Corporate Safety Manager at VPET USA, LLC

Fontana, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

12 Jun, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

EHS Strategy, Regulatory Compliance, Hazard Identification, Root Cause Analysis, Incident Investigation, Project Management, Training and Coaching, Risk Assessment, LOTO, Machine Guarding, Audit Management, Cross-functional Leadership, Negotiation, Presentation Skills, Meeting Facilitation, Technical Writing

Industry

Packaging & Containers

Description

Job Title: Corporate Safety Manager Salary Status: DOE FLSA: Exempt Employment Type: Full-Time Location: Fontana, CA Reports to: Chief Transformation Officer Job Overview: The Corporate Safety Manager is a strategic, field-active leader responsible for building a company-wide proactive safety culture and ensuring regulatory compliance across five manufacturing facilities in 4 states. Reporting to the Chief Transformation Officer, this role drives consistent safety performance through standardized systems, training, and direct engagement with plant teams. This leader serves as both a systems architect and hands-on contributor – leading continuous safety improvement, reducing operational risk, and supporting leaders across the organization. Essential Responsibilities: · Develops and leads the national EHS strategy. Aligned to company guiding principles, regulatory requirements and operations goals. · Champions a proactive safety culture that is grounded in employee engagement, hazard elimination, and sustainable leadership, where plant leaders and employees have clear roles and responsibilities for safety culture. · Establish and manage key safety key performance indicators and audit scores, and corrective action plans with plant-led accountability. · Develops, publishes, and maintains corporate safety procedures. Ensuring also they are current, accessible, and implemented in the plants. · Coaches and assists corporate and plant leaders responsible for safety procedures and their effectiveness on the shop-floor. · Facilitates formal hazard identification processes, including machine guarding, control of hazardous energy (LOTO), risk assessments, and job hazard analyses, while ensuring corrective actions are tracked to completion. Overseeing root cause analysis and incident investigation. · Travels to company facilities on a regular basis to provide hands-on support, conduct inspections, lead training sessions, and assess safety program effectiveness. · Ensures full compliance with applicable federal, state and local safety regulations across all facilities. · Assists site leaders in the management regulatory agency interactions, inspections, and compliance reporting. Travel Requirements This position requires regular travel to company manufacturing facilities. Candidates must be willing and able to travel as needed to support safety program implementation, conduct on-site inspections, and engage directly with plant teams. Minimum Requirements: · Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in a technical discipline) or equivalent related work experience required. · A minimum of 5 years’ experience leading safety, with demonstrated experience in multi-state manufacturing environments. · Able to effectively lead a cross-function/departmental internal team. · Ability to train and coach others in areas of safety expertise. · Excellent negotiation, presentation, meeting facilitation, and organizational skills. · Excellent written and oral communication skills. · Strong multiple project management skills with the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, high growth environment. Education and/or Experience: · Certified safety professional preferred. · Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. · Plastic injection and blow molding experience desirable. · Comfortable conducting safety inspections in active industrial, operational settings. · Strong “hands-on” analytical problem solving abilities. Competitive Benefits: · Medical (HMO), dental and vision insurance premium. · 401k plan, Employer contributes 3%, up to 4%. · Company offers vacation and sick pay. · Holiday Pay: Eight (8) paid holidays per year. · Basic Life Insurance Paid (25K policy). We are an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to veteran status, disability, race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or other protected characteristics.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead the national EHS strategy to build a proactive safety culture across five manufacturing facilities. This includes managing KPIs, conducting on-site inspections, and ensuring full compliance with federal, state, and local safety regulations.