Health & Safety Manager

Job Title

Lead Occupational Health Programs

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Leads all occupational health programs and oversees injury/illness case management to reduce incident frequency, severity, and cost.

Develops and applies occupational health and safety policies, standards, and regulatory requirements, collaborating with the Safety Department to create or improve procedures that eliminate or control workplace hazards.

Evaluates workplace risks and ensures compliance by conducting hazard analyses, job/process reviews, and safety inspections, while also training employees, supervisors, and leaders on occupational health and safety practices.

Conduct site visits and workplace inspectionsincluding behavioral and physical auditsto identify hazards, document findings, and drive corrective actions, using tools like near-miss reporting and trend analysis.

Support regulatory and compliance requirements by maintaining accurate records, administering safety management system tools, and coordinating training refreshers, inspections, industrial hygiene sampling, and medical surveillance activities.

Manage safety-related documentation and communication by coordinating claims and return-to-work processes with HR, keeping SDS and permits updated, and monitoring regulatory changes to inform leadership.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Job Competencies

Safety: fully supports, encourages and follows safe work behavior, and considers safety of paramount importance in the workplace.

Job Specific Skills: Demonstrates the required depth and mastery of knowledge and skill associated with the job as identified in the Learning Management System (LMS) and other applicable sources. Demonstrates the effective application of the job specific knowledge, skills and ability required to resolve job related challenges in the workplace. Refer to job specific training requirements for the job identified in the LMS.

Analytical: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach breaking down complex tasks into its component parts and considering each part in detail. Compares alternatives, evaluating the costs, benefits, risks, and chances for success, in making decisions. Identifies patterns and trends to determine root cause. Generates a range of creative solutions, choosing the most appropriate option.

Communication: Uses active listening skills, conveying information with the appropriate medium that is clear and easily understood. Uses feedback to verify effective and accurate communication has occurred. Ensures that others having a need to know are kept informed about developments, progress, problems and plans through consistent, effective communication. Avoids surprises.

Managing Change: Demonstrates support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization's effectiveness. Helps individuals and groups manage the anxiety associated with significant change. Establishes processes to manage the orderly implementation of change.

Strategic: Understands relevant industry and market trends. Develops and proposes a long-term strategy based on an analysis of the industry, marketplace and current and potential capabilities as compared to competitors. Anticipates potential problems and develops appropriate contingency plans. Conducts independent analysis in the creative search for new ideas or solutions.

Interpersonal Skill: Anticipates, notices, and understands concerns of others, involving them in a process or decision to ensure their support. Develops and maintains positive relationships. Considerate and discreet in handling challenging, awkward or tense interpersonal situations, focusing on issues and interests instead of people or positions. Knows when to escalate critical issues when unsuccessful in gaining support.

Resource Management: Manages resources through effective schedules and budgets for people, projects, equipment, and supplies. Plans so that the right resources are assigned to the right tasks. Assigns and manages assets in a manner that supports an organization's strategic goals. Effectively and efficiently allocates all human, financial, and material resources to meet business objectives.

Adaptability: Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities. Adapts approach, goals, and methods to achieve solutions and results in dynamic situations. Recovers quickly from setbacks, and finds alternative ways to reach goals or targets. Open to different and new ways of doing things; willing to modify one's preferred way of doing things.

Confidence and Drive: Confident in one's own ideas and capability to be successful; willingness to take an independent position in the face of opposition. Approaches challenging tasks with a "can-do" attitude. Driven to see projects and tasks through to successful completion, is not swayed by resistance and focuses on achievement of the initiative.

Company Overview

In 1962, Ring Power Corporation became a full-line Caterpillar dealer in North Florida, and later expanded its authorized territory to include Central Florida.

Today, Ring Power Corporate headquarters in St. Augustine oversees the operations of 18 branch locations throughout the state of Florida, including large regional facilities in Tampa and Orlando and crane and forklift sales and service facilities in Pompano. Ring Power also has five facilities outside of Florida - The Carolinas, Georgia, & Texas- to serve the needs of other specialized industries and customers.

Ring Power Corporation has become one of the largest Caterpillar dealers in the Southeastern United States through dedication to the mission of customer service. In order to preserve the "Customers First" reputation that Ring Power was built on, we continually train our employees and work closely with our customers to assure complete satisfaction, especially after the sale.

Currently, more than 2,700 employees at 20+ locations throughout Florida and the United States work hard to provide the highest quality construction equipment, backed by responsive, professional service and support at every level.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Formal Education Associate Degree or certification equivalent in a related field of study.

Experience 7 or more years

Required / Credentials

Associate Degree or certification equivalent in a related field of study.

Able to easily and effectively comprehend written material and communicate orally and in writing with employees and customers.

Valid Drivers License

Not Required but Highly Desired Criteria

Must be able to obtain and maintain a First-aid/CPR/AED Certification within 6 months.

Must be able to obtain and maintain an Occupational Hearing Conservation certification (CAOHA) within 6 months.

Occupational Hearing Conservationist Certification (COHC)

Ergonomics Assessment Specialist Certification (CEAS)

Occupational Safety Specialist Certification (COSS)

Associate Safety Professional (ASP) Certification

Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Certification

Certified Safety Manager (CSM)

Updating of Knowledge

Job requirements change requiring re-training to stay current every 1-2 years.

Responsibility for Change, Innovation, Overall Improvement, and/or Effectiveness

Problem Solving Job requires complex problem solving skills in a dynamic environment. Independent research and analysis are routinely required to develop appropriate solutions. Awareness and intervention is expected to prevent problems from occurring.

Creativity Job requires extensive creativity and a constant need to find new and improved solutions to be effective.

Autonomy Job is not monitored. Involvement in determining overall objectives is encouraged. Use of discretion in how the work is done, setting priorities and decision making is expected. Achieving desired outcomes is evaluated with little emphasis on process.

Working Environment

Stress Load Regular exposure to these stresses (20-80% of the time).

Workload Fluctuation Job frequently involves changes in priorities, complexity and/or quantity of work.

Work Schedule Work is typically performed after regular business hours with occasional requirements to work days, holidays and weekends.

Organizational Impact

A person's performance in this job has significant immediate impact on expense, efficiencies or achievement of overall department and company objectives.

Supervisory Responsibility

Job has no subordinates / no supervisory responsibility (may work independently or as a member of a team)

Physical Demands

Climbing: O

Balancing: N/A

Stooping: O

Kneeling: O

Crouching: O

Crawling: N/A

Reaching: O

Standing: F

Sitting: F

Walking: F

Feeling: N/A

Fingering: N/A

Grasping: O

Repetitive Motion: N/A

Talking: F

Hearing: O

Pushing - Up to 25 lbs.: O

Pulling - Up to 25 lbs.: O

Lifting - Up to