Georgia-Pacific has an immediate opening for a Safety Manager at our Brookneal Oriented Strand Board (OSB) facility, located in Gladys, Virginia.

The Safety Manager will provide safety leadership and strategic direction to the facility through the application of the Principle Based Management® (PBM®) Framework and Guiding Principles. Create real value for the organization by ensuring risk is aggressively identified and mitigated. Develop and align facility safety strategies consistent with company/division safety vision and strategies. Drive safety excellence and performance improvement through real culture change and effective, sustainable management systems. Ensure leaders and employees are trained and equipped to manage safety. Reports directly to the facility manager, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Division S&H Manager.

Georgia-Pacific located in Gladys, Virginia manufactures Oriented Strand Board (OSB), a popular type of wood product used for flooring, walls, and roof sheathing in mostly residential construction applications. Georgia-Pacific's building product business has consistently been among the nation's top suppliers of building products to building materials dealers and large warehouse retailers. Georgia-Pacific employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace.

• Provide leadership and direction in establishing and achieving a meaningful safety vision and effective strategies through management commitment and employee ownership
• Mentor, coach, and provide continuous development opportunities for direct reports and indirect reports to build their skills and enhance team performance
• Promote a safety culture with all team members to help the facility embrace and achieve our Path to Zero Safety Strategy consistent with Koch’s Safety Vision.
• Drive company focus around all safety initiatives/programs (HOP, CSO Teams, Safety Training, etc.).
• Lead the development and use of critical 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, state, local, company standards) including OSHA PSM and Worker’s Compensation.
• Ensure facility risk profile is addressed through development/implementation of key prevention and recovery 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., change management, design review, contractor selection/orientation/auditing, work plans/permits, pre-startup review,)
• Identify safety development and training needs
• Drive continuous improvement using tools and activities, including self-assessments and audit processes; incident/near miss investigations; metrics and targets (leading and lagging indicators); and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Safety leadership experience in an industrial, military, or manufacturing environment

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, or related field
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Experience in leading culture change and developing/implementing management systems
• Experience onboarding and developing employees, helping to foster a safety-driven culture