REGIONAL SAFETY MANAGER

Regional Safety Manager

 

Who We Are: USCS is driven to advance, innovate and serve companies seeking the best service, facilities, and logistics in the cold chain. We are employee focused, an equal employment opportunity employer and would love to have you join our team. 

 

 The Job Details: The Regional Safety Manager helps to promote a safe and efficient working environment for the facilities located in their respective region. The Safety Manager is responsible for establishing safety processes and procedures for all employees in all departments. Often, the Safety Manger will be responsible for implementing and enforcing corporate driven initiates. The Safety Manager will stay current with all local and federal training requirements and help the region’s facilities stay compliant. The Safety Manger will be responsible for staying up to date with external agency regulations like OSHA.

 

•      Initiate and coach employees to help create a culture of safety

•      Ensure regions compliance with USCS safety directives and regulatory compliance.

•      Oversee the implementation of safety and compliance initiates at the locations.

•      Conduct training for various positions when necessary

•      Conduct PHA for all MOC in their region.

•      Conduct train the trainer classes for powered industrial trucks.

•      Attend train the trainer and manage the fall protection program for the facilities in their region.

•      Create facility specific JSAs and other tools for safety and compliance

•      Lead incident investigations for all serious incidents in their region (with guidance from corporate).  Serious incident would be defined as a lost time injury, ammonia/CO2 release or Fire. 

•      General training on any new policies and procedures issued by corporate for their region.  – Help create and update policies and procedures for their region based on corporate guidelines.

•      Manage closure for all action items created during audits and PHAs for their region. (enter into HITTS)

•      Conduct 5-year PHA revalidation for all facilities in region and prepare RMP if applicable.

•      Follow up on EHS Repots

•      Assist with Infor tracking tier 1 and tier 2 work orders.

•      Help prepare the facilities in their region for any compliance audit as necessary

•      Manage and support the region on administration of the HITTS system

•      Initiate injury reduction initiatives

•      Evaluate relevant metrics to increase the safety culture of the region

•      Stay current with any local, state, or federal safety or compliance directives

•      Assists with locations’ Crisis Management Programs

 

The Job Specifics:

•      Location, Department and Work Hours: 

•      Reports To: Senior Regional Vice President

•      Travel Amount: varies

•      Job Type, EEO, and Job Code: Full-Time, Exempt, 11-9199 0430

 

What We Are Looking For:

Education

•      Bachelor or Associates Degree or 2 plus years of experience

 

Experience

•       2 years’ experience in regulatory compliance or safety initiatives. Excellent organization skills, Excellent computer skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Experience in conducting adult training, Excellent communication skills with all levels of the work force.

 

Other Abilities You Will Need to Have: The physical demands described below are representative of those required of an individual performing the essential