Job Details
Position Title: Safety Assistant
Wage: $45,000-$55,000/year
Shift: 1st
Hours: 6am-4pm
Are you passionate about workplace safety and eager to make a real impact? As a Safety Assistant, you'll collaborate with various departments to support safety initiatives, conduct essential training, and implement protocols to ensure a safe and healthy work environment. Join this company in their mission to create an accident-free workplace and make a difference every day!
Safety Assistant Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Assist management and Human Resources in the investigation of accidents
- Assist in the transportation of employees to and from medical facilities
- Collaborate with local emergency services to coordinate trainings and such
- Collaborate with the Maintenance and Facilities Director, Safety Director, and Director of Manufacturing to develop measures to prevent accident recurrences
- Review all workplace injury, illnesses, and incident reports/logs to ensure they are properly, timely, and accurately documented and stored, and reported following OSHA regulations
- Collaborate with the Director of Safety and the Director of Maintenance and Facilities to address building and grounds hazardous
- Train and evaluate safety drills, and document evaluations and any corrective measures
- Any additional tasks, including inspections, reporting, testing, and meetings required
- Work directly with Operations, Human Resources, Customers, and Vendors to accomplish an accident-free company
- Manage the policies and procedures in compliance with the DOT, including random drug testing and physical programs for those who hold/maintain a CDL for work
- Utilize the approved HRIS systems for training, documenting, reporting, and evaluating reasons
- Assemble data for maintenance and filing of OSHA 300 logs, other reports for outside agencies, as may be required
- Identify and anticipate safety and health concerns and hazards by surveying environmental operation and occupational conditions
- Inspect organization facilities to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards, determine corrective or preventative measures where indicated, and ensure measures have been implemented
- Oversee facility safety committee, maintain records of meetings and participants, ensure issues discussed in the meetings are addressed through prompt follow-up
- Provide SOP information, signs, posters, barriers, and other materials to warn of potential and actual safety hazards and to prevent access to hazardous conditions
- Assist in the investigation of accidents and injuries and cooperate in the preparation of material and evidence for organization use in hearings, lawsuits, and insurance investigations
- Advise department of trends in injuries and proper safety procedures that may result in reduction of injuries
- Assist Safety Manager in the administration of the workers' compensation program, including working with the insurance carrier adjusters and Loss Control representative to reduce employee lost time.
- Provide administrative support for Safety Operations
- Ensure required trainings are conducted for managers and employees
Safety Assistant Requirements:
- Minimum of an Associate Degree; or a high school degree and at least 3 years of Health, Safety, and Environmental experience
- Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt to the unique needs of different audiences
- Experience, clear understanding, and ability to apply OSHA regulations/laws
- Instructor certified in first aid or first response, including AED
- Bilingual; above average verbal communication skills
- Ability to read, interpret reporting, and be analytical
- Ability to provide recommended courses of action and ability to resolve issues in a proactive manner and remain calm under pressure
- Ability to add and subtract
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to interpret a variety of technical documents and deal with abstract and concrete variables
- Good organizational skills with the ability to work on several projects simultaneously
- Regularly stand and walk
- Frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, working documents and office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear
- Occasionally lift and or move up to 30lbs
- Specific vision abilities include close vision
QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the Midwest. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment.
Why Work with QPS?
- Access to sought-after positions with leading employers
- Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process
- Over 30 years of staffing experience
Best of all, our services are 100% free to job seekers!
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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