Area Safety Manager

Area Safety Manager (Open) – R10091978 Location: Nashville, TN – Centennial – Filling industrial, Bowling Green, KY – Filling industrial, Clarksville, TN – Filling industrial, Evansville, IN – East – Filling industrial, Louisville, KY – Crittenden – Filling industrial. This position can be located within a reasonable commute of Louisville KY, Evansville IL, and Nashville TN. This role is 70-80% travel, mainly day trips. Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance. Support for Parents: We offer a 14-week paid child birth benefit to support growing families. Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time. Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment. The Area Safety Manager position is critical to the safety and compliance success across Mid America. This position covers 26 locations and is responsible for Airgas' health and safety policies and procedures. It ensures compliance with OSHA and other regulations and conducts over 100 safety and compliance audits per year. Additionally, the manager spearheads programs that ensure a safe workplace including safety orientations, skills training, emergency preparedness, proper job instruction, hazardous material handling, and the use of personal protective equipment. Key Responsibilities Promote and develop safe work behaviors. Assist and coach associates to reduce injuries and vehicle accidents. Plan, administer and support ongoing safety programs to ensure compliance. Liaise between facility and internal and external auditors. Interpret Safety Policies, Regulations and Standards to recommend or provide direction. Keep facilities current with regulations concerning DOT, OSHA, EPA, and the FDA. Also responsible for implementing procedures and the control of those documents. Conduct internal audits of all governmental disciplines ensuring required documents, training, and safety measures are in place. Forward findings to appropriate management staff for corrective actions. Plan industrial health and ergonomic risk assessment surveys or analysis. Assure all applicable training is performed at all locations. Meet all compliance and reporting requirements of Federal and State regulations. Assist Regional Safety Director in generating monthly safety meetings and data/presentations, which also include compliance presentations at branches, plants, and customer locations. Assist in creating training development packages (i.e. videos, Google Slides). Assist in setting up and maintaining all permits and maintain location files. Assist in medical manual updates, procedures, and controlling of said documentation. Be active in hazardous material operations, i.e. Airgas Emergency Response Organization (AERO), and other state and federal programs (PSM, RMP). Performs other duties as assigned, including but not limited to: State medical registrations, Tier II Reporting and accident investigation and review. Required Education and Experience High School Diploma or equivalent. At least three years of relevant experience. Valid driver's license and reliable personal vehicle with insurance coverage as required by company. Ability to be "on call" 24/7 for emergencies and to respond to DOT-related questions associated with the shipment of hazardous materials. Preferred Education and Experience Bachelor's degree a plus. Working knowledge of Safety and OSHA regulations preferred. Industrial gas experience a plus. Equal Employment Opportunity We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Airgas 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 View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr Airgas, Inc.