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Occupational Health and Safety

The Occupational Health and Safety Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing workplace safety programs to ensure a healthy, safe, and compliant work environment for all employees; identifies potential hazards, conducts safety audits, and ensures adherence to local and national safety regulations; investigates and monitors workplace incidents and recommends corrective actions as needed; maintains records and prepares reports for regulatory agencies; stays current on safety trends and legislative changes; manages a team of safety employees.

• Lead department and staff; hire, develop, and conduct performance management
• Oversee the development and maintenance of the strategic safety plan focusing on the recognition, evaluation, and control of all hazards, and the protection of employees and the University community
• Develop, implement, and manage occupational health and safety policies and programs in line with regulatory requirements and best practices
• Oversee employee training programs; keep employees abreast of the overall mission, vision, and goals for safety
• Conduct regular workplace inspections and audits to identify potential hazards and ensure compliance with safety standards
• Develop, implement, and manage injury and illness prevention programs by performing root cause and failure analysis for incidents
• Manage the implementation of risk assessments, ergonomic evaluations, and emergency response plans
• Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to safety performance and accident prevention
• Advise senior leadership on safety program issues and the effectiveness of injury prevention strategies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including HR, Operations, and Facilities, to address safety concerns and improve overall safety performance
• Manage departmental budget
• Stay current with changing safety regulations, industry standards, and best practices, ensuring the organization remains compliant

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00