Safety Team Lead (Warehouse) - (Bilingual)
About The Position
The Safety Team Lead coaches and mentors location management to achieve an incident- and injury-free work environment while maintaining compliance with applicable regulatory agencies. The role leads the development and implementation of location safety strategies aligned with regional strategy, monitors their effectiveness, and oversees corrective and improvement efforts. The position develops and mobilizes a safety team of exempt and non-exempt associates; conducts inspections, process evaluations, and observations; and provides location leadership with findings and recommendations through the Gensuite Audit Tracking System. The role tracks findings to completion and involves local leadership when progress stalls or falls behind schedule. The Safety Team Lead provides effective safety training, updates, and tools for Health & Safety and Operations, ensures training is documented and effective, and monitors and analyzes compliance metrics. As the local Gensuite owner, the role maintains injury and accident data, ensures audit findings are entered, and communicates trends and recommendations to local management. The position also communicates performance and status with Operations Leadership, serves as the local Risk Management contact, manages the return-to-work process, and provides feedback based on site observations. The position is located in San Antonio, Texas, and has a scheduled shift of 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The role requires willingness to travel as necessary and to work at the specified location and schedule.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of Health & Safety or Operations Management experience with proven leadership ability.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
- Willingness to travel as necessary and work the required schedule at the specified location.
- Complete a Penske employment application and submit to a background investigation, including past employment, education, and criminal history, and drug screening.
- Ability to meet the described physical and mental demands, with reasonable accommodations where applicable; may need to stand, walk, sit, use hands, reach, and occasionally lift or move up to 25 lb (12 kg).
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Responsibilities
- Lead development and implementation of location safety strategies aligned with regional strategy, monitor effectiveness, and oversee corrective and improvement efforts.
- Develop and mobilize an effective safety team of exempt and non-exempt associates.
- Conduct regular inspections, process evaluations, and observations to validate strategy effectiveness.
- Provide location leadership with evaluation and inspection results and recommendations through the Gensuite Audit Tracking System.
- Track findings through completion and involve local leadership when progress stalls or falls behind schedule.
- Provide training, updates, and tools that support Health & Safety and Operations; document training and ensure it is effective.
- Monitor and analyze key compliance metrics and identify and oversee corrective and improvement efforts.
- Act as local Gensuite owner; enter updated injury and accident data and enter or ensure entry of audit findings.
- Keep local management informed of trends and provide recommendations to improve them.
- Communicate performance and status with Operations Leadership and recommend improvements.
- Serve as the local contact with Risk Management.
- Track and manage the return-to-work process.
- Perform site observations and provide feedback to associates, supervisors, and management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
