of people management strategies and how to develop team members into successful leaders.
• Begins leading through other leaders, instead of setting operational approach.
• Able to lead and support their function while achieving impact and improvements across all functional areas.
• Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations while preserving relationships.
• Focused on and responsible for their team's productivity and collective impact.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, delegate, and manage time effectively.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office Suite products.
• High degree of professionalism, judgment, maturity, and resourcefulness in the absence of formalized guidelines and procedures.

What else?

• This employee will be responsible for direct reports.
• Occasional travel is required.
• This role may work in classrooms, offices, and high-traffic production floors.

Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk's vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world's largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don't Work participant.