Safety Coordinator

Royal Oak Enterprises, LLC•Monterey, TN

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About The Position

The Safety Coordinator supports safety training, environmental monitoring, records management, audit readiness, and day-to-day site safety at a briquette manufacturing facility. The role leads new-hire safety orientation and delivers or coordinates training on lockout/tagout, equipment operation, combustible dust, housekeeping, and thermal hazards. The coordinator maintains training records and refreshers, and supports safety observations, investigations, and corrective actions. The position also conducts stormwater and pond inspections and sampling in accordance with the facility’s permit and SWPPP, coordinates laboratory testing, tracks results, and escalates exceedances or unusual conditions. It maintains safety and environmental records, trackers, and reports for management and regulatory submissions, and partners with manufacturing leadership on safe work practices and receiving-area safety. The role requires regular site walks in varied weather and work 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 response and evacuation, hazard communication, forklift and pedestrian traffic, and injury and near-miss reporting.
Deliver lockout/tagout training to authorized and affected employees and verify competency before employees perform LOTO.
Coordinate equipment-specific training with supervisors and trainers for retort, dryer, press, and packaging equipment, and document qualification before independent work.
Train associates on combustible dust, housekeeping, and hot-product and thermal-event hazards related 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’s 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 maintain the SWPPP, site map, and inspection forms as the site changes.
Maintain a filing system for safety training and environmental records so documents can be produced quickly 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.