Safety Lead

John Deere • Waterloo, IA

13h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Safety Lead for John Deere located in Waterloo, IA, you will provide strategic and tactical guidance to location leadership to achieve required injury reduction and compliance with OSHA/John Deere requirements. In addition, you will prepare strategic and tactical plans as required to meet goals established by the company, unit and/or division and lead one or more objectives. You will analyze appropriate health and safety metrics to identify trends and opportunities for continuous improvement. You will plan, organize and facilitate safety group meetings including incident investigations, root cause analysis, robust safety and ergonomic risk assessments and John Deere safety audit process. You will monitor and assure regulatory compliance for location, including all governmental and Deere standards. You will lead the tactical deployment and oversee the safety audit process and self-assessments of John Deere safety protocols/programs. You will serve as a facilitator as needed for governmental regulatory inspections or 3rd party audits. You will prepare and implement proactive actions against incidents and injuries. You will maintain and manage OSHA 300 recordkeeping and worker’s compensation requirements and provide technical support on industrial hygiene programs.

Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Presentation skills and experience
• 3+ years of experience with OSHA and General industry safety requirements (i.e., safety audits, Robot & Machine Safeguarding Risk Assessments, Safety Risk Assessments, and Ergonomics)
• Industrial hygiene program experience, particularly regarding specific exposure groups
• Root cause analysis experience
• Ability to work off shifts to conduct proactive safety activities as well as incident investigations, root cause analysis and other duties

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a Safety Engineer or similar experience within a manufacturing operation
• Knowledge of OSHA standards, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, assembly processes, machine safeguarding, large manufacturing process and a unionized work environment.
• Supervisory experience
• CSP or CIH certification

Responsibilities

• Prepare strategic and tactical plans as required to meet goals established by the company, unit and/or division and leads one or more objectives.
• Analyze appropriate health and safety metrics to identify trends and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Plan, organize and facilitate safety group meetings including incident investigations, root cause analysis, robust safety and ergonomic risk assessments and John Deere safety audit process.
• Monitor and assure regulatory compliance for location, including all governmental and Deere standards.
• Lead the tactical deployment and oversees the safety audit process and self-assessments of John Deere safety protocols/programs.
• Serve as a facilitator as needed for governmental regulatory inspections or 3rd party audits.
• Prepare and implement proactive actions against incidents and injuries.
• Maintain and manage OSHA 300 recordkeeping and worker’s compensation requirements
• Provide technical support on industrial hygiene programs.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees