Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator

Job Description

Job Title

• Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator

Location

• Brockton, MA

Department

• ESH Department

Reporting to

• ESH - Director

Position Purpose

The Environmental Safety and Health Coordinator plays a critical role in maintaining and enhancing the overall health, safety, and wellbeing of employees at Great Kitchens. This position is designed to ensure that all aspects of workplace safety, regulatory compliance, and employee health are coordinated efficiently and effectively. The ESH Coordinator is responsible for developing and executing health and safety programs, conducting training, leading safety and fostering a culture of safety across the organization. Their primary goal is to reduce workplace incidents, ensure regulatory compliance, and create an environment where employees can perform their jobs safely.

Key Accountabilities

The Safety/Health Coordinator is accountable for the effective management and implementation of safety programs, policies, and procedures to ensure a safe working environment. The role involves coordinating and executing activities to reduce workplace incidents, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, workers compensation and continuously improving safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Implement execute, and ensure compliance with GK’s Health and Safety Policies and Procedures
• Ensure all required internal company and regulatory reporting requirements are submitted on-time
• Develop non-ESH site personnel to support implementation of ESH programs
• Coordinate workers compensation claim filing and records to ensure timely completion
• Coordinate with supervisors, leads and managers in the investigations of plant incidents and complaints regarding unsafe working conditions and practices. Help identify an immediate solution, the root cause, and track corrective actions to completion.
• Ensuring compliance with OSHA, federal and state regulations
• Handling risk assessments to gather information on safety issues
• Conduct daily safety inspections or audits to identify potential hazards and verify employees consistently follow safety protocols. Recommend corrective actions
• Investigate and analyse accidents, near misses, and hazardous conditions to identify root causes and implement preventive measures
• Work with department supervisors to facilitate investigations of ergonomic injuries, illnesses, and pain complaints.
• Develop and assist in implementation of job rotations to eliminate/reduce ergonomic stressors.
• Assess and identify ergonomic hazards within the workplace and during the operation of the facility.
• Analyse injury/illness statistics to establish a baseline of work-related MSDs and monitor trends.
• Maintain safety records, including incident reports, training documentation, and safety data sheets
• Educate and teach supervisors, managers and other leaders about health and safety standards
• Active member on the site safety committee keeping meeting minutes
• Provide safety training to employees, including new hire orientation, annual refresher courses, and specialized training as needed.
• Responsible for ensuring plant atmosphere and hygiene compliance.
• Internal audits for safety and health
• Coordination of Emergency Action Plan and drills
• Coordinating work with outside vendors
• Ensure safety-related KPI’s are regularly reviewed, updated and maintained to reflect accurate and current safety performance metrics
• Ensure Workers Compensation claims are filed and communicate with all team members involved
• Other duties as may be assigned or volunteered for.

Time Allocation

60% of Time: Focused on the production, warehouse floors, engaging with employees, identifying unsafe conditions and behaviours, providing coaching, and ensuring corrective actions are taken.

40% of Time: Dedicated to safety training, fulfilling additional health and safety duties as required by management.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Leadership skills, such as the ability to motivate a team and provide feedback.
• A self-driven professional with the motivation to make a difference and the passion to learn.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities at the same time while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to develop and implement department objectives and strategies.
• Available to work flexible shifts and hours, including days, nights, and/or weekends.
• Assist with emergency response.
• Ability to work in a cold/hot, wet, and dusty environment.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Education, Technical Qualifications, Experience and Competencies Proficiency Level

• Bachelor’s degree preferred from an accredited four-year institution of higher learning.

Required

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization as well as customers
• Ability to analyse data and project trends and correlations
• Must have good command of the English language, both written and verbal
• Experience with coordinating programs and projects
• Excellent Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint skills

Preferred

• Experience in food manufacturing.
• Able to maintain confidentiality in matters involving personnel issues.
• Detail-oriented, results-driven, and effective at implementing safety improvements.
• Experience with emergency response or active First Aid and CPR certificates.

Physical Requirements

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.

• Frequent lifting up to 50 lbs
• Constant standing and walking
• Frequent reaching and bending

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

All jobs in the vicinity of the food processing area will not be provided seated accommodation unless it is determined that the employee qualifies for ADA provisions, to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Safety/ PPE:

• Employee Must Adhere to All Facility, Safety Policies, & Procedures as a Condition of Employment and Follow the Four Safety Values
• Hearing Protection Required
• Non-slip, closed toed shoes advised

Potential Hazards:

• Pinch points on conveyors
• Slips, trips, and falls
• Noisy Work Environment
• Heavy Equipment in motion

Food Safety / Quality:

• Adhere to all GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices), such as good hand washing practices and adhering to the employee hygiene plan.
• Follow all USDA guidelines
• Report any issues regarding food safety or quality to supervision and/or quality assurance
• Comply with customer requirements when applicable
• Report any risks or any evidence of unsafe or out-of-specification product, equipment, packaging or raw materials to a designated manager to enable the resolution of issues requiring immediate attention