Industrial Risk Manager

Location: Valdosta, GA

Position Overview

The Industrial Risk Manager establishes, maintains, and oversees the site's comprehensive risk management framework. This role drives the integrity management program, focusing on safety-critical barrier management. By collaborating across departments, the manager ensures all operational activities prioritize safety, mitigate operational hazards, and strictly comply with corporate and government regulations.

Key Responsibilities

???? Risk Analysis & Mitigation

• Mitigate Major Hazards: Identify, assess, and control major operational risks, specifically fire, explosion, pollution, and toxicity.
• Deploy Safety Barriers: Design and execute the industrial risk management program, with a primary focus on critical safety barriers.
• Lead Risk Assessments: Manage process safety risk analyses by securing and verifying competent technical resources, whether internal specialists or external contractors.
• Action Plan Management: Formulate and track targeted action plans to effectively control and minimize industrial risks.

????️ Compliance, Audits & Agency Representation

• Regulatory Liaison: Serve as the primary technical point of contact for the site, parent company, and regulatory bodies (e.g., EPA, DREAL, Prefecture, and local authorities).
• Manage Inspections & Reporting: Coordinate regulatory inspections, draft official responses, and formalize studies regarding environmental regulations and group audits.
• Ensure Operational Permitting: Validate that safety actions for priority/critical processes align with major accident prevention and license-to-operate requirements.

???? Cross-Functional Collaboration & Governance

• Cross-Department Alignment: Partner closely with internal teams to ensure all activities meet rigorous safety standards and regulatory compliance.
• Safety Management Custodian: Act as the ultimate gatekeeper for the site's Safety Management System (SMS) and co-validate operational change requests (MOC) alongside HSE leadership.

???? Culture & Capability Building

• Upskill Workforce: Advance employee technical and methodological capabilities by sharing best practices and embedding a robust process safety culture platform-wide.
• Metrics & Reporting: Propose, track, and report on key regulatory, normative, and operational HSE indicators to drive continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

???? Education & Experience

• Education: Engineering degree (or equivalent) specializing in safety, environmental science, or engineering.
• Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience dedicated to Industrial Risk Management.
• Industry Focus: Proven experience working within the battery industry.
• Technical Background: Demonstrated success utilizing risk analysis tools, launching industrial safety programs, and leading employee safety training.

???? Knowledge & Technical Skills

• Regulatory Expertise: Thorough, deep understanding of applicable industrial safety regulations.
• Core Competencies: Strong reporting and analytical capabilities paired with advanced computer skills.

???? Leadership & Soft Skills

• Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external authorities.
• Problem Solving: Exceptional problem resolution skills under complex operational constraints.
• Work Style: Proven ability to work seamlessly both independently and within a collaborative team environment.
• Language: Fluency in French is highly preferred.