Safety Representative

Butterball•Mount Olive, NC

About The Position

The Safety Representative provides safety oversight throughout the plant and premises by delivering training, monitoring conditions, and enforcing compliance with safety policies and procedures. The role helps protect team members, support operational productivity and profitability, and maintain compliance by identifying and mitigating risks. It promotes a safety culture through open communication and Butterball’s Star Site values. The position conducts safety training, observations, inspections, monitoring, and investigations; supports safety engineering and plant security activities; and works with Health Services and safety committees on injury prevention, ergonomics, and related concerns. It also supports contractors, maintains safety equipment, recommends policy and training updates, and may serve on the facility Incident Command Team, including as Incident Commander. Work takes place in both climate-controlled offices and manufacturing areas, which may include wet, cold, warm, noisy, or chemical-exposure conditions. Personal protective equipment is required in manufacturing areas. Occasional travel may be required.

Requirements

At least 3 years of relevant experience, or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role.
High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Strong knowledge of OSHA, NFPA, ANSI, Life Safety Code, and NEC regulations.
Understanding of basic chemistry and ability to understand and comprehend Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
Working knowledge of workers’ compensation processes and regulations.
Good understanding of machinery used in food processing manufacturing.
Ability to identify and mitigate risks in daily operations.
Skill in coaching, training, and motivating team members to embrace a culture of safety.
Ability to effectively manage multiple projects, programs, and/or priorities simultaneously.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access.
Solid collaboration, communication, and presentation skills.
Basic math skills, including the ability to calculate rate to cents per labor hour.
Ability to collect, review, and present data.
Ability to work weekends and holidays as required by operational needs.
Ability to perform duties that may require standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, reaching, bending, stooping, kneeling, using hands and fingers to operate equipment and office devices, occasionally climbing, and lifting up to about 50 pounds.
Vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree.
Experience as a program, project, or people leader.
Knowledge of VPP and/or Star Site requirements.
Ability to speak Creole or Spanish.

Responsibilities

Communicate OSHA key performance indicator status to departments, including Lost Time Case Rate, Total Recordable Incident Rate, Total Incident Rate, and Days Away Restricted or Transferred.
Assist with Safety Engineering Management covering facility, behavioral, personal, and systems safety.
Assist plant security with tasks and investigations, including property damage, workplace injuries, and USIS complaints.
Conduct safety trainings, behavioral observations, job safety analyses, Wall to Wall Safety inspections, atmospheric sampling for airborne contaminants, noise monitoring, and accident or incident investigations using Root Cause Analysis.
Work with Health Services to review and investigate injuries.
Facilitate, monitor, and guide associate safety, health, and ergonomic committee roundtables and meetings.
Assess and evaluate ergonomic concerns and processes on the production floor.
Recommend and facilitate corrective actions, follow up on open issues from inspections, unsafe condition reports, safety work orders, and roundtables, and communicate current safety and health issues to appropriate parties.
Audit onsite contractors for appropriate behavior and accurate paperwork, and develop information for corporate safety audits.
Maintain, calibrate, and test safety equipment, including hazardous material response equipment and atmospheric monitoring equipment.
Review and recommend updates to training materials, safety policies, and procedures.
Serve as a member of the facility Incident Command Team, which may include serving as Incident Commander.
Respond as a member of the Hazardous Materials Response Team.