Quality and Safety Manager

Position: Quality and Safety Manager

Location: Sandston, VA

Job Type: Full Time, Salary Exempt

Perks of Pratt!

Within 1 Month: Eligible for insurance benefits

At 3 Months: 401k with partial match

At 6 Months: PAID vacation days

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

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Overview:

This hands-on, two-pronged role is responsible for the Quality and the Safety departments of this facility. This role requires being on-call, being active on the production floor, and managing relevant administrative duties. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Directs and runs Quality Management System
• Plans and presents weekly Safety Meetings
• Provides 24-hour on-call responses to all safety incidents such as employee injury or fire alarm
• Drives plant accountabilities in the areas of: tracking vendor performance, resolution and disposition of customer complaints, investigating critical quality defects on in-process and finished products, generation and analysis of quality data and reports
• Ensures all customer feedback is promptly dealt with and any complaints are acted upon by the plant using root cause analysis and implementing corrective action
• Supports safety as a top priority in training, job design, employee onboarding, and regulatory compliance
• Ensures product quality. Establishes and manages systems for “right first time” performance and incorporates this philosophy in the continuous improvement teams
• Commits to overall safety of the plant and procedures
• Performs strategic thinking and actively participates in plant and company processes
• Builds and retains a “customer focused” environment; including internal and external customers
• Adheres to all plant Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), operating procedures (SOPs). Manages, drives and oversees continuous improvement programs
• Communicates the needs of all quality and safety operations functions to the Production Manager and or Plant Manager and local Management team on an as needed basis
• Develops and analyzes new methods of reducing/avoiding costs, improving products and assuring a safe working environment
• Investigates incidents, monitors medical care
• Creates and conducts the new-hire safety orientation program
• Monitors light duty program: develops jobs, communicates with physician/doctor, etc
• Completes and maintains all paperwork with regards to work-related incidents
• Assists Divisional Safety Manager in filing workers compensation insurance related information and obtaining quotes
• Assists Divisional Safety Manager in purchasing safety equipment and systems
• Maintains membership in applicable safety or environmental associations to stay informed of new developments and trends
• Prepares legal notices, postings, and reports as required by government and regulatory bodies
• Complies with company policies and procedures
• Additional duties as assigned by management

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Quality experience in manufacturing
• Safety experience in manufacturing
• Proven interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Proven ability to be detail-oriented

• Previous leadership experience in manufacturing preferred
• Previous ISO certification preferred
• Bilingual - English & Spanish a plus!

Required Skills:

• Technical Skills
• Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation.
• Cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.
• Quality standards.
• Regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements including OSHA, DEQ and EEO.
• Leadership Skills
• Crisis management
• Teaching, training, and coaching
• Interpersonal communication
• Employee relations
• Mathematical Skills
• Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy.
• Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate.
• Able to apply concepts of high school math.
• Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations
• May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License and/or other appropriate certification to work in certain areas or on certain equipment

Physical Demands:

• Physical demands: Standing, sitting, walking, push/pull, ability to lift/carry 10lbs-50lbs.
• Must be able to work in a Manufacturing environment if required. Sometimes noisy, dirty, dusty, and hot and cold temperatures.
• Must successfully pass Company pre-employment screening

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Pratt Industries is America’s 5th largest paper and packaging company with more than 7,500 highly skilled employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than a dozen states. The company operates three of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by “harvesting the urban forest."

Pratt Industries offers competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities, full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA, All State, Pre-Paid Legal, and 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, and paid holidays.