Safety Specialist

Summary

The Safety Specialist enforces safety policies and procedures in order to establish and promote a safety culture among all company employees. This position will be responsible for overseeing and promoting the overall safety program for a specific region.

Salary: $68,500 - $85,600 Annually

• Conduct daily job walks to ensure employees demonstrate safe work behavior and adhere to all company safe work practices, targeting more frequent visits for higher hazard jobs
• Enforce disciplinary action on employees who disregard safety policies and procedures, issue violations when warranted
• Review all new projects and activities for safety-related or high hazard exposures and ensure hazardous conditions are addressed with management and eliminated
• Interface with Operations management on a regular basis to ensure safety compliance and buy-in
• Attend scheduled meetings to ensure safety presence
• Manage and investigate all near misses, incidents, and injuries in coordination with company and state regulations, reporting findings to leadership
• Implement and administer government‑required safety, health, and environmental programs to ensure facility safety and compliance
• Conduct monthly/periodic inspections of the facility for environmental compliance; conduct routine safety inspections to control occupational hazards
• Maintain and manage the facility’s safety program, including ownership of the Lock Out – Tag Out program
• Generate and maintain government‑required OSHA logs, surveys, and employee postings
• Perform job safety hazard analysis
• Conduct on‑site and informal new hire orientations and current employee safety training as required by State, Federal, and Company requirements, maintaining all training logs and records
• Track the effectiveness of company safety and environmental programs and adjust appropriately
• Lead coordination and administration of the facility’s safety, health, and environmental program
• Work with site management and departments to maintain a safe work environment

• Regular attendance and physical presence at work is an essential function of this position
• This job may require additional duties not listed above and the employee may be asked to perform those duties to meet business needs

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, but not required
• Must understand laws and regulations as they relate to safety compliance and have previous experience dealing with OSHA, DOT, and other regulatory agencies

• 2‑5 years of experience with safety as a core responsibility
• Experience in the Ready‑Mix industry preferred

• Advanced in Microsoft Office
• Strong and effective communication skills in person, phone, and via email
• Strong time and project management skills
• Ability to collaborate and work well with people throughout all levels of the company
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast‑paced environment, detail oriented, and well organized
• Ability to prioritize and quickly respond to challenges under tight deadlines and work well under pressure

• Operates within a professional office environment, as well as at job sites which includes some exposure to extremes in temperature, moisture, dust, and noise
• Regularly works outdoors in all weather and ground conditions
• Routine usage of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets
• Driving to your assigned territory and visiting job sites

• Regularly required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required to sit; climb…