Safety Coordinator

Royal Oak • Monterey, TN

6d

About The Position

The Safety Coordinator supports safety training, environmental monitoring, compliance records, and day-to-day site safety at a manufacturing facility. The role leads new-hire safety orientation and delivers training on lockout/tagout, equipment, combustible dust, housekeeping, and manufacturing-specific hazards. It maintains training records and schedules required refreshers, while supporting safety observations, incident investigations, and corrective actions.

The coordinator conducts stormwater and pond inspections and sampling in accordance with the facility's stormwater permit and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), tracks results and conditions, and escalates exceedances or unusual events. The role also maintains safety and environmental records, prepares summaries and regulatory reports, and supports audit readiness.

Working closely with the Manufacturing Lead and other site personnel, the coordinator addresses floor-level safety needs, supports safe trucking and receiving practices, and participates in daily leadership meetings. The position involves walking the site in varying weather and working in hot, dusty, and noisy production areas while wearing required PPE.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of OSHA general industry standards, especially lockout/tagout, PPE, hazard communication, and powered industrial trucks.
• Strong recordkeeping habits and attention to detail, with complete, accurate, and timely documentation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook, including building simple trackers and summarizing data.
• Ability to teach adults clearly and hold people accountable to safety rules.
• Valid driver's license.

Nice To Haves

• Lead, trainer, or safety committee experience.
• Associate or bachelor's degree in occupational safety, environmental science, or a related field.
• Data or administrative background, such as data entry, reporting, or compliance records.
• Experience with stormwater sampling, SWPPP inspections, or NPDES permit compliance.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 General Industry certification.
• CPR/First Aid certification or willingness to obtain it.
• Familiarity with combustible dust hazards, including NFPA 652/654.

Responsibilities

• Lead new-hire safety orientation covering plant rules, PPE, emergency actions and evacuation, hazard communication, forklift and pedestrian traffic, and injury and near-miss reporting.
• Deliver lockout/tagout (LOTO) training to authorized and affected employees and verify competency before employees perform LOTO.
• Coordinate equipment-specific training for retort, dryer, press, and packaging equipment, and sign off on qualifications before independent work.
• Train associates on combustible dust, housekeeping, and hot-product and thermal-event hazards specific to briquette manufacturing.
• Maintain training records and a training matrix, and schedule annual LOTO and other required refresher training.
• Support safety observations, incident and near-miss investigations, and corrective-action follow-up.
• Inspect and sample stormwater outfalls and on-site ponds according to the facility stormwater permit and SWPPP schedule.
• Record visual observations, sample results, rainfall events, and pond levels and conditions.
• Coordinate sample collection and shipment with the outside laboratory and track results against permit benchmarks.
• Immediately escalate exceedances, spills, or unusual conditions to the Operations Manager and track corrective actions to closure.
• Help keep the SWPPP, site map, and inspection forms current as the site changes.
• Maintain an organized filing system for safety training and environmental records so documents can be produced during audits or agency inspections.
• Build and maintain logs and trackers for training status, inspections, sampling, and corrective actions.
• Prepare data summaries and required management and regulatory reports by their due dates.
• Conduct periodic self-audits of records and correct gaps before they become findings.
• Partner daily with the Manufacturing Lead on safe work practices, training needs, and floor-level safety issues.
• Support trucking and raw-material deliveries, including driver check-in, site safety rules, safe unloading, traffic flow, and spill prevention at receiving areas.
• Participate in daily leadership meetings and report safety and environmental status.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED