SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR

KRC Corporation•Newman Lake, WA

12d

About The Position

The Safety and Environmental Resources Coordinator helps manage site-level safety programs, coordinate environmental reporting, support required training, and sustain practical plant-based safety expectations. This hourly role reports to the Site Operations Manager, with additional accountability to the KRPI Safety and Environmental Manager. The position is part of KRPI’s Pay for Skill structure and requires operational credibility, training capability, documentation discipline, and hands-on follow-through. The role supports safety and environmental improvement plans and compliance activities across plant, yard, shop, and production areas. It includes identifying hazards, coaching safe behavior, maintaining program documentation and training records, investigating incidents, and coordinating corrective actions. The coordinator also works with Knife River’s Environmental, Permitting & Property Manager on environmental reporting.

Requirements

1–3 years of safety, environmental, manufacturing, or construction experience.
Basic knowledge of OSHA regulations and workplace safety programs.
Must have or obtain OSHA 10 within four weeks of the start date.
Must have or obtain OSHA 30 within twelve weeks of the start date.
Experience conducting inspections, audits, or incident investigations.
Strong communication and training skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office and data entry/reporting systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience in prestressed/precast concrete, manufacturing, or construction materials.
Safety certification or progress toward certification, such as CSP or equivalent.
Experience supporting environmental compliance programs.
Knowledge of lockout/tagout, fall protection, mobile equipment, and machine guarding.
Experience delivering safety orientations or training sessions.
Spanish language ability.

Responsibilities

Support KRPI and Knife River safety and environmental improvement plans.
Manage site-level safety program activities, training logs, program owners, and awareness-level training.
Maintain a strong presence in plant, yard, shop, and production areas to identify hazards, coach safe behavior, and reinforce expectations.
Support required training, including new-hire orientation, incident response, and assigned program training.
Investigate incidents and near misses, facilitate root cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions.
Track KR Cares Cards, trends, compliance gaps, and follow-up actions.
Support OSHA, state, local, environmental, permit, stormwater, wastewater, spill prevention, and company compliance.
Coordinate environmental reporting with Knife River's Environmental, Permitting & Property Manager.