Safety Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a contribution-motivated Facility Safety Manager for our plywood mill in Madison, GA.

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

The Facility Safety Manager will drive safety excellence and performance improvement through real culture change, effective and sustainable management systems, and ensure leaders and employees are engaged 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

The Madison facility produces plywood panels used in residential and light commercial construction.

With 525 employees across four different production processes , the site values safety, reliability, and a culture of engagement.

Madison is a vibrant small town with strong community ties and easy access to regional resources, an attractive location for employees who appreciate a close-knit community and a manufacturing career.

By joining our company, you will have the chance to enhance your technical expertise , showcase your innovative abilities, and pave the way for your future career advancement.

You will shape the safety design of capital and automation projects and be part of a thriving, welcoming team working together to exceed expectations in the industry.

To learn more about our building products division, visit www.buildgp.com.

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 communicate the risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating , identifying , and evaluating hazards


* Drive the mitigation of identified gaps 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


* Maintain the site risk register and ensure key controls are in place, verified, and owned


* Recommend and facilitate engineering/design changes to eliminate or reduce risk (e.g., machine guarding, ergonomics, mobile equipment and pedestrian traffic, fire/ explosion and combustible dust per NFPA 652/664, noise, upset conditions)


* Drive consistent execution, assessment, and improvement of critical safe work practices, including lockout/tagout, confined space entry, hot work, working at heights, and mobile equipment operation


* 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)


* Assess, design, and deliver safety training, and coach supervisors and frontline leaders to own safety performance on their crews


* Manage industrial hygiene programs, in...