Plant Health and Safety Coordinator
About The Position
As a Plant Health and Safety Coordinator you will drive safety excellence across the plant by leading compliance, training, and continuous improvement initiatives. You'll design and implement safety programs, partner with operations and maintenance to execute life-critical processes (LOTO, hazard ID, ergonomics, etc.), and lead safety reviews and incident investigations. As the site’s EHS expert, you’ll manage reporting systems, analyze trends, and champion a proactive safety culture. Strong communication and collaboration skills are key, as you’ll engage with all levels of the organization and serve as the site’s VPP coordinator with OSHA.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental and/or Health and Safety or in lieu of a degree 5 or more years of experience in the EHS field.
- One or more years of experience in Safety within a large manufacturing facility or 2 internships/co-op experiences of relevant experience.
Nice To Haves
- Certifications: GSP, ASP or CSP preferred but not required.
- Working knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and other government safety requirements.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Strong communications, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate at various levels of the organization.
- Safety program and safety training development/implementation experience.
Responsibilities
- Sustain and continually improve a comprehensive EHS Management System.
- Track and report safety, investigations, and learning metrics on a periodic basis.
- Promote, manage, and continually improve the hazard identification program.
- Provide technical safety support to the Safety/Health Coordinators
- Ensure compliance of all the site safety programs associated with the following serious incident and/or potential indicators: isolation and control of hazardous energy, working at heights, permit required work, electrical safety, safeguarding, elevated loads, and vehicle movement.
- Maintain and continuously improve safety, contractor, and industrial hygiene programs.
- Organize safety and health awareness, communications, education, and training.
- Support site-wide training programs and provide safety functional expertise.
- Coordinate internal and 3rd party compliance and safety systems audits.
- Support the continuous improvement of the incident investigation and learning process facilitated by the unit health and safety coordinators.
- Track corrective and prevention action plan items to timely completion including action plans for incident investigations, audits, and gap assessments.
- Collaborate with the Chemical Division EHS team to promote, develop, and implement the standardization of effective safety solutions across the Division.
- Coordinate training re-certifications for Safety department associates: CSHO, fall protection competent persons (CP), excavation CP, lifting/rigging CP, etc.
- Support the acquisition process of required PPE for all associates (Fire Retardant Clothing and Safety Toe Shoes).
- Prepare and maintain annual/periodic purchase orders for the Safety Department
Benefits
- You will also be eligible for a number of benefits, including medical, prescription, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, disability, tuition assistance, sick and vacation time, as well as tire discounts.
- You will receive more information on our Total Rewards if selected to interview.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
