General description summary: The Health & Safety Coordinator will maintain a safe environment by identifying and anticipating incidents and hazards and working to control potential hazards. Responsible for developing and implementing programs that focus on system, process, and cultural changes that drive company performance to higher levels and ensure compliance to internal and external requirements. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Ensures the health and safety of all employees, visitors and contractors through the adherence to Safety standards, policies and procedures.

• Inspects or evaluates workplace environments, equipment, or safe behavior practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations.

• Interacts with and provides visible leadership to all employees, particularly those on the plant floor to drive safety awareness, engagement and improvement.

• Improves safety performance by continuously increasing a level of awareness and improving safety systems to reduce, if not eliminate, accidents and injuries.

• Estimated 60% of time devoted to monitoring and assessing plant safety and regulatory compliance. Ability to adjust time as required.

• Completes inspections and audits to detect and eliminate unsafe practices and conditions.

• Partners with management team to establish and maintain an active Joint Health & Safety Committee.

• Facilitates the following with the department leaders: monthly plant safety meetings, safety walk-arounds, and assists supervisors with monthly crew safety meetings.

• Partners with Operations and Maintenance to ensure adequate mechanical and physical safeguards to equipment. Ensures equipment is regularly inspected and that monitoring and testing equipment is calibrated as required.

• Implements education and training programs for good health and safety practices with relevant OSHA regulations.Follows investigation practices and procedures for all accidents and near accidents to determine the causes and the corrective actions necessary to prevent recurrences. Meets operation reporting targets by timely completion of investigations and root cause analyses.

• Maintains accurate recordkeeping data as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

• Implements effective emergency response action programs.

• Collects and analyzes injury data to identify trends and recommend improvements.

• Maintains data, records and documents in a confidential manner.

• Quotes, purchases, and allocates necessary items to ensure a safe working environment.

• Manages contracts related to safety systems and equipment.

• Coordinates annual hearing testing, medical evaluations, first aid and CPR training, fit testing and other required testing.

• Maintains the Plant Safety Data Sheets (SDS) records. Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of five (5) years demonstrated Safety experience in a manufacturing environment. Certificate in occupational health and safety.

• Strong project management and planning skills to develop and then implement an aggressive, forward-thinking, and cohesive plan to improve facility safety.

• Strong persuasion and motivation skills as well as, the ability to work across all disciplines and employee levels.

• Strong communication skills – written and verbal. Ability to accurately write reports, communicates verbally with employees, provide constructive feedback and maintain positive employee relations.

• Ability to work varied hours, provide 24/7 support as needed to the plant and travel occasionally.

• Ability to speak both English and Spanish fluently.

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