Safety Specialist

• Team member must be able to work in a team oriented and safety conscious environment. "Safety First" expectations include, but are not limited to, PTB process, Behavior Base Safety process, and compliance with all company, site safety guidelines, and procedures.

• Identify hazardous conditions and practices. Identify potential hazards in existing equipment, machinery, facilities, or processes. Develop methods to predict hazards from experience, historical data, and other information sources

• Develop and help enforce a plan to eliminate hazards, conducting training sessions for management, supervisors, and workers on health and safety practices and regulations as necessary

• Administer new hire orientation, OSHA 10-hour, weekly safety training/meetings, and classroom/field equipment training.

• Provide training and information to supervisors & employees on safety issues.

• Inspect machinery and equipment, such as lifting devices, machine guards, or scaffolding to ensure they meet appropriate safety regulations

• Monitor that personal protective equipment is being used in workplaces according to regulations.

• Monitor that dangerous materials are stored correctly and in structurally sound containers.

• Test and identify work areas for potential accident and health hazards such as toxic fumes and explosive gas-air mixtures, and implement appropriate control measures such as adjustments to ventilation systems

• Communicate with workers and observe their work, as well as inspect the elements of their work environment, such as lighting, tools, and equipment

• Assist the Safety Manager or complete all minor or major incidents that occur; investigate unsafe working conditions, study possible causes, and make recommendations. Based on findings ensure follow-up actions are taken to prevent re-occurrences by using the method of "Root Cause Analysis".

• Participate in RCA/ incident reviews with customers.

• Analyze data and prepare reports for Health and Safety Metrics to include Site Scorecard, Observations, & Behaviors. Use the data to provide information for Leading & Lagging Indicator Reports.

• Develop occupational health and safety systems; including policies, procedures, and manuals

• Responsibilities also include documenting safety inspections, citing dangerous areas/procedures, recommending corrective actions, and maintaining/availability of safety equipment supplies.

• Perform daily plant wide safety reviews (Behavior Base Safety Observations). Counsel employees that do not meet expectations to ensure that they understand the importance of working safely.

• Order suspension of activities that pose threats to workers health and safety

• Must maintain a consistent and good attendance record in accordance with Company policy

• Must maintain positive customer and employee relations.

• Manage the site mentoring program.

• Able to travel & support other sites.

• Able to be part of the on-call rotation for safety issues

• Employee will perform any and all other relevant duties assigned by the Safety Manager.

• Communication with all team members to support the development of short- and long-range planning in support of the company's goals and objectives

• Exhibit objectivity and openness to others' views.

• Inspires and motivates others to perform well.

• Meet physical requirements of the job. Physical requirements of the job will be provided to you prior to employment.

• Train site employees to the safety training and education programs; demonstrate the use of safety equipment

• Facilitates new employee health and safety orientations and manages/develops the material for these training classes

• Has the ability to fill in for the Safety Manager in times of need; Consultation with customer, physicians, work comp personnel & legal may be required

• Prepare and calibrate monitoring equipment in order to measure and control hazardous substances, or conditions such as noise or radiation levels

• Comply with C&W SERVICES and Cargill policies

• Perform assigned tasks in a safe, accurate, timely, effective, and efficient manner.

• Job requires Attention to Detail, Persistence, Concern for Others, and Dependability

• Perform assigned tasks in a safe, accurate, timely, effective, and efficient manner.

What Makes Me Qualified?

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• Experience: 3 years of experience in safety, industrial field, or related area as a Safety Professional.

• Required Education: Possess a high school diploma or a certified GED. Possess a 30-hour certification in general industry. Possess an Associate Degree in Safety or 5 total years of experience in the safety field without a degree.

• Preferred Education: 511 & 501 NSC General Industry- to train 10- & 30-hour OSHA, 132-hour Occupational Safety & Health Professional, NSC Advanced Safety Certificate Program, NSC Specialist in Safety & Health (SSH-G) General Industry, NSC Certified Safety & Health Official (CSHO-G) General Industry

• Computer Skills: Must have strong computer skills including knowledge of Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.

• Additional Skills: Good facilitator skills with strong interpersonal skills. Effectively work with all levels of the organization. Strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to work independently, prioritize and multitask

What are the physical demands of the role?

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.

• The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

• Substantial lifting (up to 50 pounds) is required

• Ability to move for extended or continuous periods of time

• Ability to ascend and descend staircases, ladders, and/or step stools

• Ability to operate applicable hand tools, power tools, and equipment

• Ability to operate forklifts or other vehicles in a safe manner

• Ability to wear a respirator while performing job duties

• Communication/ Expression -The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.

• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations)

What is the work environment?

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold, wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.#INDCWS