Safety Specialist - (York, SC)

METROLINA GREENHOUSES•Huntersville, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Safety Specialist serves as the dedicated, on-site safety owner for the York, South Carolina operation and affiliated Merchandising Services field activity. The role reduces injuries and operational disruption through proactive hazard identification, timely incident investigations, and corrective-action closure, while maintaining audit-ready documentation and compliance with applicable OSHA requirements and internal safety standards. The position supports warehouse and field work, including material movement, store set-ups, racking activities, and product handling. It owns incident management from triage and reporting through medical-direction coordination, documentation, and follow-through, covering more than 300 incidents per year across on-site and off-site work. The Safety Specialist partners with Operations, HR, supervisors, field leaders, and claims and insurance partners to improve readiness, prevent recurring incidents, coordinate return-to-work communication, and reduce claim costs and administrative burden. The role also manages the safety training calendar and completion tracking for onboarding and recurring training; delivers or coordinates applicable programs; verifies employee qualifications for equipment operation and higher-risk tasks; and supports prevention through routine floor presence, observations, coaching, and corrective-action verification. The position is based on-site in York, SC, with periodic travel to customer sites. The schedule is not specified; the posting contains the placeholder '[Insert shift/schedule expectations].'

Requirements

Experience supporting safety in a warehouse, manufacturing, distribution, or field-services environment.
Working knowledge of OSHA requirements, incident investigation, and safety training administration.
Ability to influence hourly and salaried teams.
Strong communication, documentation, and follow-through skills.
Ability to work on-site in York, SC.
Ability to travel as needed to support field activity.

Nice To Haves

Professional safety credential, such as OSHA 30, ASP, or CSP, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
Experience with workers’ compensation case coordination and OSHA recordkeeping, including OSHA 300/301.
Experience implementing training programs for PIT/Forklift, HazCom/SDS, and other regulated topics.

Responsibilities

Conduct daily safety execution on the York floor, including audits, inspections, observations, hazard identification, and coaching.
Manage incidents end-to-end, including triage, reporting, medical-direction coordination, documentation, and follow-through for on-site and off-site work.
Lead root-cause investigations and develop, assign, and verify corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
Partner with Operations and supervisors to improve readiness and reduce repeat events, downtime, and restricted-duty impacts.
Maintain consistent safety standards at customer sites and coordinate incident control with field leaders.
Coordinate same-day incident response, support supervisors, and capture required documentation.
Coordinate medical or clinic guidance and return-to-work communication with Operations and HR, as applicable.
Track incident trends, communicate learnings, and prioritize prevention efforts around the highest drivers.
Maintain accurate, timely OSHA and workers’ compensation documentation, including OSHA 300/301 recordkeeping as required, and keep records audit-ready.
Ensure investigations and corrective actions are complete and defensible for internal and external review.
Coordinate with Operations, HR, and insurance or claims partners to reduce claim costs and supervisors’ administrative burden.
Own the safety training calendar and track completion for new-hire onboarding and recurring training.
Deliver or coordinate applicable training programs, including WPS, PIT/Forklift, BBP, HazCom/SDS, and chemical/pesticide safety.
Verify employees are qualified before operating equipment or performing higher-risk tasks, and arrange prompt retraining after incidents and process changes.
Standardize field processes for incident reporting, case coordination, documentation, set-ups, racking activities, product handling, and material movement.
Conduct routine floor presence, observations, and hazard identification, and ensure hazards are corrected rapidly.
Manage corrective-action closure with owners, due dates, and verification of effectiveness.
Coach and support supervisors on investigations, safe work practices, and consistent accountability.
Travel periodically to customer sites to support Merchandising Services field work.