HR Safety Manager

Get to know us: NOVO Health Services offers linen management solutions to the healthcare industry. NOVO Health keenly focuses on safety and infection control and provides its partner hospitals with a value-driven linen management control system that measures and monitors linen utilization by department to eliminate excess internal costs. NOVO's wide range of service programs offer a variety of options to provide a seamless, single source distribution system. NOVO's regional healthcare linen facilities are HLAC accredited and operate with state-of-the-art processing equipment and processes.

The HR Safety Manager plays a key role in supporting both the people and safety functions of the facility. This position is responsible for driving talent recruitment and retention strategies, ensuring consistent and compliant HR practices, and fostering a safe, engaging, and productive work environment.

The role serves as a trusted partner to plant leadership, providing guidance on employee relations, training, and safety initiatives while promoting a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. In addition, this position oversees safety audits, investigations, and compliance programs, ensuring alignment with corporate standards and regulatory requirements.

The HR Safety Manager also enhances internal communications and employee engagement by recognizing achievements, promoting events, and ensuring all team members are informed through newsletters, announcements, and other communications.

This role requires strong organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment.

• Responsible for recruitment and retention of talent. Provides safety and human resource support to their specific facility.

• Ensure policy administration, promotes company awareness about events and employee accomplishments through communications including newsletters, events, announcements, and memos.

• Must be able to perform essential functions and meet minimum work standards with, or without accommodations.

• Provide support, training, and guidance to management for employee issues.

• Pre-screen all applications and resumes.

• Schedule interviews for all production and non-production positions.

• Perform reference checks and pre-employment drug screens.

• Run MVRs and schedule road tests for Class A CDL driver candidates.

• Perform new hire on-boarding, OSHA training and new hire coaching follow-ups.

• Oversee Attendance Program for the site.

• Share and/or create communications to keep all associates aware of important items (plant publicity via social media, newsletter articles, updating electronic communications board, etc.)

• Complete monthly safety audits of the plant and follow up on all corrective actions.

• Complete accident investigations to determine root cause; and work with plant management to ensure corrective action is taken.

• Responsible for completion and updating of OSHA 300 log.

• Manage plant’s worker’s compensation cases.

• Responsible for all plant safety training (on-boarding and refresher/annual training for current employees).

• Active participant in monthly Safety committee meetings.

• Participate in plant communication meetings to talk safety (toolbox talk, recent accidents, etc.)

• Ensure compliance and management of company safety policies (PPE, lock out/tag out, HAZCOM, fall protection, security cameras, etc.)

What we can offer you as a full-time associate:
Competitive pay
Paid Holidays
Paid Time Off Program (PTO)
401(k) w/Employer Match
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Medical, Dental, and Vision Programs
Basic Life/AD&D Insurance
Long-Term Disability (LTD)

Why work for Novo Health Services?

NOVO Health Services strives to be the employer of choice in the hospital sterile and hygienically clean linen industry. To do that, we provide a safe, positive work environment where our associates experience tremendous growth and related opportunities for advancement.
Complete an on-line application at www.novohealthservices.com!
All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin veteran, or disability status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. Drug-Free Workplace.