Safety Specialist

Overview

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Safety Specialist? Then we're looking for you! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today!

Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation.

Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

The Safety Specialist supports the implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of occupational health and safety programs to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and company standards during commissioning and production operations. Working closely with employees, leaders, contractors, and stakeholders, this role helps identify and mitigate workplace hazards, supports risk assessments, audits, inspections, incident investigations, and corrective action activities, and assists with training and emergency preparedness initiatives.

The Safety Specialist monitors safety performance metrics and partners with cross-functional teams to promote regulatory compliance, risk reduction, operational excellence, and a positive safety culture.

• Support the implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of occupational health and safety programs, policies, procedures, and systems to support regulatory compliance and operational excellence
• Maintain a regular field presence to support safety oversight, employee engagement, hazard recognition, and incident response activities
• Manage safety records, permits, reports, metrics, and documentation to support business needs and regulatory requirements
• Support emergency preparedness and response activities, including drills, exercises, and incident response as needed

• Conduct and support risk assessments, job hazard analysis (JHA), management of change (MOC) activities, and other risk reduction initiatives
• Monitor, analyze, and communicate safety performance metrics, trends, and program effectiveness to support continuous improvement efforts
• Conduct workplace inspections, audits, and operational assessments to identify hazards, verify compliance, and recommend corrective actions
• Support incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective and preventive action processes, including tracking completion and effectiveness
• Support cross-functional initiatives that strengthen safety performance, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence

• Develop, maintain, and deliver safety training programs, materials, and resources for employees and contractors
• Provide coaching and guidance on safety requirements, procedures, and best practices
• Support onboarding, safety orientation, and employee engagement initiatives that promote safe work practices and continuous improvement

• Serve as a resource to employees, leaders, contractors, and stakeholders on occupational health and safety requirements, compliance…