Health and Safety Specialist
Company: OZINGA
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Posted on: April 24, 2024
Job Description:
Overview
The Safety Specialist enforces safety policies and procedures in
order to establish and promote a safety culture among all company
employees. This position will be responsible for overseeing and
promoting the overall safety program for a specific region.
Prinicipal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct daily job walks in order to ensure employees are
demonstrating safe work behavior and adhering to all the Company's
safe work practices, targeting more frequent visits for higher
hazard jobs
- Enforce disciplinary action on employees who demonstrate a
disregard for safety policies and procedures, issue violations when
warranted
- Review all new projects and activities for safety related or
high hazard job exposures and make sure any hazardous conditions
are addressed with management and eliminated
- Interface with Operations management on a regular basis to
ensure safety compliance and buy-in
- Attend scheduled meetings to ensure safety presence
- Manage and investigate all near misses, incidents, and injuries
in coordination with company and state regulations, report findings
to leadership
- Complete new hire paperwork for field employees and conduct new
hire safety orientations
- Implement and administer government required safety, health,
and environmental programs to ensure facility safety and
compliance
- Conduct monthly/periodic inspections of the facility for
environmental compliance; conduct routine safety inspections to
control occupational hazards
- Maintain and manage the facility's safety program, including
ownership of the Lock Out - Tag Out program
- Generate and maintain government required OSHA logs, surveys,
and employee postings
- Perform job safety hazard analysis
- Conduct on site and informal new hire and current employee
safety training as required by State, Federal, and Company
requirements and maintain all training logs and records
- Track the effectiveness of Company safety and environmental
programs and adjust appropriately
- Lead the coordination and administration of the facility's
safety, health, and environmental program
- Work with site management and departments to maintain a safe
work environment Global Responsibilities:
- Regular attendance and physical presence at work is an
essential function of this position
- This job may require additional duties not listed above and the
employee may be asked to perform those duties to meet business
needs Qualifications:
Education/Specialized Knowledge/Professional Certifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required
- Must understand laws and regulations as they relate to safety
compliance and previous experience dealing with OSHA, DOT, and
other regulatory agencies Experience:
- 2-5 years of experience with safety as core responsibility
- Experience in the Ready-Mix industry preferred
Skills/Abilities:
- Advanced in Microsoft Office
- Strong and effective communication skills in person, phone, and
via email
- Strong time and project management skills
- Ability to collaborate and work well with people throughout all
levels of the company
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment, detail
oriented, and well organized
- Ability to prioritize and quickly respond to challenges under
tight deadlines and work well under pressure Working Conditions:
- Operates within a professional office environment, as well as
at job sites which includes some exposure to extremes in
temperature, moisture, dust, and noise
- Regularly works outdoors in all weather and ground
conditions
- Routine usage of standard office equipment such as computers,
phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets
- Driving to your assigned territory and visiting job sites
Physical Requirements:
- Regularly required to talk or hear; frequently is required to
stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with
hands and arms
- Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop,
kneel, crouch or crawl
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth
perception and ability to adjust focus
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Must be able to maneuver in and around our plants, yards, and
jobsites as necessary
Ozinga is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applications
for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed,
gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation,
citizenship status, genetic information, or any other legally
protected status. Associated topics: clinical, fault, health,
hospital, nursing, safe, sewer system, scba, treatment, waste
Keywords: OZINGA, Oakland Park , Health and Safety Specialist, Healthcare , Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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