Health & Safety Coordinator

Purpose:  Health & Safety Coordinator assists the EHS Manager in daily occupational safety programs.  Helps to implement company-wide occupational safety proograms and serves as the coordinator for the occupational safety programs throughout all company departments.  The Health & Safety Coordinator shall perform on-site training classes, control PPE inventory and distribution.  May be asked to help with plans, designs, implementations, and evaluations of departmental occupational safety programs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains health and safety objectives, targets, management programs, and control procedures to ensure compliance.  
• Develops, reviews, implements, and maintains required Health and Safety policies and procedures by managing them to meet requirements.
• Drives health and safety by motivating employees to promote awareness and provide leadership on issues of health and safety.
• Fosters new ideas to improve the safety program as well as reduce the environmental footprint of the facility.
• Conducts weekly health and safety inspections and measures all aspects of health and safety and audit compliance with the respective programs.
• Promotes a safe working environment by coordinating plant inspections and reporting statistics.
• Identifies and organizes all required health and safety training for all existing and new employees (as required) to ensure due diligence.  Tracking of Mineral onboarding completion.
• Replenishes first aid kits, and other medical/safety personal protective equipment as depleted and advised by departmental supervisors and managers.
• Active participation with AES first responder and safety committee programs

Qualifications:

• Strong communication, customer service and presentation skills (both verbal and written)
• High proficiency with AES administrations systems, specifically Microsoft Office, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work effectively alone while prioritizing attention to detail.
• Must be a highly motivated, service-oriented, and team-oriented individual.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Knowledge of OSHA Standards.

Education:

• HS diploma or GED required.

Experience:

• Prior safety-related work in a manufacturing environment.

Working Conditions:

• 8-hour workday (7am-4pm) with one hour lunch break.
• Physical abilities: standing, climbing stairs, walking, stooping (50% of day will be on production floor, most days)