Health and Safety Specialist

Health And Safety Specialist

We are looking for an experienced Health and Safety Specialist, based in Forest City, NC who is passionate about workplace safety and ensuring a secure environment for all. Join the team today!

About The Role

How you will contribute :

• Identify, design and develop company health and safety management systems, training programs, and procedures as well as enforcing regulatory regulations and company policies.
• Monitor, revise, and implement ongoing updates in safety regulations, laws or reporting requirements. Provide technical safety and health support and information to all employees to ensure employees are operating in a safe, orderly, and clean environment.
• Coordinate and administer safety training initiatives for the company to ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT (if applicable) and all other regulatory requirements. Understand DOT compliance and regulations (if applicable) as well as EPA and environmental regulations (if applicable).
• Coordinate risk assessment and accident investigation activities including record keeping. Analyze risk assessments, near miss, and accident data to present to the senior management team.
• Lead health and safety meetings, present data, record actions, and maintain the progress on the actions. Review injury / illness and non-injury incident investigation reports and follows up as necessary.
• Administer mandatory environmental, health and safety training and ensure all newly hired employees, agency employees, contractors, visitors and transferred employees receive proper training.
• Work with the operational teams to improve the working environment, reducing the impacts to the employee from operational activities. Make recommendations on process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to work hazards.
• Conduct internal audits, work place inspections, and health & safety tours to the prescribed frequency ensuring compliance to audit standards. Work with auditors and vendors to answer findings and complaints in a timely, efficient and professional manner.
• Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety and environmental regulation compliance. This will include property in and around the facility. Review plans and specifications for development of new machinery, equipment or processes to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
• Develop and maintain emergency preparations and responses. Serve as a member of the First Aid / CPR Responder / ERT teams.

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