What are the responsibilities and job description for the H&S Coordinator (Lancaster) position at Cascades?
WELCOME HOME! – HEALTH & SAFETY LEADER
Cascades – Lancaster, NY Manufacturing Facility
Cascades is seeking a collaborative, hands-on Health & Safety Leader to support and strengthen a proactive safety culture across our Lancaster manufacturing facility. This is a dynamic role that partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, HR, and site leadership to drive safety excellence in a fast-paced environment.
This position is ideal for a highly engaged, people-focused safety professional who thrives on building relationships, influencing behavior, and creating safer workplaces through education, accountability, and continuous improvement.
What We Offer
Key Responsibilities
Health & Safety Leadership & Compliance
Education & Experience
Cascades believes in the success of an inclusive organization that values diversity within its team. All qualified candidates will be considered for this position in a fair manner.
To be part of Cascades is to reveal the full potential of materials, people and ideas. We are a source of possibilities! Since 1964, Cascades has been providing sustainable, innovative, and value-creating solutions in packaging, hygiene, and recovery. Join 9,000 talents working across nearly 60 operating units throughout North America.
Cascades – Lancaster, NY Manufacturing Facility
Cascades is seeking a collaborative, hands-on Health & Safety Leader to support and strengthen a proactive safety culture across our Lancaster manufacturing facility. This is a dynamic role that partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, HR, and site leadership to drive safety excellence in a fast-paced environment.
This position is ideal for a highly engaged, people-focused safety professional who thrives on building relationships, influencing behavior, and creating safer workplaces through education, accountability, and continuous improvement.
What We Offer
- Career pathways that support your goals in a collaborative, values driven environment where your work directly supports customer success.
- Excellent Benefits Package: Health Plan Options, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off
- Financial Benefits: Retirement Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Stock Purchase Plan
- Wellness Benefits: Employee Assistance Plan, Lifestyle Flex Benefit
- Salary Range: $77,000 - $96,000 Profit Sharing
- Salary is based on experience, and qualifications that align with requirements
Key Responsibilities
Health & Safety Leadership & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with OSHA and state/local regulations, including incident reporting and recordkeeping
- Maintain and continuously improve health & safety policies, procedures, and programs
- Act as a key point of contact for safety inspections and audits, supporting preparation and follow-up
- Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis, ensuring timely corrective and preventive actions
- Conduct risk assessments, safety audits, and hazard analyses across both sites
- Analyze safety trends and data to identify opportunities and drive proactive risk reduction strategies
- Track and report on safety KPIs (leading and lagging indicators)
- Deliver new hire safety orientation and ongoing training programs for employees and leaders
- Champion a people-first, safety-first culture through visible floor presence and engagement
- Lead safety meetings, toolbox talks, and safety committees
- Encourage employee involvement in hazard identification and continuous improvement initiatives
- Partner with Operations, Maintenance, and HR to embed safety into daily work processes
- Support contractor safety programs, including onboarding, compliance, and monitoring
- Participate in capital projects and equipment changes to ensure safety requirements are built in
- Manage and oversee PPE programs, compliance, and continuous improvement efforts
- Maintain and coordinate emergency response plans and drills (fire, evacuation, etc.)
- Support site readiness for incident response and crisis management
- Participate in an on-call rotation to support incident response as needed
- Fast paced manufacturing facility producing high quality packaging products
- Standard Monday–Friday schedule with onsite presence required
- Reports to Regional Health & Safety Manager with strong partnership with site leadership
Education & Experience
- 3–5 years of experience in a Health & Safety role within manufacturing or industrial environments
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations and compliance requirements
- Equivalent combination of education and experience considered
- Ability to work autonomously while maintaining strong alignment with leadership
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, hands-on manufacturing environment
- Experience with safety programs, audits, investigations, and compliance systems
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Excel, reporting, tracking)
- Experience with systems such as SAP, Power BI, or safety tracking tools (e.g., Conformit) is an asset
- Strong communicator with the ability to engage and influence employees at all levels
- Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives independently
- Collaborative, adaptable, and solution-oriented mindset
- Passionate about building relationships and developing a proactive safety culture
Cascades believes in the success of an inclusive organization that values diversity within its team. All qualified candidates will be considered for this position in a fair manner.
To be part of Cascades is to reveal the full potential of materials, people and ideas. We are a source of possibilities! Since 1964, Cascades has been providing sustainable, innovative, and value-creating solutions in packaging, hygiene, and recovery. Join 9,000 talents working across nearly 60 operating units throughout North America.
Salary : $77,000 - $96,000