Safety Specialist

About the role

The Safety Specialist will help build and execute PGH’s Safety First system from the ground up. This is a high-impact role for someone with real workplace safety experience in a manufacturing, warehouse, food processing, agriculture, industrial, or plant operations environment.

Responsibilities

• Build & Maintain EHS System: Design, implement, and continuously improve PGH’s EHS systems, including policies, SOPs, documentation, and compliance frameworks.
• Ensure Regulatory & Audit Compliance: Own compliance with OSHA, environmental regulations, and SMETA requirements, including: OSHA 300 logs, Documentation readiness, Audit support and corrective actions.
• Lead Incident Reporting & Investigation: Ensure all incidents are reported immediately, properly documented, investigated for root cause, and followed by corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Drive Safety Culture Adoption: Embed a Safety First culture by training employees and supervisors, reinforcing safe behaviors, coaching teams to take ownership of safety, supporting supervisors in identifying and correcting unsafe conditions, and helping employees feel responsible for their own safety and the safety of others.
• Maintain OSHA and safety documentation: Support emergency preparedness and drill documentation, Partner with operations to reduce risk, Support corrective actions from audits and inspections, Build practical tools, checklists, SOPs, and tracking systems, Coach supervisors and employees on safe work practices.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on workplace safety experience in a manufacturing, warehouse, food processing, agriculture, industrial, logistics, plant, or similar operational environment.
• Experience conducting safety inspections, audits, incident reporting, or incident investigations.
• Experience training or coaching employees on safety procedures.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation skills.
• Strong communication and influence skills.
• Builder mindset: able to create systems, processes, and documentation from scratch.
• Comfortable working directly with supervisors, employees, and operations teams.
• Bilingual English/Spanish (optional but preferred).