Assistant Safety Coordinator

Metals USA•Falls Township, PA

20d•Onsite

About The Position

Metals USA is seeking an Assistant Safety Coordinator for its Langhorne, Pennsylvania distribution center. The facility distributes carbon-steel plate, beam, and tube to the defense, commercial, construction, aerospace, and fabrication industries. This hands-on role monitors safety conditions throughout the facility, including the warehouse, office, exterior property, and parking lots, and helps ensure compliance with local, state, and federal safety regulations. The coordinator enforces company health and safety guidelines, inspects workspaces, equipment, and products, and provides employee safety training. The role works alongside employees to promote safe material handling, steel processing, overhead crane and forklift operation, and loading and unloading. It also supports safety investigations, risk assessments, emergency preparedness, regulatory reporting, employee onboarding, and workplace repairs. Regular and predictable attendance is required. Local travel to satellite facilities is required. Metals USA offers a competitive hourly rate and shift differential in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Requirements

Management experience in a heavy industrial environment is required.
Advanced English reading and writing comprehension to understand work orders, safety manuals, and policy manuals.
Broad knowledge of local, state, and federal workplace safety guidelines.
Diplomacy and confidentiality in oral and written communications.
Familiarity with job-site machinery and products.
Knowledge of appropriate emergency protocols.
Strong leadership, clear and effective communication, attention to detail, organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
Successfully complete OSHA 30-hour safety certification training.
Successfully complete Reliance Steel and Aluminum Reasonable Suspicion Training.
Ability to remain calm and level-headed in an emergency.
Proficiency in Microsoft products and safety management information systems.
Demonstrated manual and finger dexterity, arm-hand steadiness, and multi-limb coordination.
Current valid driver's license in good standing.
Ability to perform physical activity more than 75% of the time, including standing, walking, sitting, handling and fingering, reaching, climbing, squatting, kneeling, and bending.
Ability to lift, carry, push, and/or pull 51–100 pounds with assistance.
Must wear required PPE, including steel-toed boots, high-visibility clothing, a hard hat with chin strap, protective eyewear, hand protection, arm guards or sleeves, and hearing protection when required.
Work may involve hazardous job-site conditions or serious threats during emergencies.

Nice To Haves

Associate's or bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Safety Management, or a related field.
OSHA certification.
Previous work experience in the health and safety field.

Responsibilities

Facilitate compliance with Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) guidelines, uphold OSH policies, and assist in developing programs to enforce them.
Train employees in safety procedures, ensure daily adherence, and lead required daily, weekly, and monthly trainings.
Design methods for assessing safety conditions in the warehouse and office.
Inspect working conditions and equipment to ensure products and activities comply with OSH and RSAC safety guidelines; recall defective or unsafe products and machinery.
Assist with accident investigations, investigate safety violations, determine root causes, maintain incident records, and propose corrective actions.
Collaborate with managers to monitor compliance and safety issues, and intervene in unsafe activities and operations.
Oversee the use of dangerous chemicals and machinery and determine potential safety risks.
Conduct risk assessments and enforce preventative measures.
Coordinate with HR to establish safety onboarding for new employees.
Oversee workplace repairs, installations, and other work that could affect employee safety.
Suggest revisions to production schedules and employee activities that do not meet health and safety codes.
Order workplace safety gear and supplies.
Facilitate emergency drills to assess employee readiness.
Consult with management about implementing safety procedures required by the company or local, state, and federal agencies.
Assist HR with workers' compensation claim investigation and management.
Assist HR and legal departments with health- and safety-related lawsuits.
Comply with company and OSHA safety policies and safe work practices.
Liaise with and report to official regulatory bodies on OSH matters.
Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
Adhere to Reliance Steel and Aluminum's Code of Conduct and customer confidentiality requirements.
Work alongside employees to ensure safe practices during material handling, steel processing, overhead crane operation, forklift operation, and loading and unloading material.