Safety Manager

SAFETY MANAGER

Growing food manufacturing company with three manufacturing facilities in Chicago is looking for a high level, experienced, well trained PLANT SAFETY MANAGER.

Only candidates who are trained in plant safety and have a solid job history in food manufacturing with be considered.

Supervisory experience helpful.

MUST have strong experience managing and training plant SAFETY in a company. Chicago candidates only. The facilities are on the south side - Bedford Park, Oak Lawn area.

This is about the SAFETY of people, not the food manufacturing but experience in the specific hazards of employees engaged in food manufacturing or packaging is essential.

• Coordinate training programs
• Update Safety Procedures
• Validate Procedures

Company is southeast of Midway airport in Chicago, north of Oak Lawn. No relocation offered. Must live within commuting distance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review, create and enforce safety procedures
• Expert in lockout tagout
• Ensure plant personnel are following established procedures
• Visit the plants and enforce all company policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Communicate effectively with other departments
• Train employees on safety
• Make sure plants are following safety regulations
• Responsibility (authority) for dealing with safety noncompliance
• Have the ability to problem solve and troubleshoot any food safety non-compliances.
• Train and maintain all training records on critical safety requirements.
• Implement training so there is a culture of safety
• Knowledge of SQF and FSMA helpful

Qualifications - Education and Experience

• TRAINING IN PLANT SAFETY
• Bachelor's Degree
• Strong knowledge of OSHA Regulations
• Experience in safety with food manufacturing
• Vision, persistence, patience, goal oriented, and mature self-starter.
• Effective problem-solving skills and administrative ability to communicate and follow-up with all levels of management required.
• Solid job history - not a job hopper

Salary $70,000 - $80,000 negotiable based on experience

PLANT SAFETY MANAGER with experience in food manufacturing or packaging.

Equal opportunity employer.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Travel requirement:

• No travel

Work Location: In person