Safety Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a dedicated Safety Leader to provide leadership and presence at our Cellulose manufacturing facility in Memphis, TN.

Reporting to the Vice President/General Manager, the Safety Manager will provide transformative leadership and guidance to the leadership team and their direct reports.

This position will lead a Safety and Health capability needs including, but not limited to, Process Safety, Occupational Safety and Health, Worker's Compensation/Medical Management, site security and the Emergency Response needs.

This role will work directly with the leadership team in identifying safety improvement plans (SIPs), leveraging transformative capital project opportunities via the site's SIP, and applying Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) concepts and tools to assist the mill in becoming a learning first organization, ultimately creating value by achieving sustainable cultural improvements.

Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management ™ philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

What You Will Do



* Oversite the mill's Safety processes as a capability leader.


* Partner with mill leadership to develop and execute strategic safety and health improvement plans.


* Lead and mentor others on the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) methodology at the site, including department and task risk assessments.


* Utilize development plans to grow safety/health and process safety skills and knowledge though innovation in training and development programs.


* Develop strategies for emerging facility and corporate needs and initiatives, especially those related to risk reduction with asset strategies and process safety ventures.


* Ensure compliance with OSHA PSM and EPA RMP requirements for the covered process, as well as promote the use of process safety principles throughout the mill to reduce risk to our employees, our environment, and our community.


* Work closely with facility maintenance to assure mechanical integrity is managed in keeping with risk-based process safety objectives as well as compliance-based requirements.


* Lead the development of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards, overseeing evaluation, interpretation, and compliance with state and federal regulations and permits.


* Apply Human and Organization Performance (HOP) concepts so the facility becomes a robust learning environment where knowledge sharing occurs in an expedite manner.


* Enhance the site capabilities in critical hazard program management, paying specific attention to reducing contact with hazardous energy, reducing the risk of falls from heights, minimizing mobile equipment and pedestrian interactions, recognizing and minimizing chemical and thermal risks, and reducing the potential for fires and explosion...