Safety Coordinator

Summary

As a member of the Environmental Health & Safety  (EH&S) Department reporting to the EH&S Manager, the Safety Coordinator is responsible for making decisions around day-to-day safety issues that may arise in the plant. The primary responsibilities of the Safety Coordinator are to manage all areas of the Safety Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Program, develop and deliver training encompassed around the Company’s core safety programs, and drive and audit corrective action and data driven programs. 

What You'll Do:

Supporting the Department’s daily, weekly, monthly KPI’s by administering, coaching, and consulting the appropriate individuals to ensure effective execution of all reporting, forms, tasks, and audits

Entering data into the KPI database and creating graphs, spreadsheets, or other forms of data-driven reporting tools to aid in supporting decision-making involving safety programs and initiatives

Monitor the established KPI's:

• Review incident reports to make sure quality, accuracy, and investigation of the report is sufficient
• Assist in safety investigations to help identify hazards or risks of the incident
• Follow-up with established corrective actions to ensure corrective action has been completed by the due date
• Coach individuals on how to conduct an incident report
• Review the quality, accuracy, and investigation process applied in reporting and representing the hazard or associated risk
• Review and assist in a risk assessment.
• Review the quality and critical thinking process applied to ensure effectiveness and completeness of all hazards identified and proper controls in place
• Coach individuals on the program when data supports a training need
• Review documents for quality of focus and reporting of safe and unsafe behaviors
• Assist in the development/selection and audit of retention of weekly pre-shift topics;
• Review quality of audits;
• Consult with individuals on completion of audit or follow-up on items identified when data supports a consultation need
• Generate data involving scoring of audits to drive change.
• Proactively identify areas or tasks where possible risk to employees may exist
• Assist in risk assessment audit to identify levels and priorities of risks
• Aid in formulating corrective actions to the hazards identified through the risk assessment;
• Review planned corrective actions for safety compliance; and
• Provide support in the completion of correction actions when needed.
• Incident, Hazard, Near Hit Reports
• Non-Routine Task Forms
• Behavioral, pre-shift, housekeeping, risk assessment audits
• Monitoring the Safety program’s compliance through personal involvement with plant floor staff

Developing the training presentation for the Plant Manager to present at the monthly Safety meetings

• Incidents from other plants to promote similar task awareness and implementation of corrective actions that may apply
• KPI data from the previous month to give crews a representation of their past performance of within Safety program
• Communication slide in chart form of completed hazard reports
• Comparison slide of incidents by plant represented by bar chart
• Integration of KPI data of crew performance.

Creating safety alerts as well as a monthly safety gazette to communicate various safety topics to promote awareness

Conducting the EH&S Department’s new hire orientation on a bi-weekly basis:

• Ensure safety training agenda is followed;
• Coordinate employees who may be assisting in executing certain safety training presentations; and
• Complete grading of quiz packets and review for passing grades and manage, with direction from the Safety Manager, further training of an individual when quiz grade supports a need.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree (Health and Safety / Environmental or Industrial Hygiene preferred)
• Manufacturing experience working as a Coordinator in a Co-op or Internship within Safety administration.
• Experience leading, mentoring and coaching in manufacturing organizations (preferred).
• Ability to understand, comply with and communicate state or federal Safety and Health OSHA regulations.
• Knowledge and ability to update safety policies and procedures manuals.
• Ability to perform audits of job sites, manufacturing, and plant operations.
• Ability to assist with safety-related training as needed.
• Ability to thoroughly investigate accidents and provide effective corrective action recommendations.
• Ability to manage the flow of all required reports and documentation.
• Demonstrated intermediate skills with the standard features of various personal computer word processing and spreadsheet software (Microsoft Word and Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet, and other proprietary software).
• Sound judgment, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to deliver sustainable and superior results.

What You'll Receive:

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $75k to $85k. Placement in the range depends on several factors such as experience, skills, geography and internal equity and may change over time. This position qualifies for benefits and you will be eligible to participate in a bonus plan.

At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.

• Compensation: competitive salary and bonus eligibility
• Insurance: day-one health coverage medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• Paid Time Off: vacation and company holidays
• Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match
• Investments: Employee Stock Purchase plan (ESP)
• Work-Life Balance: parental leave, wellness programs
• Purpose. Impact. Community: Sustainability Initiatives | James Hardie 

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