Safety Supervisor

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

This role performs a variety of Health and Safety Tasks, including but not limited to leading the local OSHA Compliance activities, Managing Work Comp Claims with our Third-Party Administrator, Initiating, driving, and managing key injury prevention activities, sponsoring employee project teams, Engaging associates, and monitoring, and managing our leading and lagging indicators. This Supervisor will work directly with corporate Health and Safety Directors. 

• Develops, evaluates, and maintains effective health/safety policies and procedures to comply with corporate and regulatory requirements. These activities include but are not limited to Safe Operating Procedures, Lockout/Tagout, Hearing Conservation, and Powered Industrial Trucks
• Administers safety compliance activities, including but not limited to tracking, reporting, and scheduling.
• Maintains effective relationships with external parties such as regulatory agencies/governmental agencies, vendors, suppliers, customers, and local occupational health clinics.
• Conducts routine audits and inspections of our procedures and controls. Recommends and facilitates corrective actions to maintain the effectiveness of safety procedures and controls.

The Ideal H&S Leader will:

• Be capable of driving change across the location.
• Have a passion for injury prevention, compliance, and risk reduction.
• Be capable of facilitating and sponsoring employee-led teams that solve problems and lead the campus to World Class Safety
• Be capable of aligning the local team and influencing others to achieve health and safety performance objectives.
• Participate as a critical member of the location leadership team.

Qualifications:  

• College degree, preferably in safety, industrial hygiene, or environmental-related discipline, and 1-5 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated computer literacy with knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to influence others outside of your direct control.
• Flexibility to work non-traditional business hours as needed. Our locations operate 24/7, and the ideal candidate occasionally needs to be in the facility during non-traditional business hours.
• Must be able to work at other locations, including overnight travel occasionally.

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What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact [email protected].

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