We encourage you to bring your talent and effort to Harvest Sherwood and contribute to our shared success, while having fun, serving our customers, and strengthening the local communities in which we operate. As the largest independent wholesale food distributor in the U.S., with 15 distribution centers from coast-to-coast, Harvest Sherwood is an essential business. We buy, sell and deliver fresh, high quality protein products and other foods to over 6,000 retail and foodservice customers.
SUMMARY:
This position provides key management and administration to many compliance responsibilities and aspects of Harvest Sherwood relating to the Department of Transportation (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This position interfaces with various departments to ensure completeness of reporting, processes, and investigations.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Provides oversight and assist in the assurance that Driver Qualification Files (DQF) are maintained in accordance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMSCR) and company policy.
• Leads the company’s DOT and Non-DOT Drug and Alcohol testing program to maintain compliance to regulation and company policy.
• Serves as the company specialist on matters relating to driver fitness for duty and the DOT Medical Examination (ME).
• Files and manages claims with appropriate insurers; assembles and provides necessary documents for claim setup for liabilities or recovery (demands).
• Works closely with leadership (Safety Manager(s) and Operations’ leaders) to ensure the completion of all vehicle accident and/or workers’ compensation investigation forms so that root-cause is determined in all accident cases and that consistent claim investigation and file management occurs; focused on accident reduction and/or intervention strategies.
• Leads the company’s Workers’ Compensation (WC) processing of claims to include working with injured employee, management, medical facilities, and insurance company.
• Manages the company’s restricted duty program pertaining to WC claims.
• Assists in the tracking, creation, determination, and completion of required training, e.g. Workers’ Compensation Reporting, Qualifications and the Hiring Process, etc.
• Leads the completion of the company’s OSHA 300 log and finalizes year-end summaries and reporting by location
• Assists in accident investigations and supports all company safety initiatives.
• Provides oversight and assists in the management of our service providers such that they have safety and security agreement in place and are properly insured in accordance with company policy.
• Other administrative support duties as assigned or warranted by department leadership.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Safety & Compliance Coordinator
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Associates degree required; Bachelors’ degree in related field preferred;
• At least seven years of experience with DOT regulations and safety administration in a transportation/logistics, general industry, or warehousing environment
• Professional experience and associated skills in a safety management function may substitute for any absence of education requirements
• Requires excellent personal computer skills to include Microsoft Office Suite, specifically spread sheeting and database querying. TMS and/or WMS programs experience is highly desirable
• Must have strong communication, reasoning and mathematical skills
• Must have strong Microsoft Suite skills
• Ability to work in extreme environments

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None required, but certifications in OSHA or DOT is desirable.
Harvest-Sherwood is committed to offering competitive benefits to our employees and their dependents, including paid vacation, health insurances, and a 401K plan!

• We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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