Health & Safety Sr. Specialist

Health & Safety Sr. Specialist

Full Time Professional Savannah, Ellabell, GA, US

Summary:

The Health & Safety Sr. Specialist supports site safety performance by anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace safety and health hazards in a manufacturing environment. This role serves as a technical resource responsible for implementing safety programs, conducting field audits, supporting incident investigations, exposure monitoring and ensuring compliance with OSHA and applicable state regulations.

The Senior Safety & Health Specialist partners with operations, maintenance, engineering, and leadership to reduce risk, improve safety culture, and strengthen hazard prevention systems across production and administrative areas.

Responsibilities:

• Lead site industrial hygiene programs including identification, evaluation, and control of chemical, particulate, noise, and physical exposure hazards
• Implement and maintain site safety programs in alignment with company standards and regulatory requirements
• Conduct air monitoring, noise dosimetry, and other industrial hygiene sampling activities
• Analyze exposure data and recommend engineering, administrative, or PPE controls
• Maintain exposure records and ensure compliance with OSHA and applicable state requirements
• Support respiratory protection program implementation, including fit testing coordination and medical clearance processes
• Conduct ergonomic risk assessments for production and administrative roles
• Evaluate workstation design, manual handling tasks, and repetitive motion exposures
• Develop and recommend ergonomic improvements and engineering controls
• Partner with engineering and operations during new equipment installation to incorporate ergonomic best practices
• Track ergonomic-related incidents and drive corrective actions
• Support OSHA compliance across all production and administrative areas
• Conduct routine safety inspections and jobsite audits to identify unsafe conditions and at-risk behaviors
• Track and verify completion of corrective and preventive actions
• Perform Job Hazard Analyses (JHA), risk assessments, and task-based safety evaluations
• Evaluate chemical, mechanical, electrical, ergonomic, and process-related hazards
• Partner with engineering and operations during equipment installation or process changes to identify and mitigate safety risks
• Support contractor safety compliance and oversight
• This role supports essential manufacturing and construction operations and may require working extended hours, weekends, or participating in coordination meetings outside standard business hours to support project execution and global collaboration when required.
• Participate in and lead incident investigations related to injuries, near misses, and property damage
• Conduct root cause analysis and recommend corrective actions
• Maintain accurate OSHA recordkeeping (300/300A/301 logs) in coordination with leadership
• Support workers’ compensation case documentation and follow-up
• Deliver safety and health training including new hire orientation, hazard communication, PPE, lockout/tagout, and other OSHA-required programs
• Support development and delivery of toolbox talks and safety awareness initiatives
• Promote employee participation in safety improvement initiatives
• Serve as a safety resource for supervisors and team members
• Conduct daily safety walks to monitor compliance and reinforce safe work practices
• Support emergency response planning and drills
• Assist in layered process audits and compliance reviews
• Support KPI tracking related to IRR, DART, LTIR, near‑miss reporting, and safety performance metrics
• Identify trends in incidents and recommend proactive mitigation strategies
• Support or lead applicable PSM elements including PHA, MOC, and process risk mitigation activities.
• Manage and maintain EHS electronic management systems for incident tracking, corrective actions, training records, and compliance reporting.
• Assist in development and revision of safety procedures and policies
• Maintain cleanliness at work‑site in accordance with 5S3R Standards
  • Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
  • Right Location, Right Quantity, Right Container
• Perform other duties as assigned

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