Job Description & Responsibilities:
Provide coaching and mentoring to facilitate safety ownership on the production floor, helping to identify critical hazards and developing a mitigation plan to reduce the hazard risk. Promote a safety culture with all team members to help the facility embrace and achieve our Path to Zero (Serious Injuries) Safety Strategy, including documented conversations with the hourly employees. Provide support to the Safety Manager by assisting (establishing and sustaining) S&H ownership and understanding of the S&H Management Programs. Facilitate safety meetings with the leadership team and employees on a daily basis (public speaking skills would be required). Participate in the case management process for facility incidents and injuries. Manage and maintain safety database for injury input, health risks or safety action items and risk rank action items to establish priority for correcting deficiencies. Perform routine safety audits (Ex. Hazardous Energy, Machine Guarding, Fall Protection) document, create action items and drive to completion. Serve as a primary point of contact for pre job, critical hazard evaluations, including writing, reviewing or issuing permits before the work begins. Provide support in the development, improvement, and implementation of training systems to meet facility needs, collaborate with leaders and employees to update SOPs. Conduct Safety & Health training to employees, contractors, etc. as required and needed. Drive continuous improvement using tools and activities, including self-assessments and audit processes, incident/near miss investigations, metrics / targets, and periodic reviews of performance, culture, and talent Assist the Environmental manager by supporting day-to-day environmental compliance requirements and needs (<10% of your time), will serve as the primary point of contact in the absence of the Environmental Manager Spend 70% of your time on the floor engaged in safety and interacting with employees and 30% of your time performing safety clerical work.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications: Safety and Health associate’s degree AND 1 year of relevant experience or 2 or more years of experience in a direct safety role within a manufacturing environment. Experience facilitating and developing content to lead safety meetings. Experience in areas of Hazardous Energy Control, Mobile Equipment Safety, Working from height, Fire Prevention. What Will Put You Ahead: Bachelor’s Degree in a Safety, Environmental or Occupational Health. Knowledge of federal and state safety regulatory requirements. Experience with Process Safety Management. Attended OSHA General Industry 10- or 30-Hour Course. Any professional certifications (CIH, CSP, ASP).
Salary:
Starting pay is $30 hr.
Contact:
Employer: Georgia-Pacific
Location: Albany, GA
Link: https://koch.avature.net/en_US/careers/JobDetail/Safety-Specialist-Albany-GA/168751