p>Responsibilities: • Analyzes incident, hazard and near-miss trends in facilities and lead safety strategy based on prioritized risk reduction working with operations leadership and engineering on solutions • Manages and directs Neenah Mill/Neenah Converting Center hourly Safety Advocates, in a manner that reduces risk, improves safety and training strategy, and identifies gaps with skill and material development opportunities • Develop a comprehensive skills development cycle to sustain knowledge and personal accountability of hourly workforce and managers that systematically ensures continuous improvement • Routine gap analysis of the current training program • Pursuit and implementation of improved tools, technology and systems • Improved SOP and training materials, both in breadth and depth • Re-qualification of trained employees for consistency in execution • Ensures all needed safety policies are communicated in meeting format annually • Ensures Federal and State training (OSHA, HazMat, HAZWOPER) is completed in meeting format annually • Leads Joint Safety Steering Team Meeting on a consistent cadence and ensures completion of action items identified • Support hourly facility Safety Teams and ensure activities align with safety strategy • Responsible for ensuring 100% compliance on all facility level regulatory safety items • Promote hazard recognition and incident reporting of all types (near miss, first aid, property damage, etc.) in areas of responsibility • Demonstrate safety leadership by actively seeking intentional learning and pursue solutions • Responsible for the periodic communication of open work orders with an emphasis on those related to safety, including items that contribute to process or property losses • Responsible for facilities' completion of all DSRs, training material creation/updates, lock-out procedures, control vetting and employee training assigned, prior to commissioning of new or altered equipment • Emphasis on pre-install and build/support systems for new equipment installations, engineered solutions, and process modifications • Responsible to support all Incident Investigations (safety and property damage) occurring on assigned shift or in area of responsibility, using appropriate investigation techniques and comprehensive reporting • Responsible for following corporate guidelines on employee follow-up for all injuries or incidents of injury entered on assigned shift or in area of responsibility • Responsible for ensuring 100% compliance on pre-use inspections, LOTO, Confined Space, Line Break, and Hot Work for facilities • Neenah sites' leader for SKEMA (Safety Key Element Maturity Assessment) for system health • Responsible to expeditiously communicate any policy changes • Manages postings for companywide HiPo/Recordable incident postings, action items, and maintains Safety Balanced Scorecard. The company's two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more.