Field Safety Supervisor, Morristown, TN

Cherokee Millwright, Inc.•Morristown, TN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Field Safety Supervisor monitors safety and health regulations and provides technical support to plant and personnel to ensure compliance with federal and state safety and health regulations. This role works closely with various departments including project management, human resources, legal, operations, and research and development. The supervisor provides technical safety and health support and information to field and corporate personnel, enforces safety and health programs and policies, and identifies company safety training needs, developing and coordinating training programs. The position also involves participating in new product/process reviews, supporting the implementation of engineering controls to minimize hazards, and assisting field personnel in selecting appropriate personal protective equipment. Additionally, the role includes maintaining the corporate safety library, promoting safety and health awareness, and serving as a member of executive and company occupational safety and health committees. Responsibilities also extend to assisting with hazard communication programs, reviewing process-operating procedures for safety considerations, understanding and monitoring federal and state occupational safety and health regulations, auditing plant practices and records, monitoring lost-time injuries and worker’s compensation claims, and reviewing incident investigation reports. The role also involves developing and coordinating safety planning documents such as SWPs and JSAs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a safety science, engineering or equivalent
At least five years of previous experience in safety coordinator position or higher.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Provides technical safety and health support and information to field personnel and corporate personnel.
Enforces safety and health programs and policies.
Identifies company safety training needs and develops and coordinates safety training programs.
Participates in new product/process reviews, including process hazard analyses, operator training, etc.
Supports corporate/Project Management to implement engineering controls to minimize safety and occupational health hazards.
Supports field personnel in selection of appropriate personal protective equipment.
Maintains corporate safety library (e.g., videos, regulations, reference manuals).
Promotes safety and health awareness through internal company memoranda, newsletters and specific training programs.
Serves as member of the executive environmental health and safety committee.
Participates in company occupational safety and health committee.
Assists as necessary in implementation of a hazard communication program and preparation of reports.
Reviews process-operating procedures/records and provides input for safety and health considerations.
Understands federal and state occupational safety and health regulations and monitors regulatory changes as they occur.
Provides technical support to corporate and field personnel to ensure compliance with applicable occupational safety and health regulations.
Audits practices and records of manufacturing plants to ensure compliance with company programs and federal/state occupational safety and health regulations.
Monitors lost-time injuries/illnesses and worker’s compensation claims.
Reviews plant safety committee meeting minutes and safety inspection reports and follows up as necessary.
Reviews injury/illness and noninjury incident investigation reports and follows up as necessary.
Develop/coordinate SWPs, JSA, and other safety planning documents.