Safety Manager

Overview

About Lamb Weston. You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

Title:

Safety Manager I

Location:

Boardman, OR
Job

Requisition
-259808
Time Type:
Full time

Manages plant Health and Safety programs to ensure the company is providing a safe and accident-free work environment. Responsible for leading and supporting the development of and implementation of a facility-wide safety culture through technical support, program development, and relationship building. Implements safety key concepts to provide the road map to zero injuries and world class performance. Plans and/or delivers programs to train managers and employees in work site safety.

Promotes plant safety by working with all departments to analyze current situation and recommend improvements. Analyzes accident data to identify trends and accident types that can be prevented.

• Manages all aspects of health and safety programs
• Promotes an accident-free work environment by developing programs that routinely train, monitor and assure a safe workplace
• Plans and delivers programs to train managers and employees in workplace safety practices
• Assists in accident investigations and prepare accident reports required by regulatory agencies
• Conducts inspections and audits in plant and at other facilities to detect existing or potential accident hazards and determine corrective or preventative measures
• Facilitates the Central Safety Committee process by active participation in the subcommittee process and acting as a resource for each group
• Administers initial Workers Compensation functions
• Guides and directs plant toward compliance of State, Federal and local Safety regulations
• Determine and direct necessary compliance training for all individuals to assure OSHA, TOSHA, and company training requirements

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required
• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year university in Industrial Hygiene, Safety Management preferred
• CSP certification preferred

• 5 years’ industrial safety experience required
• Strong PC skills (Microsoft Office applications)
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Experience building and leading teams
• Thorough understanding of OSHA regulations
• Ability to interpret State and Federal regulations and applicability to facility to ensure compliance
• Ability to write regulatory reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals
• Experience performing risk assessments and audits
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

• Some travel may be required
• Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at desk or computer terminal
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
• Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone and other office equipment in the course of normal workday
• Stooping, bending, twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job duties
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist and turn occasionally
• Exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature
• Exposure to manufacturing environments for up to 8 hours per workday to include: loud noise, excessive heat, cold, wet, slippery conditions, dirt, fumes, smoke, smells and allergies
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Valid Driver’s License and driving record that meets Lamb Weston Driving Standards
• Exposed to temperatures ranging from
  -20 degrees below zero…