Safety Coordinator

Description

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At Lactalis in the USA, we believe in promoting from within and giving our employees meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Whether you're just starting out or bringing years of experience, we'll provide the tools and support you need to succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we're proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani Italian cheeses and ricotta, President specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone's cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond cheddar, and Parmalat milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi's, Stonyfield Organic, Brown Cow, Oui, Yoplait, Go-Gurt, : ratio, Green Mountain Creamery, and Mountain High, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun, Gopi, and Arz.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values-Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone's unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

From your PASSION to ours :

Lactalis USA, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Safety Coordinator based in Buffalo, New York.

Summary :

This is an entry level position. The Safety Coordinator will provide support to the facility Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager while helping facilitate environmental health and safety programs. The ideal candidate will be proactive and dynamic. Able to work independently or in a team environment.

From your EXPERTISE to ours :

Key responsibilities for this position include :

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned :

1.\tConduct risk assessments to identify and eliminate or reduce the severity of hazards.

2.\tConduct periodic facility audits to ensure compliance with established EHS programs.

3.\tFacilitate employee training.

4.\tAssist with incident investigations, root cause analysis and corrective measures determination.

5.\tRecord keeping of accidents and provide reports as needed.

6.\tProvide reports to management.

7.\tWork with EHS Manager to identify key risks in safety programs.

8.\tHelp prepare for outside audits.

9.\tCollect safety statistics.

10.\tOther site-specific duties as defined by the EHS Manager.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours :

Qualified applicants will contribute the following :

Education and / or Experience :

• \tAssociates Degree in Occupational Safety or related field preferred.
• \tOne to two years' experience related to occupational safety preferred.
• \tManufacturing related experience preferred.
• \tStrong attention to detail and accuracy.
• \tBasic experience with Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point. Alchemy a plus but not required.