Risk & Safety Manager

Position: Risk & Safety Manager 

Location: Lodi, CA 

Schedule: 

1st Shift: Monday – Friday; 8:00am – 4:30pm 

 Job Description:

Monitors, develops, implements workplace activities to promote a safe environment for customers and employees, insuring employee compliance with all applicable safety regulations. 

Duties/ Responsibilities: 

• Identifies opportunities to minimize workplace injuries, accidents, and health problems; provides expert guidance on best practices for identifying and reducing exposure to dangerous/hazardous conditions; and, develops policies, procedures, programs, to reduce workplace injuries, accidents, and health problems. 
• Reviews safety training and recommends revisions, improvements, and updates; develops, implements and conducts employee training on applicable safety standards. 
• Conducts safety inspections and audits to insure compliance within the workplace and assess employee compliance with safety regulations; drafts reports, highlighting dangerous procedures, machinery, and other risks for management review; tours store facilities and communicates with workers to identify safety risks and concerns. 
• Reviews employee (and customer?) accident and incident reports, make recommendations for prevention and corrective action, coaching and mentoring store management for improvement; develops and implements a system to report, monitor, and correct safety problems. 
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local safety laws, regulations, codes, and rules. 
• Cooperates with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) representatives and internal safety staff during formal store/warehouse audits and inspections; documents corrective actions taken; investigates and response to OSHA complaints.
• Develop and provides technical and administrative support for the safety committee. 
• Performs other related duties as assigned. 

 Required Skills/Abilities: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Health and Safety, Environmental Health, or related field preferred. 
• Minimum of three years of related experience required. 
• Previous experience in trucking and warehouse experience and/or retail and grocery experience required.
• Extensive knowledge of company safety policies and applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. 
• Ability to identify unsafe situations or potentially unsafe situations. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Ability to conduct training. 
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. 
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills. 

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software