Industrial Health & Safety Manager

At Gerdau, we empower our people to grow, thrive, and make a difference—together. With a culture built on trust and teamwork, we offer meaningful work, continuous development, and opportunities to shape your future. We invite you to come work with us, where your contributions are valued, your voice is heard, and your career is forged with purpose

We Have:

• A strong global presence with mills that transform millions of metric tons of raw material to produce steel beams, flat-rolled steel, merchant bar, rebar, spikes, and wire used by the automotive industry, appliance, construction, machinery, and equipment industries.    
• A culture that welcomes diversity, encourages innovation and creates products that serve humanity.  
• An environment that values teamwork, safety, and sustainability. 
• A commitment to continuous improvement and the belief that we can create a better future for our employees and our global community by investing in people, processes, and technology. 

 We Offer:

• Comprehensive Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Plans – Eligible upon 1st day of hire 
• Health & Dependent Care (Flexible Spending Account) 
• 100% Matching 401K up to 6% 
• Life/Accidental Life Insurance 
• Bonus
• Health Advocate Services 
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Tuition Reimbursement Program 
• Career Path System and Training 
• An empowering and open culture with the opportunity to grow and create 

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, or other appropriate technical discipline and 5-7 years’ safety management experience (manufacturing environment preferred), or a Master’s Degree in Safety, engineering, or other appropriate technical discipline and 3-5 years’ safety management experience (manufacturing environment preferred). 
• 3-5 years’ facilitation experience in problem solving, communication, quality improvement and other typical facilitation experience is preferred. 
• Excellent communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional applications are required. 
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) is preferred.

Your Purpose:

You will be responsible for providing effective professional safety and health leadership to improve the industrial health and safety of all division employees located at location.  You will provide direction, guidance and expertise regarding all safety and loss prevention programs.  You will also ensure compliance with all federal, state, local and corporate safety guidelines. You will report directly to the Vice President and General Manager of the Mill with functional reporting relationship to the Director of Safety and Health. 

Your Work:

• Assess current loss prevention and control efforts (in safety and health) and make recommendations to management for improvement. 
• Provide direction and guidance regarding the implementation and maintenance of all health and safety related programs. 
• Assist management with the strategic development and implementation of a management accountability system aimed at preventing and controlling losses by identifying and developing role definitions for all levels of the organization.
• Maintain a communication system to effectively communicate safety and health issues throughout the organization.
• Evaluate risks and develop guidelines for roles, training, measurements, and rewards for the management system in the areas of employee safety (behaviors, conditions that lead to accidents); industrial hygiene (noise, lead exposure, hazard communication, etc.); property protection (fire suppression systems, inspection procedures, etc.); post Injury and Workers Compensation Claims Management (all lines); OSHA compliance (lockout/tagout, confined space entry, fall protection, OSHA record keeping, etc.); contractors; and job safety analysis. 
• Actively participates in accident prevention activities to include inspections, observations, and incident investigations. 
• Act in an advisory capacity to management and liaison with OSHA inspections and correspondence. 

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.  

If you are vision-impaired or have some other disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act / Accessible Canada Act or a similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Gerdau, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at (866)-788-2798 or recruiting@gerdau.com