Safety Professional

Job Title: Safety Professional - 34851

Description:

• Entry level position into the safety profession.
• Understanding of the principles and can independently use the knowledge of those principles to comply with regulatory agency and company standards for injury and illness reporting requirements necessary to document incidents.

Responsibilities:

• Works with employees and assists supervisors and others on injury prevention by identifying and correcting potential safety and health hazards as well as identifying unsafe actions in order to eliminate on the job injuries and illnesses.
• Assists in developing recommendations for safety processes/programs to attain and sustain a hazard free workplace. This includes design and evaluation of components to monitor effectiveness.
• Conducts audits to verify compliance to required regulations and company policies and then assures management is aware of items identified for proper and corrective actions.
• Develops, directs and may conduct safety presentations and training.
• Analyzes appropriate Environmental Health Safety (EHS) functional reporting metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Reviews new products, equipment, processes and facilities for potential hazards and compliance with regulatory requirements and company standards; making recommendations, if necessary, prior to introduction.
• Communicates and works with safety equipment suppliers.
• Position will evaluate workstations, tooling and products. Supporting production teams in ergonomic risk assessments, ergonomic communications and support in work hardening and wellness consulting. Special projects as needed/assigned.

Shift:

• 1st shift position (7 am to 3:30 pm) with no overtime anticipated.

Education:

• Safety or ergonomic degree or certificate in safety field. Engineering or technical schooling will also be considered
• Manager is open to recent grad candidates.

Skills:

• Manager is looking for candidates who have MS Office experience (Word and Excel especially).