Safety Coordinator Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Relevant occupational safety education, certificate, diploma, degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• Foundational understanding of occupational safety principles and site hazards.
• Ability to interpret and apply approved procedures and learn jurisdiction-specific requirements.
• Clear communication, basic data analysis, sound judgment, computer/system proficiency, and disciplined follow-through.
• Approachable and respectful floor presence; curiosity, integrity, willingness to learn, ability to influence without direct authority, and confidence to raise concerns and seek help.
• Specialized qualifications must be obtained before independently performing regulated or higher-risk duties.

Nice To Haves

• Manufacturing experience is preferred; candidates demonstrating capability and strong development potential may be considered.
• First aid/CPR and recognized safety certificates or designations are assets where relevant to the site.
• Supported professional development may include incident investigation, risk assessment, training facilitation, regulatory knowledge, and leadership responsibilities as competence and opportunities grow.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned and responsive floor observations, inspections, and approved assessments; identify changing work, repeat exposures, serious injury and fatality potential, and critical-control gaps; recommend feasible improvements and verify implementation within assigned authority.
• Build constructive relationships with employees, shift supervisors, and plant leaders; support safety huddles, safety committees, and employee hazard reporting; listen to concerns, encourage participation without retaliation, and provide practical coaching.
• Respond promptly to injuries, near misses, and high-potential events; support immediate care, scene control, evidence preservation, notifications, and accurate entries; assist with fact finding, root-cause evaluation, and learning reviews; track corrective actions, verify evidence, identify recurrence, and escalate unresolved or significant risks.
• Support approved onboarding, orientation, job-specific instruction, refresher training, and shift-level safety communication; deliver training only when qualified and authorized; coordinate specialized trainers; maintain training and qualification records and raise competency gaps.
• Maintain assigned records in approved systems, including inspections, hazards, permits, committee materials, procedures, training, incident information, and corrective actions; support regulatory logs, postings, reporting, audit readiness, and review of leading and lagging indicators through designated accountable personnel.
• Help execute approved programs covering machine safety and guarding, lockout/tagout and hazardous energy control, mobile equipment and pedestrian separation, ergonomics, PPE, chemical safety, emergency preparedness, industrial hygiene, and other site risks.
• Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, HR, Training, Operations, and other relevant partners; elevate matters requiring technical review, authorization, or specialist support.
• Provide incident facts and site information to authorized HR, claims, and Safety partners; support safe work accommodation and return-to-work coordination as directed without independently making medical, claim-liability, or employment determinations.
• Participate in coaching, technical training, and cross-site learning; develop risk assessment, communication, data interpretation, facilitation, and leadership skills; identify practical improvements and share lessons across shifts and facilities.
• Apply consistent core safety standards across first, second, and third shifts while adapting engagement to shift operations, staffing, hazards, and language needs; maintain floor presence during higher-risk activities and document and communicate open hazards, controls, events, and follow-up through shift handoffs.
• Use approved escalation and emergency response arrangements when Safety management is not physically on site; promptly escalate high-risk conditions and notify accountable leaders when stopping or pausing work for an apparent immediate hazard.
• Facilitate and document lower-tier (Tier 1) corrections under approved standards and site governance; escalate high-potential exposures, repeat conditions, disputes, overdue high-risk actions, and Tier 2/Tier 3 issues; do not set enterprise technical standards, authorize exceptions, approve equipment commissioning, or independently close Tier 2/Tier 3 actions.
• Support applicable U.S. OSHA and state-plan requirements or Canadian occupational health and safety requirements, as relevant to the assigned location, through approved local procedures and designated responsible personnel.
• Provide timely and accurate reporting, training and recordkeeping, inspections, corrective-action follow-through, shift handoffs, employee engagement, and communication in support of verified and sustainable risk reduction.