Materials Manager jobs in Charleston, SC

Plant Safety Manager

Location: Argos Plant , Harleyville, SC

Compensation: $96,800 -$127,050

Ready for a fast-paced job where you can provide the literal groundwork that connects communities together? Join Summit Materials – a construction materials company leading the industry – where we build the foundation for a better tomorrow.

Summit Materials consists of more than a dozen local companies that supply aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving, and construction services in the United States and western Canada. At Summit Materials, we support our teammates who lay the groundwork for our communities and live by our core values: Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, and Inclusivity. We’re passionate about our teammates, our work, and our communities. Each of Summit’s companies celebrates their individual legacies, but together - we are Summit Materials.

Benefits

We care for you and your family: We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to support the health of you and your family.

We prepare for the unexpected: We offer life insurance, long-term disability, and short-term disability coverage at no cost to you.

We invest in your career growth with Summit Materials and beyond: Get access to our Discover Learning catalog with thousands of available courses to support your professional and personal development. You can learn on-demand, at your own pace, and from any device.

We embrace your well-being: We know that your well-being is more than just physical. We’re here to provide teammates with the resources and tools they need to stay healthy and feel supported, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free counseling, financial resources, and more.

We support your personal goals: We provide a financial foundation as you plan for the future. Our programs, like our 401(k) plan are designed to help you prepare and reach your goals for you and your family.

We give you time to recharge: We offer our teammates Paid Time Off (PTO) so they can recharge and relax with family and friends.

Overview

The Safety Manager is responsible for leadership, team development and all aspects of developing and implementing health and safety plans, enforcing policies, and evaluating practices and facilities to ensure compliance with legal regulations. This position will also conduct training sessions, investigate incidents, lead site execution of the corporate/segment safety strategy and provide recommendations for improvement ensuring clear, tactful, concise communication flows upwards and downwards throughout the organization and will work closely with Manufacturing, Logistics and Quality to find solutions that are both practical and sustainable. Supports a good standing in the community, sustainable operations, and adheres to and upholds all company policies, safety standards and federal / state regulations.

This position is located at our Harleyville, SC facility with relocation assistance available.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Plans, implements, manages, and maintains comprehensive safety & health programs in conformance with plant rules, safety standards and company policies; Conducting safety meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure compliance, identify corrective action, and implement follow-up assessments.
• Collaborates with management during internal and external audits and inspections of the workplace to ensure teammates are safe in their operations and surrounding environment; prepares notices for management to issue for abatement of any identified hazards.
• Effectively communicates to convey ideas and information to others while providing coaching, teaching, and mentoring to teammates / visitors / contractors through regular, visible, on-site presence.
• Serves as the primary contact for site injury and incident notification, investigation, and case management; responsible for administration of first aid for minor injuries and transportation of teammates requiring emergency / non-emergency medical treatment.
• Records all incident / near miss reports timely, in a complete and accurate manner, in the Safety Management System (SMS); Manages workers’ compensation claims, overseeing documentation processes and collaborating with relevant stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate resolution.
• Maintains a written log of safety inspection activities, reports, investigations, and related correspondence and properly post and report claims for injuries and illnesses in accordance with the regulations set forth by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
• Develops, implements, and updates site-specific emergency response plans as necessary coordinates the on-site Hearing Conservation and Pulmonary Function testing and site-specific activities for contractor safety management program supporting efforts to ensure contractors adhere to safety procedures and policies while working on site.
• Provides leadership to Joint Safety and Health Committees through active participation and regular meetings attendance.
• Analyzes safety data to identify trends, areas of concern, and opportunities for improvement. Provides regular communication to site leadership on safety performance metrics.
• Administers safety recognition systems to promote safe and healthy work performance by all teammates.
• Other duties may be required and will be assigned as necessary.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in health & safety management or closely related field; or 5 years demonstrated progressive experience in safety management roles (cement experience strongly preferred).
• Extensive understanding of safety principles and regulatory compliance requirements evident through currently holding or previously held (with ability to regain) certifications in First Aid, CPR, DOT, OSHA and MSHA Part 48/46, and RCRA.
• Knowledge of auditing and inspection expectations with regulators / agencies.
• Knowledge of engineering calculations for permitting, reporting, compliance and to support project goals.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites with accurate data entry skills.
• Effectively communicate both verbally and in writing, while building rapport with team members and external agencies.
• High level of integrity and commitment to comply with all applicable federal / state / industry compliance, record keeping, regulations and standards.
• Due to the nature of this position, it is essential that the teammate be available to report to the designated work site / office and be ready to begin work when scheduled.
• Must be able to pass pre-employment screening which may include a physical, background check, and drug screen.

The physical demands and work environment described herein are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this position, the teammate will be regularly required to talk and hear, use fingers and hands to handle and/or feel, use eyesight for depth perceptions, close, distant, peripheral and color vision; stand, walk, sit, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. Frequent exposure to walking on rocky, irregular surfaces that may be muddy and in reduced lighting conditions, moving mechanical parts, electrical equipment, high and/or confined spaces, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions and explosives. Occasionally be able to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) lbs. independently and tolerate moderate noise levels.

# INDCE