What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Attendant - Lemont, IL - LOCALS ONLY position at Total Safety?
Total Safety is looking for a Safety Attendant to join their safety conscious team! The Safety Attendant will be required to work in confined spaces, fire watch, bottle watch, atmospheric monitoring, and flagging/spotting. Ensures that all tasks are managed in accordance with the Customer’s requirements and the Company’s programs, policies, and procedures. Ensures compliance with all Company policies/procedures and maintains/improves good customer relations by providing quality, timely services.
About Total Safety
Total Safety is the world's premier provider of integrated safety and compliance services and the products necessary to support them, including gas detection, respiratory protection, safety training, fire protection, compliance and inspection, industrial hygiene, onsite emergency medical treatment/paramedics, communications systems, engineered systems design, and materials management. Our Core Values are People, Safety & Wellbeing, Accountability, Responsibility, Empowerment, Honesty, Transparency, and Integrity.
Essential Duties:
Obtains and reviews entire permit at job site, identifies any mistakes, ensures that mistakes are corrected. Sets up the job per procedures for work being performed. Knows who to contact in case of emergency and where the nearest eyewash and safety showers are located.
Ensures that proper equipment needed for the job is in place. (e.g., vest, meters, radios, air horn, barricade tape or breathing air barricades and tags; fire extinguisher, charged water hose with nozzle, horn, fire blankets or burlap to cover drains, PPE (Personal Protection Equipment).
Follow all steps required before allowing work per guidelines and procedures specific to the work being performed. Ensured that all workers have PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) specified on the permit.
Follows all procedures while work is in progress. Keeps visual and/or radio communication with crew. Observes work conditions and maintains awareness of anything that could endanger the workers.
Conducts job completion routine and completes all documentation per procedure.
Gathers equipment and notifies customer that job is complete.
Assists others as needed.
Skills and Experience:
Previous plant experience a plus
Must have valid I9 documents
Ability to operate equipment including atmospheric monitoring meters (O2, H2S, CO & LEL), radios and fire extinguishers. Familiarity with plant equipment where work is being performed is helpful.
Educational Requirements:
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Total Safety and its subsidiaries afford equal opportunity in employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, pregnancy, familial status, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under Federal, State or Local law. Total Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
