Health & Safety Manager

Position Summary: 

Reporting to the COO, the Health & Safety (H&S) Manager will oversee all health and safety responsibilities, driving the development, implementation, and maintenance of a strong safety culture across the Raymond North America region. This role ensures compliance with occupational health and safety regulations, mitigates operational risks, and leads initiatives aligned with ARaymond’s corporate strategy, values, and purpose. The H&S Manager will champion the zero-incident workplace objective by identifying risks, promoting safety principles, and continuously improving health and safety performance across all North American entities.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

Drive Strategic Safety Leadership 

• Lead the development and execution of the Health & Safety strategy across the region 

• Align safety initiatives with the company’s “Road to Zero” vision, embedding safety into operational excellence 

• Being part of the Network, supporting the global team and contributing to the realization of the global roadmap 

• Be an active participant in the ARaymond Global Health & Safety Community, contribute to the development of health and safety common procedures and standard and the sharing of safety best practices 

• Work in close collaboration with local managers, directors, supervisors, team leaders and teams and with the Health & Safety Community members in different ARaymond entities. 

• Integrate safety into daily work in partnership with H&S specialists, managers, front-line supervisor, directors, team leaders and team associates, 

• Provides leadership for alignment on the Development, Implementation and oversight of Health and Safety programs and policies across all regional sites. 

• May support and coordinate health and safety processes relating to audits, inspections and investigations for the NA entities and drive continuous improvement. 

Ensure Regulatory Compliance & Risk Mitigation  

• Ensure that all NA entities are meeting compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local occupational Health and Safety regulations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. 

• Ensure the conducting of regular site inspections, safety visits, hazard assessments, and internal audits, safety and training document controls are occurring at all NA entities. 

• Support the NA entities with regulatory body external compliance audits, visits, investigations and/or customer audits.  

• Support investigations into accidents and incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions, ensuring appropriate root cause analysis and corrective actions. 

Foster Learning and Workforce Engagement 

• Develop, support and/or may deliver safety trainings tailored to ARaymond environment 

• Provide leadership to all NA entities to ensure the consistency and delivery of safety meetings, toolbox talks and employee-led safety initiatives are in alignment. 

• Foster a culture of shared responsibility and continuous learning including behaviour safety. 

Monitor Performance & Lead Continuous Improvement 

• Monitor and analyse safety KPIs using ARaymond dedicated platforms 

• Apply data analysis to identify trends, drive improvements, and report progress to leadership, internal stakeholders and ARaymond Health & Safety Community 

• In collaboration with the ARaymond Health & Safety community, provide leadership on the selection and implementation of behaviour-based safety programs and leverage available technology to enhance safety outcomes and leading KPIs. 

• Share Health & Safety best practices across the ARaymond Network 

• Ensure and support the timely reporting of incidents per reporting criteria of the global Health & Safety Community 

Other related duties and/or projects as assigned. 

Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational H&S, Engineering or related field. Professional Certification CSP, CIH preferred.

• Minimum 7-10 years of Health & Safety Leadership. Knowledge of NA relevant legislation.

• Experience in manufacturing environments required.

• Strong knowledge of OSHA, OHS Act, Mexican NOM standards. 

Skills 

• Analytical Thinking  

• Collaborating with others 

• Creating change 

• Proactivity & Autonomy 

• Problem-solving  

• Servant Leadership 

• Health & Safety regulations and compliance (High/Advanced) 

• Incident Investigation (High/Advanced) 

• Health & Safety Risk assessment (High/Advanced) 

• Safety Audits and Inspections (High/Advanced) 

Reporting to this position 

Direct Reports:  H&S Specialists within the NA region. 

Physical Demands 

• Frequent sitting, walking, standing. 

• Use of computer with repetitive mouse use, keyboarding and visual demands. 

• Must be able to work in the office for collaborative purposes. 

• Exposure to manufacturing environments, processes and equipment. 

• Frequent Travel to regional sites as needed (approximately 30–40%). 

Measure of Performance 

• Core Behaviors and Skills 

• Servant Leadership 

• Collaborating with Others 

• Creating Change 

• Empowering Others – Remove for Non-Managers 

• Taking Responsibility – Remove for Non-Managers 

• Technical/Functional Job Performance. 

• Customer and Quality Focus. 

• Attendance record. 

• Timely Completion of assigned tasks and annual goals. 

• Accuracy and integrity of work.