What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Specialist position at Tiara Yachts?
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Description
Safety Specialist Position Summary:
The Safety Specialist will focus on improving safety by using his/her experience to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control hazards in the workplace and engage employees in the development of a strong safety culture. Evaluates workplace compliance with regards to local, state, and federal regulations. Functions as an expert resource to teams for consistent implementation of company safety standards and programs. Helps Leadership and Safety Team members to perform jobsite auditing and conduct incident investigations.
Tiara Yachts is a boat manufacturing company. Throughout our storied history of hand-building boats, we have remained based in beautiful Holland, Michigan. This allows us to offer the highest level of craftsmanship, the greatest control over quality and creates a source of pride for our customers that their boat was handmade in the U.S.A. We have honored our craft throughout decades and generations, improving on design and manufacturing to the apex of refinement evident in our boats today.
This same honor and longevity shows through the dedication of our employees. We have generations of families working at Tiara Yachts. We offer bonus incentive, paid holidays, paid vacation and an attractive medical benefits package.
“At Tiara Yachts we’re not just building boats we’re building careers”
Safety Specialist
725 East 40th Street, Holland, MI. 49423
Safety Specialist Job Responsibilities:
- Provides technical support to plant personnel regarding MIOSHA regulations
- Designs, develops, and administers policies and procedures to ensure regulatory standards compliance.
- Reviews/prepares all applicable regulatory reports and maintains supporting documentation
- Assist with Industrial Hygiene Monitoring Program for plant along with annual audiograms.
- Participates in the development of and conducts in-house Safety audits.
- Keeps current on regulatory issues
- Maintain facility safety files and records
- Develop programs to improve plant safety performance to meet plant goals
- Assist with new employee safety training and existing employee refresher training
- Provide safety support for all shifts
- Actively participate in Safety Teams
- Assist in the development, coordination, and maintenance of emergency preparedness plans
- Able to teach others to assess risk, identify hazards, and implement appropriate controls.
- Interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence others that do not report to you.
- Complies with all company policies and procedures.
- Recommend corrective actions, as needed.
- Assist in completing safety risk assessments.
- Assist with the preparation, maintenance and posting of EHS statistics
- Performs hazard assessments which may include hazard identification, ergonomic evaluations, and recommending countermeasures to management that will reduce/eliminate hazards.
- Ensure that the EHS Manager is aware of the status of all safety related programs and performs other duties as needed.
- Collaborate and cross-train with the Environmental Specialist to enhance team expertise and operational efficiency.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or equivalent experience desired.
- 3-5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
- Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or similar certification preferred.
- Knowledge in advanced manufacturing technology (Robotics) safety is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of and experience working with MIOSHA / OSHA regulations.
- Experience in performing ergonomic assessments desirable.
- Must be comfortable working in a team setting.
- Positive attitude, self-driven, strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated effectiveness in accomplishing goals.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and computer skills; able to work flexible hours occasionally.
General Job Requirements:
- Pass a background check, drug test and physical
- Promote a safe and clean work environment
- Willingness to work on a team or individually
- Able to follow manufacturing instruction and understand processes
- Must practice PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) policies as mandated per area. (Use safety glasses/goggles, hearing protection, etc.)
- Must follow company safety guidelines
- Must be fluent in the English language
