Safety Specialist C Shift

Seaboard Triumph Foods•Sioux City, IA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Safety Specialist is responsible for overseeing compliance issues under local, state, and federal agency control for Health and Safety management. The Safety Specialist will work closely with management to ensure areas of risk management continue to be monitored and managed within set standards.

Requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
Ability to effectively manage time and meet all specified deadlines.
Ability to read and interpret documents in the English language such as safety files, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively communicate with production and management personnel.
Ability to apply mathematical applications to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
Ability to use computers and all standard programs used by the industry and the ability to learn and effectively use any and all other computer programs that are or will be made available.
Excellent organizational skills and be detail oriented.
Must hold a valid driver’s license due to business travel.
Physically capable of being on the facility’s HazMat team.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred (safety, ergonomics, or physical sciences)
Experience working with OSHA standards
Multi-lingual abilities are a plus

Responsibilities

Administer all STF safety programs.
Monitor, train and audit EPA and OSHA compliance.
Review all safety training materials.
Provides training to the production employees and management.
Creates, supports and implements strategies to establish and improve safety compliance.
Facilitate safety committee meetings and team engagement activities.
Conducts compliance and safety audits; performs incident investigations; root cause analysis and identification of corrective action plans.
Participate in job safety analyses.
Participate in internal audits and floor observations to ensure compliance to safety standards, requirements and expectations.
Serve as a strategic business partner to cross-functional departments, aligning safety goals with operational objectives to drive a safe, productive workplace.
Respond and provide assistance to all emergency situations.
Keep up-to-date on new safety methods and procedures to applicable codes and regulations.
Be a participant in the facility HazMat response team, and lead site response activities.
Able to be flexible with schedule at times to cover staff vacations, leaves, etc.
Other duties as assigned by Safety Manager