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Plasan North America Safety & Training Specialist in Grand Rapids, Michigan
As a world-class supplier of wheeled and tactical vehicle armor and commercial metal solutions, Plasan North America manufactures the armor that protects our troops. The talented people in our workforce bring their best minds and their best hearts to jobs that are both meaningful and critical.
As a result of our rapid growth and expanding operations, we have an immediate opening for an experienced Safety & Training Specialist to support our team. The Safety & Training Specialist will anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control hazards in the workplace while engaging employees in the development of a strong EH&S culture.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS (Required Tasks)
- Assists Leadership Team with driving Safety as a core value.
- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local health, environmental, and safety practices and regulations.
- Evaluates processes, equipment, and process specific safety plans to identify EHS related concerns.
- Recommends solutions and takes action to drive improvements, reduce hazards, and risk.
- Inspects work areas and equipment to ensure compliance with company, state, and federal safety policies and regulations.
- Develops and tracks EHS key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Writes procedures, Toolbox Talks and other communications to document and educate employees.
- Tracks and orders PPE and/or EHS equipment.
- Provides required safety training and general onboarding for all new hires.
- Develops and presents additional training programs as needed to respond to changes or mitigate risk.
- Maintains company training matrix and training by position matrix
- Monitors training dates and ensures retraining is completed as required.
- Leads Incident Investigations and Safety Committee. Follows up on corrective and preventive actions to drive closure of incident investigations.
- Administers Workers' Compensations cases
- Performs daily safety walks to ensure EH&S practices are being observed and to note any at-risk behaviors, unsafe conditions, faulty equipment, or non-compliance with any EH&S related policies/regulations.
- Completes job safety analysis for new machinery/equipment to ensure all required standards are met.
- Provide as-needed after hours support to assist with emergency situations
Generates and maintains EHS documents and records, including meeting agendas/minutes, training records, certification records, medical evaluations, SDS files, permits, etc.
*SKILL SET *
Associate degree in Engineering, Life Safety, Environmental Studies, Occupational Health and Safety or related field preferred.
- Two or more years' experience within Environmental, Health, and Safety in a manufacturing setting required.
- Must complete specialized training such as: First Aid/CPR/AED; OSHA 30-hr.; Fall Protection; within the first 12 months of hire.
- Strong presentation skills required.
- Good time management skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Commitment to promoting a safe work environment.
- Work well in a team environment.
- Ability to maintain confidential information.
- Ability to make effective decisions, seek to find solutions to problems, work independently and investigate inquiries and respond in a timely manner.
Excellent customer service skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Works at a desk and a computer screen for ext