Environmental, Health and Safety Coordinator

The Health & Safety Coordinator’s primary role is to develop, establish, and maintain standards to eliminate occupational injuries/illness while ensuring compliance with all state and federal regulations. They will also deliver direct care (First Aid) to onsite employees, training, auditing, administrative activities and ensure compliance with all State, Federal and OSHA regulations.  This position works very closely with the EHS Supervisor and the entire manufacturing facility. 

Essential Duties, Responsibilities, Position Requirements

• Assist in the development and maintenance of health and safety programs.
• Assess risk, facilitate resolutions and training to safety concerns.
• Assist with facility housekeeping when needed; operate floor sweeper machine.
• Promote continuous improvement by using 5S methodology.
• Assist with the safety onboarding process on orientation days.
• Issue mobile equipment certifications and training for associates.
• Ensure associates are following OSHA & plant safety policies.
• Conduct investigations related to occupational injuries/illness.
• Maintain occupational injury/illness files and reports.
• Conduct routine safety observation walkthroughs (Checking PPE, Safety Devices, Ergonomics, Safety Compliance, etc.)
• Evaluate PPE requirements, ensure proper usage, and maintenance of PPE.
• Emergency response and administration of First Aid as needed.
• Evaluate injuries/illness and recommend further medical attention as needed.
• Assist Safety Supervisor with environmental reporting and audits.
• Conduct health and safety trainings including co-chairing the safety committee.
• Handling risk assessments to gather information on safety issues.
• •Verifyifng that associates consistently follow safety protocols.
• •Analyze health and safety data.
• •Review and recommend changes to programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience and Skills Required

•Associate degree in science or occupational safety major (bachelor’s degree preferred)

•Intermediate Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

•Demonstrated ability to function successfully in a fast paced, changing work environment.

•Detail oriented, organized, reliable and resourceful.

•Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team environment.

•Bilingual a plus

•CPR/AED/First Aid Certification a plus

•EMT/First Responder Training a plus

•Recent college graduates are encouraged to apply.

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 this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, 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 may frequently lift and/or move up to 50lbs. 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:

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This is a manufacturing and office environments which includes temperature fluctuations (hot and cold) and dust. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.