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About the Role

The BU Safety Manager supports multiple Business Units (BUs) in an Area to develop and implement loss prevention programs and safety objectives, policies, procedures, and training. This role provides technical expertise and consultation to BU leadership to promote safety-related training and drive proactive safety behaviors. The manager ensures compliance with federal, state, and local safety regulations specific to the solid waste industry, monitors program implementation, and assesses efforts to develop critical skills.

Responsibilities

Provides technical expertise and consultation to BU leadership to promote and implement safety-related training programs that drive sustainable, proactive safety conscience behaviors.
Ensures BU loss prevention programs are in place to maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, and local safety regulations governing the solid waste industry.
Assesses Division and Business Unit loss control program activities to communicate, train, and develop critical skills.
Monitors Division and Business Unit implementation of safety and loss prevention programs, including Focus 6 programs, and takes action to redirect activity where performance falls short of targets.
Ensures continued compliance with applicable OSHA safety regulations throughout assigned Divisions and Business Units.
Ensures continued compliance with Federal and State Department of Transportation regulations throughout assigned Divisions and Business Units, and ensures recordkeeping requirements are met.
Provides technical expertise and acts as a resource in the preparation of training materials.
Supports monthly employee safety meetings by ensuring leadership promotes and consistently relays the organization’s values and beliefs regarding a safe working environment.
Ensures ongoing management of return to duty (modified / light duty) programs, partnering with HR and Division management to minimize time away from work due to work-related injuries and incidents.
Participates in the investigation of serious accidents/injuries and monitors supervisor investigations of all minor accidents and injuries.
Participates in division OSHA or DOT compliance inspections and audits.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.

Requirements

Effective interpersonal communication skills across various levels of the organization, external customers, and agencies.
Ability to write reports and correspondence with minimal direction.
Intermediate Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Excellent organizational skills including the ability to manage multiple tasks in a high-volume, fast-paced environment, maintaining attention to detail, while meeting deadlines.
Strong customer service orientation skills.
Knowledge of DOT, OSHA and other applicable health and safety standards.
A professional safety certification through a nationally recognized safety organization, such as the National Safety Council or a college degree in Safety Management.
Successful completion of 40-hour OSHA compliance course.
Valid driver’s license.

Skills

Interpersonal communication
Report writing
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Organizational skills
Task management
Attention to detail
Deadline management
Customer service
DOT regulations
OSHA regulations
Health and safety standards

Experience Level

Minimum of 5 years of experience as a safety professional.

Education Level

College degree in Safety Management
Professional safety certification through a nationally recognized safety organization
Successful completion of 40-hour OSHA compliance course

Salary/Compensations

$104,800.00 to $144,100.00
Bonus - Annual Incentive Plan Target, 15% Annual

Benefits

Comprehensive medical benefits coverage
Dental plans
Vision coverage
Health care spending accounts
Dependent care spending accounts
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Life insurance
Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee discount programs
401(k) plan with a generous company match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Paid Time Off (PTO)

About the Company

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry.
We provide customers with the most complete set of products and services, including recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste and field services.
Our industry-leading commitments to advance circularity and support decarbonization are helping deliver on our vision to partner with customers to create a more sustainable world.
In 2025, Republic’s total company revenue was $16.6 billion, and adjusted EBITDA was $5.3 billion.
We serve 13 million customers and operate more than 1,000 locations, including collection and transfer stations, recycling and polymer centers, treatment facilities, and landfills.
By combining local operational management with standardized business practices, we drive greater operating efficiencies across the company while maintaining day-to-day operational decisions at the local level, closest to the customer.
Our customers, including small businesses, major corporations and municipalities, want a partner with the expertise and capabilities to effectively manage their multiple recycling and waste streams.
They choose Republic Services because we are committed to exceeding their expectations and helping them achieve their sustainability goals.
Our 42,000 team members understand that it's not just what we do that matters, but how we do it.
Our company values guide our daily actions: Safe, Committed to Serve, Environmentally Responsible, Driven, Human-Centered.
We are proud of our high employee engagement score of 86.
We have an inclusive and diverse culture where every voice counts.
Our team positively impacted 5.1 million people in 2024 through the Republic Services Charitable Foundation and local community grants.
Republic Services’ strategy is designed to generate profitable growth.
Through acquisitions and industry advancements, we safely and sustainably manage our customers’ multiple waste streams through a North American footprint of vertically integrated assets.
We focus on three areas of growth to meet the increasing needs of our customers: recycling and waste, environmental solutions and sustainability innovation.
Our integrated approach strengthens our position in one area and advances other areas of our business.
We continue to expand our recycling and waste business footprint throughout North America through organic growth and targeted acquisitions.
We aggregate materials at scale, unlocking new opportunities for advanced recycling.
Our comprehensive environmental solutions capabilities help customers safely manage their most technical waste streams.
Republic’s recent innovations to advance circularity and decarbonization demonstrate our unique ability to leverage sustainability as a platform for growth.
The Republic Services Polymer Center is the nation’s first integrated plastics recycling facility.
We also formed Blue Polymers, a joint venture with Ravago, to develop facilities that will further process plastic material from our Polymer Centers to help meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging.
We are building a network of Polymer Centers and Blue Polymer facilities across North America.
Our customers are increasingly looking for decarbonization solutions, and we are leveraging our network of landfills to meet that need.
Republic is committed to harnessing landfill gas, a natural byproduct of decomposing waste, and converting it to energy.
Republic has partnered with renewable gas developers to construct Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) plants at our landfills, expanding beyond the 77 projects we currently have to make progress towards our goal to beneficially reuse 50% more biogas by 2030 (2017 baseline year).
Recent Recognition includes: Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies, CDP Discloser, Dow Jones Best-In-Class Indices, Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies, Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies, Great Place to Work, Sustainability Yearbook S&P Global.

Equal Opportunity

Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
For any concerns relating to Republic Services’ commitment to equal opportunity employment, you may contact the AWARE Line at 1-866-3-AWARE-4.