Safety Program Manager

Location: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; facility-level onsite role with physical work in industrial environments, including heights, confined spaces, outdoor conditions, ladders, and stairs.

Salary: $100,400–$133,500 USD per annum. The position is eligible for a sign-on bonus.

Company

hirify.global provides sustainable waste management, materials recovery, engineering, and renewable energy solutions that help organizations reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover value from waste streams.

What you will do

• Lead and sustain the facility’s Safety, Health, and Environmental programs.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA 1910/1926 regulations, permits, state requirements, and hirify.global standards.
• Monitor safety performance through KPIs, audits, field observations, inspections, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Investigate accidents, near misses, first-aid cases, recordable incidents, vehicle incidents, and contractor incidents using root cause analysis.
• Manage safety training, records, regulatory reports, contractor compliance, and occupational health and medical surveillance programs.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, facility leadership, contractors, and safety committees to strengthen safety culture and operational reliability.

Requirements

• Two to four or more years of occupational health and safety experience, preferably in industrial manufacturing, power generation, utilities, chemical processing, materials recovery, recycling, or other heavy industrial environments.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Safety, Occupational Health, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent industrial experience may be considered.
• Working knowledge of OSHA 1910, OSHA 1926, and applicable state safety regulations.
• Experience supporting operations and maintenance activities in an industrial facility is strongly preferred.
• Ability to perform physical duties including lifting up to 50 pounds, working at heights and in confined spaces, wearing a full-face respirator, and working outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

Nice to have

• Professional safety certification such as ASP, CSP, OHST, or CHST.
• Experience with OSHA Voluntary Protection Program activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety is a core value, with emphasis on ethical leadership, accountability, injury-free operations, and continuous improvement.
• Regular full-time employees based in the USA receive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, disability, and life insurance benefits.
• 401(k) plan with up to a 7% company match.
• Paid parental leave, educational assistance, employee assistance program, and AD&D insurance are provided.