The ideal candidate will possess the experience, skills, knowledge, and abilities to design, implement, maintain and oversee a safety program in a manufacturing environment.
Essential Functions
- Collect data on work environments for analysis by occupational health and safety specialists. Implement and conduct evaluation of programs designed to limit chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic risks to workers.
- Maintain all required records and documentation.
- Supply, operate, and maintain personal protective equipment.
- Verify that safety equipment such as hearing protection and respirators is available to employees, and monitor their use of such equipment to ensure proper fit and use.
- Prepare and calibrate equipment used to collect and analyze samples.
- Evaluate situations where a worker has refused to work on the grounds that danger or potential harm exists, and determine how such situations should be handled.
- Test workplaces for environmental hazards such as exposure to radiation, chemical and biological hazards, and excessive noise.
- Prepare and review specifications and orders for the purchase of safety equipment, ensuring that proper features are present and that items conform to health and safety standards.
- Report the results of environmental contaminant analyses, and recommend corrective measures to be applied.
- Conduct fire drills, and inspect fire suppression systems and portable fire systems to ensure that they are in working order.
- Review records and reports concerning laboratory results, staffing, floor plans, fire inspections, and sanitation in order to gather information for the development and enforcement of safety activities.
- Prepare documents to be used in legal proceedings, testifying in such proceedings when necessary.
- Plan emergency response drills.
- Help direct rescue and firefighting operations in the event of a fire or an explosion.
- Performs any other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
Education: Associate or Bachelor degree preferred
Computer Skills: Possess basic computer skills – especially Word, Excel and Outlook.
Other Requirements: Practical work experience and knowledge of OSHA and other safety regulations required.
Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
Assertiveness - Ability to act in a self-confident manner to facilitate completion of a work assignment or to defend a position or idea.
Decision Making - Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
Initiative - Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
SQF/Quality Awareness - Ability to follow basic manufacturing requirements that are advised in the GBC Food Safety Policy.
Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
Judgment - The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
Problem Solving - Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
Training - Ability to develop a particular skill in others to bring them up to a predetermined standard of work performance.
Working under pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
Physical Demands
Frequently required to use arms, legs, and hands in a range of motions. Frequently required to lift/carry or push/pull up to 12 pounds with or without assistance.
Work Environment
The work is typically performed in a manufacturing and an office environment. When in plant, incumbent will be around equipment designed to convert paper as well as in an office setting at times. Temperatures in the plant can range a great deal from season to season. The incumbent will be exposed to considerable paper dust. Incumbents will also be exposed to noise levels that may require hearing protection. Safety shoes and eye protection are also required in the manufacturing and warehouse areas.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Green Bay Converting does not accept phone calls regarding application status.
Green Bay Converting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Green Bay Converting participates in E-Verify.