Regional Safety Manager

Founded in 1995, Novae started making trailers in January 2001 with the idea to offer quality products with great service, deal fairly with people, and recognize that suppliers, employees, community and customers are all important to success. Our purpose is to create opportunities for people to make their lives better and to leave a legacy of positive impact.

Headquartered in Markle, IN, Novae is one of the fastest-growing and most respected trailer manufacturers in North America, operating 12 distinct brands including Sure-Trac, H&H Trailers, CAM Superline, Trailerman, ITI Cargo, Midsota, Mirage Trailers, and LOOK Trailers. Novae has grown both organically and through acquisitions to become the second largest trailer manufacturer in North America. Novae currently has more than 1,200 employees, 22 manufacturing facilities across 9 states and maintains an active dealer network of more than 1,100 partners.

Our company is driven strongly by growth and a set of core values the leadership team emphasizes: Embracing and Driving Change, Service-Minded, Strong Character, Self-Discipline, Accountability, Work Ethic.

In December 2021, Brightstar Capital Partners ("Brightstar"), a private equity firm focused on partnering with families, founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, completed its acquisition of Novae LLC in partnership with the Company's two founders and senior management team. Under Brightstar's ownership, Novae has already grown significantly in size and is poised to continue to grow.

Job Summary: Provide regulatory oversight and best practice guidance to drive our safety culture through employee engagement and participation. Collaborate with employees at all levels of the organization to continuously improve processes and safety program compliance across assigned Region(s). Align with Operations and Human Resources teams to bring stability and continuity among all facilities.

Essential Functions

• Shared administration of the local Safety Committee(s) through coordination of meetings, teaching safety culture, keeping agendas and minutes for meetings, and monitoring action items to support continuous improvement initiatives for safety to stay on track.
• Ensure safety compliance through subject matter expert knowledge with federal, state, and local regulations by:
  • training our workforce on programs and requirements, collaborating with training team on content and delivery, when necessary,
  • auditing all safety and emergency response written plans, making updates when necessary
  • administration of hearing conservation programs,
  • administration of respirator programs,
  • reviewing the environmental compliance and safety of processes, equipment, and facilities, making recommendations where needed, and
  • conducting mock audits for learning opportunities.
• Lead injury investigation process to bring root cause analysis for safety incidents and near misses. Teach best practices, refine, and ensure consistency across all facilities.
• Administration of the Corrective Action / Preventative Action audit process - refine and implement across all facilities.
• Manage First Responder program - work through Operations and Human Resources for recruitment of First Responders, decisions on training content relevant to locations, coordination of delivery of training, ensure drills are completed, and ensuring compliance of First Aid / AED certifications.
• Manage the response to all OSHA complaints and the internal resolution process for assigned Region(s). Serve as the interface for resolving complaints and any possible resulting findings. Collaborate with Safety Team to share resolutions and learning across Novae LLC.
• Manage the job safety analysis process to ensure a formalized analysis of all jobs, determine associated risks, and develop with Operations the corrective actions that need to be put in place in place; training, upkeep, and tracking of this process is a collaborative effort of the Human Resources, Safety, Training, and Operations teams.
• Maintain a Safety Library by surveying and keeping current on all relevant topics to ensure ongoing preparedness on safety improvement and hazard prevention issues.
• Monitor and implement counter measures to industrial hygiene concerns related to long-term effect factors such as chemical exposure, noise, lighting, heat, humidity, and other variables.
• Assist in other areas and perform other duties, as needed. (This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities required for this job.)

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety Management, Industrial Hygiene, or related field, or the equivalent demonstrated skills and abilities.
• Minimum three years of experience in a similar role in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Experience in training groups of people from different areas of the organization on safety topics to ensure learning.
• Must be able to travel to all locations in assigned Region(s); this is likely to be about 25% of the time.
• Subject Matter Expert level knowledge of federal, state and local regulations; OSHA 30 Hour or equivalent preferred.
• Experience with reporting adherence to OSHA safety standards and preferred corrective action execution.
• Ability to write and update safety procedures professionally and effectively.
• Knowledge of First Aid, confined space entry, LOTO, and process safety management.
• Ability to speak and understand Spanish a plus.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance (PPO + HDHP options)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance (Employee, Spouse and Children)
• 401(k) contribution after 30 days + company match on first 3%
• Weekly Accrued PTO
• Company Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Company Paid Life Insurance

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Novae LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Novae LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.