Safety Liaison I

Weyerhaeuser • Vancouver, WA

401d • $95,000 - $142,500

About The Position

Weyerhaeuser is seeking a Safety Liaison I to join their Health and Safety team. This full-time position focuses on enhancing workplace health and safety within the Timberlands business. The role involves providing technical guidance, implementing safety systems, and collaborating with various teams to improve safety performance and eliminate injuries. The ideal candidate will have a background in forestry or a related field and will report to the Health and Safety Director.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene or related scientific discipline such as forestry or forest engineering
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or equivalent is desired, or actively working to attain such certification(s)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within a team environment
• High level of independence, initiative and motivation
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time including US and Canada; ability to work in rugged terrain and inclement weather.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in Forestry or related industry

Responsibilities

• Provide functional safety leadership across Timberlands
• Implement the Weyerhaeuser Safety System within Timberlands
• Seek best practices and promote standardization and efficient use of resources across Timberlands
• Understand operations and develop working relationships with Timberlands' contractor base
• Provide technical health and safety guidance and support to the Timberlands organization on risk reduction strategies and application of regulatory requirements (US and provincial)
• Partner with the business and industry associations to identify and implement innovative technologies and controls to reduce risk and eliminate injuries
• Support interaction between Timberlands and regulatory agencies
• Lead critical incident investigations to identify root causes and corrective actions and communicate findings across the organization
• Support proper classification and recording of injuries and illnesses
• Support the business with regulatory/enforcement activities working with Legal
• Develop the annual safety audit schedule, and lead and participate in audits including review and approval of corrective actions
• Help select, train and mentor individual Timberlands' business safety contacts
• Lead the safety business contact connection meeting and coordinate execution of health and safety activities across Timberlands regions
• Collaborate with the Health and Safety team and organizations including Legal, Engineering, HR and Communications to support Timberlands safety and health efforts
• Partner with the business to develop health and safety standards and tools for use across Timberlands
• Work safely in full compliance with Weyerhaeuser's policies and guidelines
• Role model all standards/processes and on-the-job behavior by living our core values of safety, integrity, sustainability, inclusion and citizenship.

Benefits

• Comprehensive employee benefits plan including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance
• Pre-tax Health Savings Account option with company contribution
• Voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs
• Support for personal volunteerism
• Diversity networks and mentoring programs
• Training and development opportunities
• 401k plan with company match and annual contribution equal to 5% of base salary
• 3-weeks of paid vacation in the first year of employment
• Eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Forestry and Logging
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree