Safety & Training Coordinator

Adams Land and Cattle is seeking a self-starter to champion our safety and training culture throughout our company.  This individual would be responsible for creating training content, as well as planning, implementing and maintaining a variety of safety and training programs to assure the highest possible degree of safety for employees and our animals. 

This person will be responsible for:

Safety

• Promoting a proactive safety culture focused on incident prevention while assuring regulatory compliance standards are met. 

• Developing, coordinating, and tracking new hire and annual safety trainings.

• Overseeing incident investigations and reporting, coordinating investigation efforts with operations personnel, conducting root-cause and trend analysis and overseeing the implementation of corrective actions. 

• Leading all weekly safety and AVIS Leader meetings.

• Assisting with hazard assessments, safety audits and safety walkthroughs, assisting with third party assessments and developing corrective action plans to address deficiencies.  

• Meeting with stakeholders regularly an understanding the safety requirements in detail.  Presenting safety improvement recommendations to operations and/or business leadership. 

Training

• Scheduling, conducting, coordinating and monitoring onboarding training for new hires and transfers in Cattle Operations and Lot Support areas. 

• Directing and instructing trainees during classroom, hands-on and on-the-job training assignments.

• Assuring documentation and maintaining tracking of all new hire training.  Serves as the single point of fully releasing an individual to work.

• Evaluating performance during training and follows up on individual learning through periodic visits, observations and refresher training.

• Working with supervisors to analyze job tasks and current performance to determine training needs and program content.

• Assisting with the development of technical trainings, onboarding verifications and level-based testing requirements throughout operations.

• Providing updates, enhancements, and revisions to training programs and procedures.  Reviews potential revisions with technical experts, supervisors and other appropriate personnel to provide operational input.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; can substitute 2 years of related experience may be substituted with an Associate’s degree; 4 years of experience may be substituted with a High School Diploma/GED.

• Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience within the livestock industry.  Strong working knowledge of Adams processes and procedures is a plus.

• Previous experience training others. 

• Active listening, exceptional written and verbal communication skills are a must.

• Strong analytical, planning, time management and coordination skills are necessary.

• Ability to work and lead in a team environment with flexibility and adaptability.

• Demonstrated ability to create strong working relationships.

• Ability to influence and solicit buy-in from a wide range of stakeholders.

• Objective, critical thinker, who can challenge assumptions.

• Proven project management skills.

• Proficient in MS Office products (Project, Word, Excel, Power Point).

• Willingness to have schedule flexibility and travel as needed.

Salary : $65,000 - $85,000