Health & Safety Manager

Overview

At ARaymond, we create cutting-edge fastening and assembly systems for the machines and products that keep the world moving. Founded in Grenoble in 1865, we’re a family-run business with a long history of innovation, including the invention of the press stud. We value servant leadership and empower employees with their wellbeing first. Today we employ more than 8,500 people in 25 countries and are committed to sustainability in the global fastening and assembly market.

Reporting to the COO, the Health & Safety (H&S) Manager will oversee all health and safety responsibilities, driving the development, implementation, and maintenance of a strong safety culture across the Raymond North America region. This role ensures compliance with occupational health and safety regulations, mitigates operational risks, and leads initiatives aligned with ARaymond’s corporate strategy, values, and purpose. The H&S Manager will champion the zero-incident workplace objective by identifying risks, promoting safety principles, and continuously improving health and safety performance across all North American entities.

• Drive Strategic Safety Leadership
• Lead the development and execution of the Health & Safety strategy across the region
• Align safety initiatives with the company’s “Road to Zero” vision, embedding safety into operational excellence
• Be part of the Network, supporting the global team and contributing to the realization of the global roadmap
• Be an active participant in the ARaymond Global Health & Safety Community, contribute to the development of health and safety common procedures and standards and the sharing of safety best practices
• Work in close collaboration with local managers, directors, supervisors, team leaders and teams and with the Health & Safety Community members in different ARaymond entities
• Integrate safety into daily work in partnership with H&S specialists, managers, front-line supervisors, directors, team leaders and team associates
• Provide leadership for alignment on the development, implementation and oversight of Health and Safety programs and policies across all regional sites
• May support and coordinate health and safety processes relating to audits, inspections and investigations for the NA entities and drive continuous improvement

• Ensure that all NA entities meet compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local occupational Health and Safety regulations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
• Conduct regular site inspections, safety visits, hazard assessments, and internal audits; ensure safety and training document controls are in place at all NA entities
• Support the NA entities with regulatory body external compliance audits, visits, investigations and/or customer audits
• Support investigations into accidents and incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions, ensuring appropriate root cause analysis and corrective actions

• Develop, support and/or may deliver safety trainings tailored to the ARaymond environment
• Provide leadership to all NA entities to ensure the consistency and delivery of safety meetings, toolbox talks and employee-led safety initiatives are in alignment
• Foster a culture of shared responsibility and continuous learning including behavior safety

• Monitor and analyse safety KPIs using ARaymond dedicated platforms
• Apply data analysis to identify trends, drive improvements, and report progress to leadership, internal stakeholders and ARaymond Health & Safety Community
• In collaboration with the ARaymond Health & Safety community, provide leadership on the selection and implementation of behaviour-based safety programs and leverage available technology to enhance safety outcomes and leading KPIs
• Share Health & Safety best practices across the ARaymond Network
• Ensure and support timely reporting of incidents per reporting criteria of the global Health & Safety Community

Other related duties and/or projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational H&S, Engineering or related…