Safety Manager

Job Title

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances is a longstanding, family-owned company in the Goodyear area. Icons of design and paragons of performance and quality, Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove are the refrigeration, cooking, and dishwashing specialists found in world's most luxurious homes. We look for team members who are driven by innovation and excellence, striving to serve our customers by doing what is right—with integrity, teamwork, and accountability.

Growth and development are important aspects of this position.

This position manages safety programs, workers compensation, procedures, and policies addressing regulatory compliance, promoting strong safety culture, and injury/accident prevention at Sub-Zero Group’s two manufacturing sites in Arizona. The major area of focus is on injury/accident prevention activities designed to reduce the incidence rate to below established goals for the organization.

Responsibilities will include, but not limited to the following:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Preventive activities: Conducting safety evaluations of processes and practices to assess effectiveness of safety integration; provide direction to manufacturing engineering with redesign or development of workstations or manufacturing processes. Provide direction to supervisors to ensure all areas of the facility are free from unsafe conditions and unsafe practices. Manage the STOP process as established for the company. Manage all regulatory compliance activities such as, but not limited to, Hazard Communication, Press Safety, Lockout/Tagout, Laser Safety, Robotic Safety, Machine functional safety. Evaluate program effectiveness and recommend changes adjustments for improvement.
• Responsive activities: Manage accident investigation process and ensure corrective measures are aimed at preventing similar injuries corporate-wide. Ensure complaints are investigated. Ensure all safety issues are resolved. Serve as a technical resource to management to answer questions related to application of safety principles. Manager workers compensation program. Analyze injury data for emerging trends and recommend measures to counteract unwanted results.
• Developmental activities: Participate on safety teams and ensure process is managed for success. Plan, develop and deliver effective safety training. Coach supervisors on observations and departmental audits. Decide upon need and deliver specialized training to engineers, supervisors and other disciplines as needed. Provide input to Manager in the development of safety policies and procedures. Manage training and developmental strategies as they relate to safety culture and safety processes.
• Functional activities: Attend departmental meetings, continuing education and training, travel, assisting with budget and other tasks as assigned. Work with outside agencies as needed. This could include OSHA, DNR, local fire departments, insurance carriers, and broker.
• Environmental health compliance & sustainability related activities.

We value our employees by providing:

• Competitive compensation based on skills
• Industry leading health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous 401 (K) savings and profit sharing
• Education assistance and internal training programs
• Electric vehicle charging
• Maternity & paternity leave

This position requires a pre-employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelors or better in Occup Health & Safety or related field.

Experience:

3+ years people leadership experience On-going training and attendance at seminars, specifically OSHA compliance, machine guarding, laser training, robotics, and ergonomics. 10+ years progressive safety experience in a manufacturing environment.

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