Summary:

The Senior Safety Specialist supports site safety performance by anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace hazards in a manufacturing environment. This role serves as a technical resource responsible for implementing safety programs, conducting field audits, supporting incident investigations, and ensuring compliance with OSHA and applicable state regulations.

The Senior Safety Specialist partners with operations, maintenance, engineering, and leadership to reduce risk, improve safety culture, and strengthen hazard prevention systems across production and administrative areas.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain site safety programs in alignment with company standards and regulatory requirements
• Support OSHA compliance across all production and administrative areas
• Conduct routine safety inspections and jobsite audits to identify unsafe conditions and at-risk behaviors
• Track and verify completion of corrective and preventive actions
• Perform Job Hazard Analyses (JHA), risk assessments, and task-based safety evaluations
• Evaluate chemical, mechanical, electrical, ergonomic, and process-related hazards
• Partner with engineering and operations during equipment installation or process changes to identify and mitigate safety risks
• Support contractor safety compliance and oversight
• Participate in and lead incident investigations related to injuries, near misses, and property damage
• Conduct root cause analysis and recommend corrective actions
• Maintain accurate OSHA recordkeeping (300/300A/301 logs) in coordination with leadership
• Support workers’ compensation case documentation and follow-up
• Deliver safety training including new hire orientation, hazard communication, PPE, lockout/tagout, and other OSHA-required programs
• Support development and delivery of toolbox talks and safety awareness initiatives
• Promote employee participation in safety improvement initiatives
• Serve as a safety resource for supervisors and team members
• Conduct daily safety walks to monitor compliance and reinforce safe work practices
• Support emergency response planning and drills
• Assist in layered process audits and compliance reviews
• Support KPI tracking related to IRR, LTIR, near-miss reporting, and safety performance metrics
• Identify trends in incidents and recommend proactive mitigation strategies
• Support or lead applicable PSM elements including PHA, MOC, and process risk mitigation activities.
• Manage and maintain EHS electronic management systems for incident tracking, corrective actions, training records, and compliance reporting.
• Assist in development and revision of safety procedures and policies
• This position supports essential manufacturing operations and may require working day or night shifts, weekends, holidays, overtime, and reporting to work during emergency situations, inclement weather events, or other operational disruptions when it is safe to do so.
• Maintain cleanliness at work-site in accordance with 5S3R Standards:
  • Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
  • Right Location, Right Quantity, Right Container
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Engineering, or related field required
• ASP, CSP or advance degree preferred
• Equivalent relevant manufacturing safety experience may be considered
• May be required to respond to after-hours operational issues or emergency events in support of facility infrastructure, utilities systems, or safe plant operations.

Work Authorization:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Experience:

• 7 years of safety experience in a manufacturing or highly regulated industrial environment
• Experience with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 Process Safety Management (PSM) preferred (or required, if deemed appropriate).
• Experience using EHS management software systems (e.g., Intelex, Enablon, Sphera, Gensuite, or similar platforms).
• Experience conducting safety audits, risk assessments, and incident investigations
• Experience working with OSHA regulations and state/local compliance requirements
• Exposure to chemical, electrical, mechanical, and automation-related hazards preferred

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations and safety management systems
• Ability to analyze technical data, safety metrics, and incident reports
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence supervisors and operators toward safe behaviors
• MS Office Suite proficiency
• Strong organizational and documentation skills
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed to support production operations
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to properly and regularly utilize the following PPE for a period of up to 12 hours:

• Safety glasses
• Steel-toed shoes
• Nitrile gloves
• Ear protection
• Cleanroom suit

Must be able to perform the following activities repeatedly for periods of up to 12 hours:

• Lift, push, and pull materials or equipment
• Stoop, twist, and bend
• Reach overhead
• Sit and/or stand for extended periods
• Use hands and fingers to operate tools, equipment, and computer systems

Work Environment:

HL-GA Battery Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer that values the diversity of its workforce.