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The Salvation Army Southern Territory Headquarters Territorial Safety Manager in Atlanta, Georgia
[Location: Territorial Headquarters, Atlanta, GA *[About this opportunity: [This position is responsible for managing the current territorial safety programs in addition to developing and maintaining new safety initiatives to reduce risk to the territorys workforce, property, and programming and to the general public on our premises. Provide expertise, training, monitoring, and review of all environmental health and safety compliance issues and requirements for all applicable locations and personnel in the Southern Territory. *[Key responsibilities:]{arial",sans-serif"=""}]{arial",sans-serif"=""}]{arial",sans-serif"=""}]{arial",sans-serif"=""}**
- Assists in establishing local Safety Committees. Review meeting minutes and identify and train safety champions at Divisions, Commands, and units. Work closely with Divisional, Territorial, and unit managers to ensure continual improvement and compliance in eliminating accidents, injuries, illnesses, and environmental events with skilled assistance and support through lasting corrective actions.
- Sets up trainings for the Territory upon request and provides training reports and trends to the Director of Loss Control and Risk Management Secretary. Provides data reports for health and safety activities and performance metrics upon request, which include loss control reports, Health and Safety Institute training completions, mock OSHA inspection compliance scores, OSHA penalty reviews, and workers compensation and general liability statistics.
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- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Specialization in Occupational Safety Health, Environmental Health, or Environmental Sciences preferred, AND
- Three years of experience in developing and implementing environmental health and safety programs. OR
- Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Certifications:
- Certificate in Safety Management
- 30-Hour OSHA Training Certificate for General Industry or equivalent preferred
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- Physical requirements include good speaking, hearing, and vision ability, and excellent manual dexterity. Lifting, pulling, and pushing of materials up to 50 pounds; requires bending, squatting, and walking; may stand for extended periods
- Ability to travel at least 15% throughout the territory
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