In Plant Safety Specialist - Canada

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IN-PLANT SAFETY SPECIALIST

Department: PSSI Safety Department
Job Status: Full Time
FLSA Status: Salary Exempt
Reports To: Site Manager
Work Schedule: Varies by location
Amount of Travel Required: 0-10%
Positions Supervised: None

POSITION SUMMARY

The In-Plant Safety Specialist position is responsible for compliance with PSSIs safety procedures in the plant. This position must know, understand, and be able to communicate PSSIs safety policies and practices to team members, and train and re-train team members on proper safety practices. Due to the nature of this work, you must be 18 years of age or older to apply.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Due to the nature of this work, you must be 18 years of age or older to apply.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors degree in safety related field or equivalent job experience.

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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Ensure PSSI operations comply with all PSSI company policies and procedures and customer requirements.
• Implement and maintain safety policies and procedures.
• Follow Site Management, Area Management, Division Management, VP, and Technical Services directives regarding issues related to Safety, Health, and Environmental. Maintain regular communication with Safety and Technical Services team.
• Report all accidents and first aid following established accident and first aid reporting SOP. This includes reporting caught-in type accidents following established protocol.
• Establish annual goals and continually measure in the following categories:
• Regularly scheduled and completed safety training.
• Improvements in safety awareness and training consistency.
• Improvements in safety performance metrics and knowledge of management and team members.
• Overall implementation of action plans, follow-up, and resolution of safety issues.
• Perform investigations at the plant level as needed. This includes but is not limited to severe injuries, OSHA complaints, and when necessary to assist other PSSI departments. Make sure all investigations are followed up with and an action plan is implemented successfully.
• Perform weekly safety audits, assist operations with corrective actions, and report findings by email to appropriate PSSI management.
• Ability to identify and eliminate hazards in the workplace.
• Maintain regular communication with Site Manager.
• Exercises independent judgement and issues disciplinary action for safety violations.
• Authority to terminate team members based off PSSI disciplinary policy for safety violations.