Director of Safety

The Environmental Health & Safety team is seeking an experienced Director of Safety, you will serve as a multi-site safety leader supporting leadership across the US.  You are responsible for driving safe processes & ensuring compliance to all safety regulations. As well as being responsible for providing safety expertise leveraging lean principles & hierarchy of controls to ensure the safety of our team members. You will develop & deliver safe processes through engineering & ergonomic solutions in partnership with building & HQ leadership. You will need to coordinate extensively with cross-functional groups such as Operations, HR, Food Safety & Quality, Operational Excellence, & others. You will build & deliver on-time programs that support operational growth where experimentation, imagination, innovation, & results are measured.

A successful Director of Safety will have strong leadership skills, be detail-oriented, resilient, a quick decision maker, work with data, & possess a commitment to getting things right. You must be highly determined to drive permanent removal of hazard root causes & strive for the highest quality of service is provided in an efficient, effective, & proactive manner. This role will require granular analysis, tactical execution of Safety functions, site travel, (50%) & project management. This position affords you the opportunity to build cooperative partnerships with numerous business teams within the fulfillment operations. 

You will

• Drive a strategic safety approach in partnership with the various layers of your team
• You will identify trends & areas of risk within buildings & support operations in corrective measures
• Continuously improve the safety culture through instruction & training of Safety & operations leaders on safety programs. 
• You will assess performance, communicate to all levels of management, & ensure safety is incorporated into supply chain processes & escalate & report critical issues, compliance gaps & emerging risks for the network. 
• You will also maintain safety subject matter expertise, credentials & engages industry resources as appropriate. 
• Create weekly business reviews of projects, incidents, trend analysis (if any) & project statuses
• Work independently with limited direction & communicate effectively with team members

 Safety Processes:

• Review metrics & incident details weekly, & support operations in determining root cause & corrective measures.
• Ensure safety programs & rollouts are implemented.  Monitor for execution. 
• Utilizes 6SIGMA tools as appropriate to identify safety solutions for unique processes.
• Perform site visits to interact with team, audit for compliance & execution of safety programs.
• Assists with specialized safety program development & implementation.
• Solicits feedback & identifies benchmarking opportunities within the industry to identify tools, processes, systems & equipment to reduce the risk of injury.
• The ability to lead a team of Associate Director both with direct & indirect oversight.

Compliance & regulatory matters

• Responsible for having a thorough working knowledge of Federal & State OSHA regulations. 
• Ensures safety processes are followed to maintain compliance with regulations.
• Supports the development & follow up of any remediation plans due to safety related citations
• Acts as a subject matter expert resource to field teams on safety related regulatory compliance issues. 

• Works closely with other Compliance partners, including Industrial Hygiene, Environmental, & Field Compliance Team to address team member health exposure issues that are related to safety enforcement activities.

Incident Response

• Deploy to location in the event of significant safety event
• Serve as on-site incident leader in the event of a severe injury

You are

• Partner: you effectively listen, build rapport & communicate at all levels; youre confident sharing ideas & are a trusted advisor for workplace safety
• Results-driven: you recognize & resolve situations that are ambiguous or challenging, focus effort on meeting or exceeding goals, & pave the way for efficiency.
• Programmatic: able to identify the system component that is causing the error, as well as the options available for resolving it & completing the task.
• Inspirational: you know how to make an impact & deliver presentations that inspire & influence change
• Strategic: you understand you cant take a one-size-fits-all approach when problem-solving; seeing the bigger picture & each moving part helps you identify underlying causes, alternatives or long-term solutions

You have 

• Possess a bachelors degree in occupational safety & health or a related field
• Certified Safety Professional or other Safety Certification
• Have 10+ years management experience in occupational safety & health, NFPA, etc.
• Experience with OSHA VPP Star, preferred
• 8 years multi-site experience, managing a team of regional level leaders.
• Experience in a Fulfilment or Distribution Environment