Safety Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a dedicated Safety Manager to provide leadership and presence at our containerboard manufacturing facility in Big Island, VA.

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 site Safety and Health capability team that includes strategic direction and oversite in the areas of Occupational Safety and Health, Process Safety, Worker's Compensation/Medical Management, Emergency Response, and Security.

This role will work directly with the leadership team to identify and reduce risk, leverage transformative investment opportunities via the site's Path to Zero risk reduction plan, and applying Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) concepts to assist the mill in becoming a learning-centric environment, ultimately creating value by achieving sustainable improvements.

As a key leader in the mill, the successful candidate will create value for the organization by ensuring risk is aggressively identified and mitigated, developing and aligning facility safety strategies to be consistent with the company/division Health & Safety vision, and ensuring leaders and employees are trained and equipped to manage safety.

Our Team

The Big Island Mill is an paper mill producing kraft and recycled board to various GP locations as well as external customers.

The Big Island mill is located about 30 minutes outside of Lynchburg, VA.

To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: www.gppackaging.com and view the video How Paper Is Made ! 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



* Supervise the facility Safety & Health team and the ongoing development of the team


* Partner with site leadership to develop and execute strategic safety and health improvement plans, including effectively communicating the safety vision, strategies, and performance to internal and external stakeholders


* Promote a positive safety environment using Principle Based Management (PBM) as the guide with all team members to help the Big Island facility embrace and achieve the site's Path to Zero Safety Strategy consistent with our company's overall Safety Vision


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


* Support and help facilitate employee onboarding including initial safety training, as well as continuing safety training for all Big Island employees


* Ensure that the facility risk profile is addressed through the development and implementation of key controls


* Enhance the site capabilities in critical hazard program management, inclu...