Supervises: Safety Assistant Schedule: Your schedule will start from 9am to 6pm. Monday through Friday, your schedule may change according to the needs required by department. When needed, you will be required to come on Saturdays.
Payrate $35-$38
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES: Health & Safety:
• Develop, implement, and monitor workplace safety programs and policies.
• Conduct regular safety audits, inspections, and risk assessments of the facility.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and local safety laws.
• Investigate accidents and incidents and recommend corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain and manage safety training records and ensure employee participation in mandatory training programs (e.g., PPE use, lockout/tagout, forklift safety, hot works).
• Loss runs -open claims
• Reviews injury/incident reports and investigation reports with safety assistant to ensure proper completion of the employee and safety assistant.
• Weekly report of injury status sent to HR Director.
• Follows up on recordable and medical claims, status, and closing of claims.
• Responsible for following up with medical treatment with lost time from work claims and medical treatment with restrictions claims and ensuring communication with both injured workers and claim adjuster on status.
• Administer every six (6) months safety job descriptions for each department.
• Administer all lost time, restrictions claim to ensure they are successfully closed and injured workers have returned to work with no restrictions.
• Following up with corrective actions to employees by investigating, communicating with supervisors, workers, and witnesses.
• Assist with employee relations including investigations, grievances, violation of company policies, and procedures.
• Create a monthly schedule for Safety team which includes claims review, tailgate meetings, up to date training on PIT, LOTO, and machinery. Safety committee meetings, supervisor meetings and share with hr director any recommendations made by personnel assisting the meetings.
Training & Communication:
• Conduct onboarding and ongoing safety training for all staff, leads, supervisors and committee members. • Communicate safety expectations and procedures clearly to all departments.
• Lead safety committee meetings on safety topics, injury stats, and procedure changes, that will be executed throughout the plant and provide guidance to safety team members and supervisors.
• Coaches and mentors’ workers on best practices for safety and health procedures.
• Coaches and mentors’ supervisors on best practices on Federal, State, and local regulations. Regulatory
Compliance:
• Maintain documentation for regulatory inspections and certification audits.
• Prepare and submit required safety reports to regulatory agencies (e.g., OSHA logs, incident reports).
Emergency Preparedness:
• Develop and maintain emergency response plans for fire, chemical spills, and medical emergencies.
• Conduct drills and evaluate the facility’s emergency readiness. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
• Reduction in workplace incidents and near misses.
• Compliance with safety audit findings.
• Completion rate of safety and food safety training.
• Internal and external audit scores (OSHA and CAL/OSHA).
Purpose: is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving health and safety. This role ensures compliance with regulatory and internal standards (OSHA, CAL/OSHA) and promotes a culture of safety and continuous improvement across all departments.
