Manager Safety

Manager Safety

Find your more with Mohawk!

At Mohawk Industries, we’re committed to more – more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our people.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what’s important to you. Come find your “more” with Mohawk!

What we need:

The Manager Safety is a first-level manager that will manage and execute on organizational safety programs to prevent injuries and work-related health conditions and comply with applicable regulatory requirements. This role will promote and work to maintain a safe and healthy work environment by collaborating with various departments to minimize workplace hazards and foster a culture of safety.

What you’ll do:

• Analyze and classify risks and losses and measure financial impact upon the company.
• Design and direct programs to reduce accidents, occupational illness, and exposure to long term health hazards.
• Train employees and management in safety practices.
• Investigate accidents, injuries, or occupational illnesses to determine causes and preventive measures.
• Review plans and specifications for construction or purchase of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
• Conduct safety audits, record, and rate severity level, and assign responsibility for corrective actions.
• Coach site-specific leadership team on the expectations, tools, and implementation of the Safety Management System.
• Tracks and monitors SMS level specific KPI’s.
• Create and continually improve SMS specific training such as Supervisor Hazard identification/Mitigation and Supervisor Safety Communication Skills, Roles, and Responsibilities.
• Ensure the integrity of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations.
• Performs other duties as needed.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 6-8 years’ relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 1-3 years of management experience.
• Safety training and certificates preferred.
• Knowledge of OSHA safety disciplines, other regulatory guidelines, and common industrial safety practices.

What you’re good at:

• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field.
• Focused on and responsible for their team's productivity and collective impact.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, delegate, and manage time effectively.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office Suite products.
• Flexible attitude, adaptable to change, team player, and able to handle multiple projects at once.
• High degree of professionalism, judgment, maturity, and resourcefulness in the absence of formalized guidelines and procedures.

What else?

• Occasional travel is required.
• This role may work in classrooms, offices, and high-traffic production floors.
• This role will be responsible for direct reports.

Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk’s vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don’t Work participant.