Senior Safety Manager

  • HelloFresh
  • Aurora, Illinois
  • Full Time

Senior Safety Manager

A successful Sr. Manager of Safety will have strong leadership skills, be detail-oriented, resilient, a quick decision maker, work with data, and possess a commitment to getting things right. You must be highly determined to drive permanent removal of hazard root causes and strive for the highest quality of service is provided in an efficient, effective, and proactive manner. This role will require granular analysis, tactical execution of Safety functions, site travel, (20%) and project management. This position affords you the opportunity to build cooperative partnerships with numerous business teams within the fulfillment operations.

You will

  • You will identify trends and areas of risk within your building and support operations in corrective measures
  • Continuously improve the safety culture through instruction and training of Safety and Operations leaders on safety programs.
  • You will assess performance, communicate to all levels of management, and ensure safety is incorporated into supply chain processes and escalate and report critical issues, compliance gaps and emerging risks for the network.
  • You will also maintain safety subject matter expertise, credentials and engage industry resources as appropriate.
  • Create weekly business reviews of projects, incidents, trend analysis (if any) and project statuses
  • Work independently with limited direction and communicate effectively with team members

Safety Processes:

  • Review metrics and incident details weekly, and support operations in determining root cause and corrective measures.
  • Ensure safety programs and rollouts are implemented. Monitor for execution.
  • Utilizes 6SIGMA and/or other analysis tools as appropriate to identify safety solutions for unique processes.
  • Perform floor walks to interact with the team, audit for compliance and execution of safety programs.
  • Assists with specialized safety program development and implementation.
  • Solicits feedback and identifies benchmarking opportunities within the industry to identify tools, processes, systems and equipment to reduce the risk of injury.
  • The ability to lead a team of Safety managers both with direct and indirect oversight.

Compliance and regulatory matters

  • Responsible for having a thorough working knowledge of Federal and State OSHA regulations.
  • Ensures safety processes are followed to maintain compliance with regulations.
  • Supports the development and follow up of any remediation plans due to safety related citations
  • Acts as a subject matter expert resource to field teams on safety related regulatory compliance issues.
  • Works closely with other Compliance partners, including Industrial Hygiene, Environmental, and Field Compliance Team to address team member health exposure issues that are related to safety enforcement activities.

Incident Response

  • Deploy to other locations in the event support is needed or to perform cross building audit activities
  • Serve as on-site incident leader in the event of a severe injury

You are

  • Partner: you effectively listen, build rapport and communicate at all levels; youre confident sharing ideas and are a trusted advisor for workplace safety
  • Results-driven: you recognize and resolve situations that are ambiguous or challenging, focus effort on meeting or exceeding goals, and pave the way for efficiency.
  • Programmatic: able to identify the system component that is causing the error, as well as the options available for resolving it and completing the task.
  • Inspirational: you know how to make an impact and deliver presentations that inspire and influence change
  • Strategic: you understand you cant take a one-size-fits-all approach when problem-solving; seeing the bigger picture and each moving part helps you identify underlying causes, alternatives or long-term solutions

You have

  • Possess a bachelors degree in occupational safety and health or a related field
  • Certified Safety Professional or other Safety Certification
  • Have 8+ years management experience in occupational safety and health, NFPA, etc.
  • Experience with OSHA VPP or implementing ISO45001, preferred
  • Experience in a Manufacturing, Fulfillment or Distribution Environment

Youll get

  • Competitive salary, 401k with company match that vests immediately upon participation, and company equity plan based on role
  • Generous PTO, including sabbatical, and parental leave of up to 16 weeks
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits with options at $0 monthly, effective first day of employment
  • Tuition reimbursement for continuing education (upon 2 years of service)
  • Up to 85% discount on subscriptions to HelloFresh meal plans (HelloFresh, Green Chef, Everyplate, and Factor_)
  • Access to Employee Resource Groups that are open to all employees, including those pertaining to BIPOC, women, veterans, parents, and LGBTQ+
  • Inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company that is disrupting the traditional food supply chain

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However, the Company reserves the right to adjust, modify, or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs, operational requirements, or other factors.

Illinois Pay Range $111,100 — $120,000 USD
Job ID: 486724066
Originally Posted on: 7/24/2025

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