Job Description
Safety Manager
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Direct-Hire & Full-Time
Growth Potential, Great Benefits & 401K
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in industrial manufacturing.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient problem-solving abilities, ability to work professionally with a diverse group and handle multiple tasks concurrently.
- Supervisory experience preferred, with knowledge of permitting, stack testing, and water analysis.
- Work in a high-speed manufacturing environment with exposure to noise and temperature extremes, using personal protective equipment and climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding.
- Exposure to hazardous chemicals used in the manufacturing process.
Essential Duties:
- Provide leadership, guidance, and technical support in Health and Safety, collaborating with the plant team to achieve practical EHS solutions, and promoting employee involvement for a positive work environment.
- Oversee Health and Safety regulatory compliance, maintaining systems, processes, and records, while conducting training for compliance.
- Identify, address, and communicate Health and Safety issues professionally, performing audits, risk assessments, and accident/incident investigations with corrective actions.
- Manage worksite industrial hygiene and coordinate with workers' compensation, physicians, and management for prompt employee medical treatment.
- Act as a liaison with workers' compensation for efficient injury management and provide guidance on employees returning to work within their restrictions.
- Allocate decision-making authority and responsibilities effectively and identify barriers affecting customer service and retention, offering solutions.
- Systematically evaluate business opportunities for positive results.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.