Health & Safety Specialist II

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Full Time Professional Savannah, Ellabell, GA, US

5 days ago Requisition

Summary

The Health & Safety Specialist II executes and improves safety and health programs within a manufacturing environment, working with a high degree of independence on routine and moderately complex safety matters. This role conducts safety inspections and job hazard analyses, performs industrial hygiene and ergonomic assessments, investigates incidents and determines root cause, and recommends engineering, administrative, and PPE controls to reduce workplace risk.

The Health & Safety Specialist II partners with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and EH&S leadership to strengthen hazard prevention and support OSHA and company compliance and may provide technical guidance to Health & Safety Specialist I team members. Significant or high-risk matters are escalated to EH&S leadership.

Responsibilities

• Conduct safety inspections and jobsite audits to identify unsafe conditions and at-risk behaviors, and drive findings to closure
• Implement and maintain site safety programs in alignment with company standards and regulatory requirements
• Conduct industrial hygiene monitoring including air sampling, noise dosimetry, and evaluation of chemical and physical exposure hazards
• Analyze exposure monitoring results against OSHA permissible exposure limits (PELs) and ACGIH threshold limit values (TLVs), and recommend engineering, administrative, or PPE controls
• Maintain exposure monitoring records and documentation in accordance with OSHA and company requirements
• Support respiratory protection program activities, including fit testing coordination and medical clearance tracking
• Conduct ergonomic risk assessments for production and administrative roles, evaluating workstation design, manual handling tasks, and repetitive motion exposures
• Recommend and support implementation of ergonomic improvements in partnership with Engineering and Operations
• Perform Job Hazard Analyses (JHA), task-based risk assessments, and workplace hazard evaluations, assigning risk rankings and recommending controls
• Identify chemical, mechanical, electrical, ergonomic, and process-related hazards during inspections and evaluations
• Lead or participate in incident investigations involving injuries, near misses, and property damage
• Conduct root cause analysis, recommend corrective and preventive actions, and track actions to completion and verify effectiveness
• Evaluate injuries and illnesses for OSHA recordability and maintain OSHA 300, 300A, and 301 documentation in coordination with EH&S leadership
• Support workers' compensation case documentation and follow-up activities
• Develop and deliver safety training including new hire orientation, hazard communication, PPE, lockout/tagout, and other OSHA-required topics
• Develop and deliver toolbox talks and safety awareness initiatives, and promote employee participation in safety improvement activities
• Serve as a safety resource for supervisors and team members, and conduct routine safety walks to reinforce safe work practices
• Support contractor safety qualification and oversight activities
• Partner with Engineering and Operations during equipment installation and process changes to identify and mitigate safety risks
• Support emergency response planning activities and emergency drills
• Conduct layered process audits and internal safety compliance reviews
• Track and analyze safety performance data including incident rates, near-miss reporting, and leading indicators, and communicate trends and risks to EH&S leadership
• Maintain records within EHS…