Safety Leader - Complex, Taylorsville

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking qualified individuals to consider for a Complex Safety Leader opportunity at our Taylorsville, MS facility.

This role will provide safety leadership and strategic direction to the facility through the application of our Principle Based Management ™ Framework.

The Complex Safety Leader will drive safety excellence and performance improvement through real culture change, effective and sustainable management systems, and ensuring leaders and employees are trained and equipped to manage safety.

The role reports directly to the Plant Manager, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Division Safety and Health Manager.

Our Team

With 26 manufacturing locations, we are one of the largest wood products manufacturers in North America.

Our quality has been on display for more than 90 years.

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What You Will Do


* Provide leadership and direction in establishing and achieving a meaningful safety vision and effective strategies through management commitment and employee ownership.


* Lead the development and use of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards - Drive and assist with the mitigation of identified gaps, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.


* Actively manage all aspects of compliance (e.g., OSHA, company standards) and ensure ownership resides with the appropriate roles within the organization.


* Ensure facility risk profile is addressed through the development/implementation of key controls.


* Recommend and facilitate engineering/design changes to eliminate or reduce risk (e.g., machine guarding, ergonomics, traffic, fire/explosion, noise, upset conditions).


* Drive flawless execution, assessment, and improvement of critical safe work practices.


* Support all phases of capital and major expense projects to ensure safe execution (e.g., design review, contractor selection/orientation/auditing, work plans/permits, pre-startup review).


* Identify safety development and training needs.


* Drive continuous improvement using tool and activities including self-assessments and audit processes, incident/near miss investigations, metrics and targets, and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Safety leadership experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.


* Experience manager multi-site safety programs.

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's degree in safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Engineering.


* Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.


* Experience in leading culture change and developing/implementing management systems.

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