Safety Specialist

Essential Functions (describe essential job responsibilities in order of importance (no percentages))

• Assist in leading efforts to develop and maintain a safety culture to improve the safety & health of all employees.

• Help define processes to ensure continuous improvement in our safety performance.

• Develop the safety skill set of management and safety committee leaders in order to execute Division and Region safety initiatives.

• Work with other safety leaders and professionals to develop and share best practices.

• Develop and communicates division and region safety policy.

• Provide advice on safety and employee protection, and performs audits to ensure that organization and government standards are met

• Actively works to implement business improvements to reduce workplace accidents and illnesses

• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of federal and state safety laws and regulations

• Assist management team in complying with Division and Region safety performance measures

• Prepare appropriate reports and communicates safety results

• Develop and provides safety training to all employee levels in the organization.

• Provide oversight of the incident investigation process.

• Maintain safety & incident records required by employer as well as state & federal governments.

• Analyze incident data to identify prevention programs to positively impact incident trends.

• Establish and maintain a good working relationship with region and plant management, safety professionals, supervisors and employees.

• Demonstrate strong commitment to safety, quality, environmental awareness, and continuous process improvement.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

College Degree or equivalent work experience in related job function. Prior experience with OSHA standards, accident / incident investigation, and/or compliance inspections in a manufacturing setting is required. Candidate must be familiar OSHA mandated programs.