Safety Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Join a team that nourishes life from farm to table! Upstate Niagara Cooperative, proudly owned by 200+ local family farms, is one of America’s largest and most stable dairy cooperatives. Guided by farmer- and employee-led values, we process and market high-quality milk, yogurt, dips, sour cream, cottage cheese, and more under our trusted brands : Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk®. Here, you’ll support sustainable farming, strong communities, and the mission to deliver fresh, local dairy to families every day.

Job Summary :

The Safety Coordinator leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the EHS programs at our cultured dairy manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for ensuring full regulatory compliance with occupational health, safety, and environmental laws while cultivating a strong, proactive safety culture and driving sustainability initiatives. The Safety Coordinator partners with plant leadership, operations, maintenance, and quality teams to ensure safe, clean, and compliant operations.

Health & Safety :

• Oversee site compliance with OSHA standards, industry best practices and meet organizational goals for overseeing the Safety Management Operating System (SMOS)
• Conduct incident investigations and lead root cause analysis and corrective action implementation
• Provide site-specific safety training and development across all teams
• Involvement in daily huddle meetings to provide a safety presence and message
• Develop individual and plant-focused SMART goals from high-level initiatives
• Daily walkthroughs to ensure boots on the ground with a focus on behavior and adherence to safe work practices
• Engaging with personnel to promote worker participation in proactive safety
• Review and prioritize Open Action Items and update status
• Review and follow up of near misses and hazard recognition in the facility
• Review weekly Supervisor Audits and ensure that follow-up actions are added to the Action List in Teams and addressed
• Oversee and facilitate the implementation of safety programs and procedures
• New Employee Safety Orientations
• Implement the health and safety program requirements at the facility
• Assisting with the development of Lockout / Tagout procedures
• Perform proactive safety functions
• Audit completion of the required safety documentation like pre-shift inspections on PITs
• Develop One Point Lessons as necessary
• Oversee Monthly Safety Committee Meeting
• Ensure that OSHA 300 log is current and properly maintained
• Identify and Implement Weekly Toolbox Topics
• Perform and document Monthly Safety Compliance Tasks
• Provide input on projects and expansions

Environmental Compliance :

Qualifications :

To perform this job successfully, and individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience :

Physical Demands :

While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to pull handles and push buttons. Requirements may also include climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Pay : $60k-$75k a year

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.