Safety & Compliance Director

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• Champions and promotes a strong safety and compliance culture implementing programs to ensure associate safety and company regulatory compliance.

• Designs, directs, and conducts training and audits on Airgas Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) including the Safety Manual, Medical Gas Manual, Transportation Manual, Food Gas Manual, Board of Pharmacy Manual, Industrial Gas Manual, Crisis Management Manual, Bulletins Manual, PSM/RMP Manuals and other Airgas Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as they are disseminated.

• Represents Airgas on regional regulatory issues and audits/inspections by government entities.

• Provides leadership and guidance on Airgas's Incident Review Committee.

• Provides analysis of significant risk data to management by evaluating the effectiveness of initiatives through safety assessments and compiling and interpreting data to identify gaps. Develops and implements action plans as necessary to mitigate risks.

• Work with the Training department to develop innovative, impactful and meaningful safety training programs

• Conducts accident investigations and partners with insurance carriers to manage claims.

• Partners with Senior Management on all potential acquisitions from the perspective of Safety & Compliance issues prior to the acquisition, all the way through integration.

• Work closely with Human Resources on all EHS and Risk Management issues.

• Initiates activities designed to empower location managers and employees to lead safety efforts within the organization.

• Participates in a leadership capacity on the AERO (the Airgas Emergency Response Operations) Team.

• Leads offsite customer safety training.

• Special projects and other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree.

• In lieu of degree requirement, may accept an equivalent level of education and experience.

• A minimum of 8 years of related safety experience within a production and distribution environment.

• Must have excellent organizational, written and oral communication, listening and presentation skills including the ability to effectively present and discuss technical information and respond to questions from employees, government agency representatives, and customers.

• Computer literate with Intermediate knowledge of MS Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form.

• Ability to define and solve problems dealing with a variety of both abstract and concrete variables.

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply basic algebra and geometry.

• Reliable transportation, current driver's license, minimum liability insurance as required by state of vehicle registration.

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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

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Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.

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