Environmental Health Safety Coordinator

Company Overview:

BTD is a fast-growing metalworking company. We provide custom metalwork services for some of the world’s top brands. Our 1100 employees work from four facilities throughout the Midwest and Southeast. We invest in our people, our equipment, and our facilities to offer our clients the best value possible. We are also a wholly owned subsidiary of Otter Tail Corporation, a publicly traded company on NASDAQ.

Summary: This position is responsible for planning, establishing, implementing, and maintaining a variety of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) programs to ensure a high degree of safety for employees and our communities. The successful candidate will be a self-starting leader who enjoys the challenges of daily involvement with operations and maintenance teams. An EHS coordinator leads safety-training for employees, designs effective methods of measuring safety standards in the workplace, conducts safety inspections on a routine basis, and assists leadership in achieving EHS goals and initiatives.

Safety is #1 at BTD: Our expectation is that every employee: 1) Follows EHS policies, rules and safe work methods. 2) Promptly corrects or reports EHS hazards or unsafe conditions. Promptly reports injuries for prompt diagnosis and treatment. 3) Makes regular suggestions for EHS process improvements to support continuous improvement in EHS programs.

Essential Functions: This position is responsible for the following tasks, duties, and responsibilities:

1. Meets all the essential functions of EHS Coordinator 1

2. Stays up to date on new state and federal health and EHS regulations.

3. Assist corporate legal department to address any health and safety-related legal matters

4. With EHS leadership, provide suggested changes to company safety handbook.

5. Assist in onboarding new Safety Coordinators from other BTD Sites.

6. Maintain certificate to teach CPR/First Aid Certification to BTD employees.

7. Support the review, development, implementation and continuous improvement of EHS programs consistent with regulatory requirements and best practice industrial EHS Management Standard.

Education, Experience and Skills Required: Graduation from high school or equivalent. Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Safety Management, or related field is preferred. 3 to 5 years previous work experience in the health and safety field is required. Leadership experience is preferred.

· Has all the experience and skills required of EHS Coordinator 1

· EHS Degree preferred or 3 years EHS work experience

· OSHA 30

· Possesses knowledge of legal repercussions of workplace accidents.

· Must be a self-starter, highly motivated, organized and able to prioritize.

· Ability to establish and maintain strong, cooperative working relationships with others.

· Strong working knowledge of the equipment, materials, methods and practices used in production operations.

· Must be able to delegate work as workload defines.

The qualifications listed above are guidelines. Other combinations of education and experience could provide necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform this job.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use of hands and fingers to, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The position has good working conditions in a manufacturing plant environment. Time will be spent on the job site monitoring conditions and inspecting products. Time will also be spent in an office setting processing paperwork. Proper safety gear must be worn at all times. Travel to satellite offices may be required. Standard 40-hour workweek applies.