Safety Coordinator

Job Title: Safety Coordinator

Location: Peachtree City, GA 30269

Duration: 6 Months (With potential extension)

Shift: 7.00 am - 3:00 pm

Responsibilities:

• Perform activities necessary to ensure that the facility is in compliance with all corporate, local, state and federal H&S regulations. Interface with regulatory agencies and divisional personnel to direct health and safety efforts. Interact with outside vendors as necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Implementation of the Annual Health & Safety Action Plan as well as Corporate mandated plans and objectives such as SMAT, TOS, NOS, Permit to Work Program, and various compliance programs.
• Facilitate the monthly Central EH&S meetings, Contractor Health & Safety orientation and Visitor Health & Safety Orientation.
• Enforces general safety policies and procedures to be followed by plant personnel in compliance with corporate, local, state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations.
• Assist in identification, analysis and control of occupational hazards requiring the application of professional engineering knowledge, skill and abilities.
• Assist in inspection of facility to detect existing or potential accidents and health hazards and recommends corrective or preventive measures where appropriate.
• Assist in the research, planning, organizing, and conducting of safety programs, and seminars.
• Writes material for new safety programs; reviews, evaluates, and modifies existing and proposed programs; recommends appropriate changes.
• Assist managers, supervisors & operators with problems & answer any questions they may have concerning health and safety matters.
• Assists with preparing and administering various safety programs.
• Prepares and distributes safety program aids such as instructional material, handouts, evaluation forms, and visual aids; sets up audiovisual equipment and makes presentations when necessary.
• Schedules and administers Forklift Safety Program and schedules one onsite safety shoe trucks each year for employees to purchase safety shoes.
• Support adherence to EH&S Systems by hourly workforce, lead by example.
• Report all EH&S incidents – Injuries/Recordables, Near Misses, First Aid, Environmental and Property/Equipment Damage.
• Participates in Incident & Near Miss Investigations to determine root cause and corrective actions.
• Will participate in the development, understanding and review of all position JSA’s.
• Document Controller for all OHSAS documents maintained in the Powerway document control system.
• Maintain and update Corrective & Preventive Action, Objectives & Program and Performance Measurement & Monitoring Logs.
• Schedule internal audits and maintain internal audit schedule & internal audit tracking log.
• Collect Near Miss/SMAT and Forklift SMAT cards out of drop boxes throughout the plant.
• Enter all Near Miss/SMAT and Forklift SMAT cards information into a plant tracking spreadsheet.

KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES (SKILLS & ABILITIES):

• Associate’s degree in industrial safety/health/hygiene and/or a minimum of (2-3) years of professional plant level experience in the planning, development, and implementation of Health & Safety management systems and compliance programs.
• Professional safety certifications are highly desirable.
• Significant problem-solving situations involve investigation and resolution of employee complaints, root cause analysis of incidents, and recommendations for improvement.
• Must have excellent organizational and cross functional skills, as well as oral and written communication skills.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office applications is required.
• Must be self-motivated, and be able to make independent, informed and prioritized decisions.
• Must be able to work in both individual and team industrial work settings with minimal supervision.
• Maintaining strict confidentiality in all matters is paramount to this position due to the nature of employee information exposure.