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🦺 Safety Captain
On-Site | Manufacturing / Operations Environment
We are seeking a motivated and safety-driven Safety Captain to support workplace safety initiatives within assigned operational areas. This role is critical in promoting a strong safety culture, ensuring OSHA compliance, and supporting team members and leadership through proactive hazard identification, training, and incident response.
If you are passionate about safety, enjoy engaging with team members, and want to make a daily impact on workplace well-being, this role is for you.
🔍 What You’ll Do
On-Site | Manufacturing / Operations Environment
We are seeking a motivated and safety-driven Safety Captain to support workplace safety initiatives within assigned operational areas. This role is critical in promoting a strong safety culture, ensuring OSHA compliance, and supporting team members and leadership through proactive hazard identification, training, and incident response.
If you are passionate about safety, enjoy engaging with team members, and want to make a daily impact on workplace well-being, this role is for you.
🔍 What You’ll Do
- Provide safety coverage in assigned areas on scheduled days
- Monitor safety and OSHA compliance within assigned work areas
- Assist with incident response and investigations
- Observe and coach team members on safe behaviors and procedures
- Identify, document, and help abate hazards and near-miss conditions
- Engage team members in regular safety discussions and daily safety huddles
- Support supervisors and leads with safety guidance and best practices
- Facilitate and conduct safety training and hands-on qualifications
- Perform and lead weekly safety inspections
- Conduct root-cause analysis for incidents as assigned
- Enter and follow up on safety-related work orders
- Verify pre-operational inspections (including PIT)
- Verify lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures and effectiveness of preventative measures
- Escalate high-priority safety concerns to leadership as needed
- Support safety audits, investigations, and team member well-being initiatives
- Cross-train and mentor backup Safety Captains
- Support Superintendent safety plans and operational safety initiatives
- Perform additional safety-related duties or projects as assigned
- Strong commitment to workplace safety and injury prevention
- Knowledge of OSHA regulations and safety best practices preferred
- Ability to observe, coach, and influence safe behaviors
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead training sessions and safety meetings
- Attention to detail and strong documentation skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with operations, safety, and leadership teams
- Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment preferred
- Opportunity to be a safety leader and culture champion
- Hands-on role with direct impact on employee well-being
- Supportive leadership and collaborative environment
- Opportunity to build safety and leadership skills