Safety Specialist - Site

Safety Specialist - Site

Build your career with Alto Ingredients! Earn a competitive salary, benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and 401k with a company dollar-for-dollar match up to 6%, a stipend for fitness center expenses, a generous paid time off (PTO) program, and service awards for career longevity. Alto Ingredients values the communities where we work and live and offers an extra 8 hours of paid leave for employees who volunteer their time and talents in their community.

Environment:
Alto Ingredients, Inc. is a leading producer and distributor of specialty alcohols, renewable fuels and essential ingredients. Leveraging the unique qualities of its facilities, the company serves customers in a wide range of consumer and commercial products in the Health, Home & Beauty;
Food & Beverage;
Industry & Agriculture;
Essential Ingredients; and Renewable Fuels markets. For more information, please visit

Our Pekin campus produces products destined for Health, Home& Beauty;
Food and Beverage;
Industry & Agriculture;
Essential Ingredients; and Renewable Fuels markets. All personnel are responsible for the safety of these products, which includes participation in training, following cGMP and feed/food safety requirements in the facility, and following procedures per instruction of management.

Administers and enforces governmental policies and programs related to employee safety, and OSHA compliance at Alto Ingredients' facilities.

• Coordinate and administer established safety trainings and ensure that all programs, policies, and procedures are understood and properly followed. Coordinates and facilitates all new hire safety training and issues safety equipment for position. Lead and/or audit departmental toolbox topics and assist managers with improvements.

• Performs contractor safety training and annual renewals including maintaining all contractor training records.

• Performs regular inspections of safety-related equipment including but not limited to first aid kits, eyewash/safety showers, ladders, man overboard alarms, sharps containers, LOTO stations, etc. Coordinates or assists other departments in coordinating equipment inspections such as fall protection, lifting/jacking equipment, and electrical PPE such as gloves and hot sticks on the proper frequency.

• Maintain the safety supply inventory to keep the safety supply storerooms stocked using various vendors with attention to cost as well as supply availability.

• Support the industrial hygiene testing program including coordinating or performing regular testing such as hexavalent chromium or legionella testing.

• Support the respiratory safety program including respiratory hazard assessments and coordinating annual fit testing and medical evaluations.

• Support the hearing conservation program including maintaining current employee and new hire audiograms and ongoing testing records.

• Maintain the Hazcom SDS program to include creating department specific manuals and online system updates.

• Perform technical analysis of process and specific job functions. Recommend necessary modifications to improve safety performance and maintain proper equipment operation. Perform job hazard analysis and PPE assessments. Assist with other hazard analyses such as dust hazard analysis and process hazard analysis, as needed.

• Participate in the development, implementation and management of company practices to assure the safety and security of the manufacturing facilities, community and staff.

• Assist with the calibration and maintenance of the campus gas monitors.

• Assist with the maintenance of plant radios including batteries, microphones, base stations, repeaters, and do repairs or schedule repairs through our vendor as needed.

• Review hot work, confined space, line opening, critical safety device impairment, and SWP's for deficiencies and coordinate with Safety Manager.

• Assist Site Safety Manager with internal and 3rd party audits and assessments, as needed, including tracking assigned tasks to completion.

• Regularly attend and participate in the Site Safety Committees as well as…