Director - Safety - Yusen Logistics - Chicago

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Position Summary

The Director of Safety, Corporate Safety & Quality department is responsible for providing strategic planning, direction, and analysis for the enterprise wide Environmental Health and Safety functions, including oversight of all safety policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Engaging with senior management to strengthen the company’s existing program and create new, innovative approaches to ensuring safety across the company.
The ideal candidate shares the company's deep commitment to employee and has an appreciation for the contribution of each and every employee to the company's vision and excellence in execution.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Analyze and oversee all safety policies, programs and procedures including, but not limited to hazardous materials program, safety permits programs to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Keep abreast of new and existing relevant laws, rules and regulations, and takes actions appropriate to ensure timely compliance and communication to appropriate divisions/departments.
• Identify and analyze trends in order to ensure the company's compliance strategy and policies are comprehensive and effective.
• Analyze, evaluate, identify and recommend new strategic, creative approaches to improve safety.
• Provide strategic safety direction and leadership to all safety initiatives, the company's safety representatives, and to senior managements.
• Collaborate with senior management to ensure strategy and initiatives are executed at the highest levels.
• Collaborate with corporate departments to update, develop and implement safety training courses, and identify training resources that can assist the field in meeting their training needs.
• Develops resources at the business unit, provides technical guidance and training to identify and evaluate hazards, and implement effective controls.
• Develop and manage internal safety databases and websites to track designated project health and safety personnel, audit corrective action plans and other program metrics.
• Oversee all safety and worker's compensation staff and provide strategic guidance to senior management regarding prevention of workplace accidents and illnesses.
• Analyze, evaluate and provide senior management with dashboards and metrics that measure effectiveness of the safety compliance and training programs.
• Analyzes and provides trend data for employee injuries, and third-party incidents.
• Act as liaison with other organizations and relevant authorities including, but not limited to Global Headquarters, subcontractors, and local/state/federal agencies and oversee the response to any inquiries or inspections.

Supervision

Safety specialist.

Education

• Bachelor's degree (Required).
• Certified Safety Professional / Certified Industrial Hygienist designation preferred.

Required

• 7 - 10 years’ experience on the field of Environmental Health and Safety required.
• OSHA safety inspections, accident investigations and lead developing safety policies/programs. Comprehensive knowledge of government regulations/code compliance, including California OSHA, and relevant regulations and state laws.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Preferred

• Prior experience in the 3PL Logistics, freight forwarding, container freight stations, and warehousing environment.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Exceptional documentation skills, ability to write MECE principle and structured documentation.
• Creative and innovative thinker with an ability to translate complex ideas and metrics into simple, actionable recommendations.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to synthesize and report technical environmental and safety requirements in an accurate, clear, and streamlined manner.
• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) and demonstrated interpersonal skills. Demonstrated skills in managing people and projects.
• The ability to cultivate a strong organizational safety culture.
• Ability to create, manage with financial reports, budget and metrics.
• Strong analytical, logical and problem-solving skills.
• Professional presence, polished communication skills, and proven ability to effectively collaborate with all levels of employees.
• Innate interest in and desire for continuous learning and personal development.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office, especially Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint.

Competencies

• Process Management: Demonstrated ability to understand, develop, lead and implement process standardization and process improvement throughout geographically dispersed locations.
• Leadership: Strong, collaborative, leadership skills clearly demonstrating by example the Yusen Values – of Intensity, Integrity and Innovation. Effectively influences actions and opinions of others. Displays vision and passion for continuous improvement; influences and mobilizes others to fulfill the vision.
• Communication: High communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate in written and verbal form – with a wide variety of individuals from front line employees to senior executives.
• Project Management: Ability to lead and manage projects demonstrated through prior experience as a project manager, and/or through related PM certification or course work. Knowledge of WBS in project management highly desired.
• Change Management: Develops workable implementation plans; communicates changes effectively; builds commitment and overcomes resistance; monitors transition and evaluates results.
• Reasoning Ability: Keen ability to assess situations, performs root cause analysis, and provides solutions. Ability to think things through and develop processes that contribute to enhanced organizational efficiency.

Physical Demands

The demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and perform tasks requiring repetitive use of hands. Employee must have the ability to see written documents and computer screens.
Work Environment. Work conditions vary at office/facility locations and include warehouses, where employee may occasionally work near moving equipment/mechanical parts, in high, precarious places, freight trailers, containers and outside weather conditions, and may be occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration. Personal protective equipment may be required. Noise level in the warehouse environment is occasionally loud but within industry.

Job Context Factors
Position requires extensive travel, up to 30% of time within the United States. Some international travel in the “Americas” may be required.

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