Safety Specialist

Responsibilities

• Review manufacturing and test procedures and work with the team to draft the job hazard assessments that shape how work gets done.
• Run risk-based inspections and see corrective actions through to real closure.
• Own the daily tailgate program: set the rhythm, make the content matter to that day's work, and build supervisors' ability to run it independently.
• Build and run the safety observation and suggestion program — the channel that turns floor-level instinct into trend data leadership acts on.
• Lead self-assessments and safety checks across the floor, including the paperwork behind them, evaluating risk and trends to address gaps and establish best in class safety performance.
• Maintain safety equipment inventories to ensure supplies such as PPE are readily available for employees.
• Provide supplemental environmental compliance support as required by Environmental department.
• Co-develop OSHA-aligned safety policies with the EHS leader, built for the speed and variability of R&D pilot work, and pressure-test them with the team until they hold up on the floor.
• Own the KPIs that prove safety is working — tailgate completion, observation closure, self-assessment trends, corrective action aging — and use them to drive where attention goes next.
• Watch how new processes and equipment shift the risk picture, and keep documentation audit-ready as a matter of course.
• Facilitate root cause analysis on safety incidents and higher potential near-misses and bring that same rigor to RCAs led by others.
• Partner with R&D and process engineering during scale-up so safety gets designed in before new work ever reaches the floor.
• Lead by influence — build the kind of trust with supervisors and area owners that makes them want to own tailgates, self-assessments, and corrective actions themselves.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 4-6 years of job specific experience.
• Working knowledge of OSHA standards, JHA development, and incident investigation methodology.
• Comfort operating with real authority and autonomy.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trust and credibility.
• Completed OSHA 30-hour training.