Safety Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Safety Supervisor to support a food and food processing operation in Baltimore, Maryland. This opportunity is ideal for a hands-on safety leader who can strengthen workplace safety practices, guide compliance efforts, and work closely with operations teams to reduce risk across an active industrial setting. The person in this role will be visible on the floor, help build accountability at all levels, and contribute to a safer, more proactive work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Direct daily safety activities across the facility and reinforce safe behaviors throughout production, maintenance, and support areas.

• Perform routine inspections, compliance reviews, and hazard evaluations to identify unsafe conditions and drive timely corrective action.

• Investigate workplace incidents, analyze contributing factors, document outcomes, and recommend measures to prevent recurrence.

• Create and deliver safety instruction, including orientation for new employees, recurring training sessions, and brief shift-based safety discussions.

• Work alongside operational leaders to address safety concerns, improve adherence to procedures, and support consistent execution of safety standards.

• Track incident data, audit results, and corrective action progress while maintaining accurate records and preparing summary reports for leadership.

• Help refine safety programs, standard operating procedures, and emergency response practices to support ongoing improvement.

• Oversee compliance with PPE use, lockout/tagout expectations, confined space requirements, and other critical industrial safety protocols.

• Support contractor safety coordination and follow up on identified deficiencies to confirm issues are resolved on schedule.

• Prior experience in occupational safety, environmental health and safety, or a safety leadership role within an industrial environment.
• Background in manufacturing, processing, production, or similar operations-based settings is strongly preferred.
• Practical knowledge of OSHA requirements and established workplace safety practices.
• Experience leading audits, incident reviews, risk assessments, and employee safety training initiatives.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence both frontline employees and site leadership.
• Solid organizational ability with careful attention to reporting, recordkeeping, and follow-through on corrective actions.
• Comfortable working directly in an active plant environment and engaging regularly with cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and safety documentation or reporting systems.