Safety Specialist

Principle Duties And Responsibilities

• Promotes and supports a culture of safety within the plant and company and coordinates plant safety committee activities and meetings.
• Advises and assists employees in adherence to company and local, state and federal regulatory standards.
• Oversees incident investigation and reporting procedures in collaboration with plant and corporate leadership for follow up to closure including root cause analysis.
• Tracks corrective actions, loss sources and trends.
• Develops, monitors and communicates to local site leadership the associated KPIs.
• Utilizing safety management system regular follow up with local site leadership on incident and case management.
• Provides training on use of safety management system to local site staff who will utilize system.
• Applying continuous improvement practices, identifies waste in current processes and programs. Discusses findings with local site leadership and Corporate Risk Management.
• Utilizes corporate standards and templates, facilitates in the implementation of local and facility specific compliance programs.
• Affords assistance with property risk improvement opportunities to identify gaps in life safety and facility protection obligations.
• Completes actions to established targets and objectives for the site and oversees actions through completion. In collaboration with site and corporate management.
• Assists in conducting safety and security audits and observations both formally and informally.
• Partners with leadership on environmental compliance and training.
• Develops and provides safety related resources and training.
• Maintains related tracking documentation (LOTO, Powered Industrial Trucks, Hazard Communication, Machine Guarding etc.).
• Administers employee safety training in the company learning management system (LMS) and provides specific on the job safety or “train the trainer” coaching.
• Builds strong relationships and open lines of communication across plant management teams.
• Works with insurance companies, loss control representatives and local contractors to ensure EHS best practices.

Job Specifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health, Safety and/or Environmental Sciences preferred.
• 3+ years’ experience performing safety program administration duties in a manufacturing facility, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Experience in food manufacturing preferred.
• Must have knowledge of state and federal OHSA requirements, EPA preferred.
• Excellent communication, organizational and advisory skills.
• Bilingual – English/Spanish skills are preferred.