What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety & Security Manager (Escanaba, MI) position at Billerud?
Purpose:
Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Billerud's mission to lead the way when it comes to challenging conventional packaging and business? Our decisions are guided by the promise of creating a better tomorrow. Building a future where lighter, stronger, more durable and sustainable packaging is the natural choice not only requires experience and expertise, but also takes dedication, teamwork and perseverance. This is a journey that we are making together with our talented staff and our customers.
Summary Description:
This Safety & Security Manager position is responsible for working with operations, maintenance, staff functions, and Union Leadership to ensure regulatory compliance, develop initiatives and programs to promote safe work practices and improvements.
Key Accountabilities:
- Provide leadership to support and assist all levels of management in achieving the facility and corporate goals for reduction of work-related injuries.
- Zero injuries is our goal.
- Assist in planning, creating, and implementing programs and processes to maintain a workplace that meets or exceeds federal and state safety requirements.
- Expert in all regulatory requirements, industry standards and local safety matters including integration of Health, Safety, Security and best practices into the mill.
- Experience in and knowledge of paper industry standards and process safety management (PSM) requirements.
- Ensures a proactive approach to injury prevention and reporting.
- Oversight of the mill's contracted security staff, in-house emergency response teams, and property protection programs.
- Demonstrate Billerud leadership behaviors and support company initiatives.
- Lead safety training and risk assessment initiatives.
- Coordinate mill safety initiatives with Safety Team.
- Possess ambulatory capabilities to move around the mill, climb ladders, and catwalks.
Qualifications
Minimum Required Experience and Education:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in occupational health and safety (OHS). safety engineering, industrial hygiene, or related field experience will be considered.
- Proven leadership with demonstrated effectiveness in an industrial safety environment.
Travel: Negotiable
Personal qualitiesMinimum Required Skills:
- Effective communication and leadership skills as well as demonstrated abilities to champion change and influence others at all levels of the organization are required.
- Industrial Hygiene knowledge.
- Ability to give encouragement, guidance, and direction to improve safety performance.
- Ability to listen generously and practice open advocacy.
- Ability to inspire and guide others toward identifying and achieving vision and goals.
- Demonstrated leadership in Process Safety Management (PSM) program improvements.
- Experience leading risk assessment, job safety analysis, and incident prevention programs.
Preferred Skills:
- Previous experience in a union environment with an excellent safety performance record is highly desired.
Billerud NA is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.
Why us?
- Be part of a dynamic team within Billerud
- An opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable future
- Development and career opportunities
- Performance-based bonus and a number of different benefits according to company policy,
- Opportunity to hybrid working according to company standard
Our recruitment process may include interviews, recruitment test, reference checks, and alcohol & drug testing.
At Billerud, we are fully committed to reduce our and our customers carbon footprint by offering high-performance paper and packaging materials. We are convinced that the right solutions can be important toolsto help fight climate change. That's why we see it as our responsibility to enable the best packaging choices, for a better tomorrow.
Our proud history in the forestry and paper industry goes back more than 150 years. Since then, we've grown to what we are today: a world leading company in high-performing paper and packaging materials - passionately committed to sustainability, quality, and customer value. Our materials are the basis of packaging and paper products used by millions of people around the world, 24 hours a day, all year round.
We serve customers in more than 100 countries through our three business areas Liquid Packaging Board, Paper and Paper Board. Our nine production units are located in Sweden, USA, and Finland and we have around 6,000 employees in 19 countries. Our annual turnover is approximately SEK 41.2 billion and the share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. At Billerud we always put safety first, care for each other, and do what we say.
Join us in redefining sustainable packaging and drive meaningful change for a better tomorrow.Verso Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.
