Safety Specialist

Duties & Responsibilities

• Conducting Tier 3 Meetings (Boardwalks)
• Addressing priority A items
• Discussing SSISP framework, Satellite accumulation audits, good catches, and Safety Gemba’s completed
• Informing employees on potential risk areas
• Creating safety Gemba’s based on T3P reports
• Organizing safety Gemba’s to eliminate potential future hazards
• Holding 4 trainings per quarter for all exempt employees
• Organizing and tracking all quarterly training for non-exempt and maintenance employees
• Conducting Authorization Training
• LOTO, mobile equipment, powered industrial trucks, fall protection, incident investigation, respiratory protection, crane & hoist, confined space, CCM safety handbook, First Aid/CPR & bloodborne pathogens, HRN audits, and ergonomic audits
• New Hire Safety Orientation
• Compiling a list of all authorized training documents for plant 4
• Organizing all paperwork for authorization trainings and submitting the forms to talent development
• Maintaining a training tracker to maintain 100% compliance
• Reviewing good catches/T3P’s daily
• Maintaining the T3P tracker for all departments in plant 4
• Addressing safety concerns that are commented on work orders
• Incident Investigations
• Assisting with Process improvements
• Identifying contributing factors, providing support pictures, and taking witness statements
• Utilizing the 5-whys to solve problems analytically and supporting solutions with A3’s
• Submitting/updating incident reports into the safety portal and following up with countermeasures
• Safety Alerts
• Communicating incidents to applicable parties
• Completing safety Gemba’s if similar to process/areas in risk assessments
• Maintaining safety alert records and tracking signatures
• Conducting Monthly Meetings
• Safety team meetings (4 per month)
• Supporting safety team needs by submitting safety improvement work orders
• Assigning tasks to team members
• Leading and coaching members on HRN’s and ergonomic assessments
• Conducting weekly safety audits and submitting results to the improvement tracker
• Bi-weekly meetings with Value Stream Managers
• SSISP (Support the Safety Coordinator)
• Organizing monthly meetings to achieve 100% compliance of framework
• Submitting work orders for actionable items
• Addressing priority A items
• HRN/Ergonomic Audits
• Addressing HRN areas in red immediately
• Conducting weekly audits to ensure updates are implemented in the spreadsheet
• Escalating the priority of Red/Orange HRN areas during Tier 3 meetings
• Conducting ergonomic authorizations and assessments, hand focused T3P assessments, fork truck focused T3P’s, and ergonomic focused T3P’s
• Weekly Satellite Accumulation Audits
• Conducting weekly audits
• Following up with supervisors and Value Stream Managers to ensure compliance
• Creating and maintaining Hazardous/Non-Hazardous communication boards

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Knowledge: Government safety regulations, Plant specific safety policies, Plant PSM/RMP requirements, Rubber Manufacturing processes
• Skills: Group facilitation and leadership, Computer Operations including the Microsoft Office Suite of Applications, Problem-Solving and Troubleshooting
• Abilities: Communicating effectively with supervisors, management, and other employees in the plant, Interpersonal skills including building relationships and persuading others, Teaching, Coaching, and Training others using methods that are applicable to the individual’s learning style

Competencies

• Teamwork: Builds trust with others by encouraging open dialogue and collaboration
• Managing Change: Able to find common ground solutions despite difficulties or barriers that may be encountered
• Continuous Improvement: Retains a mindset of always striving to make things better to all aspects of the role
• Customer Focus: Listens to understand the needs of customers (internal and external) and keeps the customer’s needs in mind
• Continuous Learning: Understands individual strengths, opportunity areas, and seeks development opportunities to leverage strengths and lean into opportunity areas
• Drive for Results: Always has a sense of urgency to solve problems and align goals with attainment of organizational strategy

Education & Experience

• Education: A Bachelor’s Degree in Safety Management or related field (Engineering/Business)
• Experience: A minimum of 3 – 5 years of related safety experience in a manufacturing environment