Sr Health & Safety Specialist

Domtar is a leading producer of pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products. Through our focus on safety and sustainability, as well as our commitment to operational excellence and our network of facilities across Canada and the United States, Domtar delivers high-quality and cost-effective products to customers around the world.

Our workforce is comprised of 14,000 talented and hardworking individuals. We are proud to offer competitive compensation, a supportive working environment, rewarding career paths and plenty of opportunities for learning and growth.

The location in Kingsport Packaging, (Tennessee, United States), is seeking talent to fill the position of Sr Health & Safety Specialist
. This job is full-time permanent.

The Health and Safety Specialist is accountable for the continuous improvement of the safety programs at the mill by fostering a culture in which safety is an overriding value in all activities and in which every team member assumes personal accountability for safety.

• Support Domtar’s safety principles:
  All incidents are preventable; our commitment to safety is based on caring; line management is responsible and accountable for employee and contractor safety; we are personally accountable for our own safety and the safety of others; everyone has the Right and Responsibility to Act; safety is a condition of employment.
• Support the Mill in day-to-day safety related activities. Interface with salaried, hourly, and contracted employees during normal and upset production periods, providing guidance and support through leadership, coordination, and technical expertise for safe work practices.
• Works in partnership with hourly Safety Specialists to drive mill objectives.
• Represent Domtar with honesty and integrity in all matters.
• Work in cooperation with Operations and Maintenance to establish reliable methods for improving and sustaining safety performance.
• Nourish a culture in which safety is an overriding value in all activities and in which every team member assumes personal accountability for safety.
• Influence and advise business unit managers such that Operations and Maintenance activities are carried out with safety and health integrated.
• Develop, manage, coordinate and conduct safety training.
• Conduct safety orientation for mill new hires.
• Recommend the design and implementation of new programs to minimize company losses due to incidents.
• Ensure the integrity of health and safety reports and safety KPI's.
• Evaluate and analyze injury trends, evaluate root causes of injuries and near misses, and support completion of associated corrective action plans.
• Recognize opportunities for safety improvement, develop action plans, and lead implementation efforts.
• Coordinate Emergency Response activities - including mill’s overall emergency response plan, medical first aid, first responders, confined space rescue, hazmat. This support may include training and recordkeeping for the respective team(s).
• Support facility’s IH (Industrial Hygiene) program.
• Coordinate and support safety awareness and leading indicator programs (audits, risk assessments, near-miss reporting, etc. to include LOTO, Hot Work, Confined Space, PSSR, and others).
• Support the recordkeeping requirements related to the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) standards 29
  
  CFR
  1904.
• Review and assess effectiveness of safety policies and procedures.
• Analyze, review, and implement federal, local, state, and corporate Health and Safety guidelines. Ensure compliance at the facility to these regulations and guidelines.
• Assist in managing and overseeing workers compensation, incident investigation, facility security processes and…