Contract Senior Safety Specialist

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About the role:
This is a 3-6 month long contract with possibility of extension. This position is located in Kalamazoo, MI.
The Contract Senior Safety Specialistwill be part of a dynamic team of experts in Environment, Health & Safety. You will be expected to use safety methodologies to ensure safe work practices throughout your assigned manufacturing area of responsibility. You should have the ability to coach and mentor colleagues of all organizational levels. You will focus on injury prevention techniques, participate in field auditing/ coaching, enhance digital capabilities in various safety engagement programs, support safe execution of high hazard programs, and provide technical expert and procedure direction to assigned business areas and contractors.
As a Senior Safety Specialist, your focus on the job will contribute to achieving project tasks, goals, help foster a continuous improvement mindset, and lead by example while creating a collaborative team environment for colleagues and contractors. This position reports directly to the Senior Manager, Occupational Safety & Industrial Hygiene.
Contract Senior Safety Specialist Responsibilities:

• Provides technical Safety guidance to Kalamazoo business units to ensure a safe workplace and compliance with site EH&S standards and recommend practices.
• Works to identify safety improvements and propose solutions within the Kalamazoo site.
• Responsible for assessment of Safety impact for Management of Change and Capital Requests.
• When incidents occur, support the team with the incident investigation to ensure effective determination of root causes and help define / implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Champion the sharing of lessons learned across the site when appropriate.
• Engaged in the development and implementation of improved EHS standards to continuously raise the bar for Safety engagement and program maturity.
• Engaged in capital projects to help ensure design meets our EHS standards and project safety plans are developed and executed.
• Partner and influence peers to drive a standardized and harmonized approach across the site to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Works closely with Colleague Wellness, Maintenance, Engineering, Project Engineering, Operations, and Technicians to address occupational safety related matters.
• Successfully uses analysis tools to perform risk assessments, investigations, and program auditing that results in implementing improvements.
• Regularly conduct inspections/audits/peer reviews. Discuss positive observations and areas for improvement.
• Engaged in the development of training programs that align with EH&S Recommended Practices and Site EHS Programs.
• Perform other Occupational Safety and general duties as identified

Education/Qualifications:

• Applicant must have High School Diploma (or Equivalent) with eight years of relevant experience; or Associate's degree with six years of experience; or Bachelor's degree with at least three years of experience; or Master's degree with more than one year of experience.
• Experience in assessing risks, developing, and implementing proactive strategies to minimize EHS risks and process deviations.
• Successfully uses recognized analysis tools to perform risk assessments, investigations, program auditing that result in identifying value-added technically feasible improvements.
• Ability to manage projects, is process minded, and demonstrates the ability to build and execute action plans to ensure alignment in pursuit of organizational deliverables.
• Demonstrates Initiative, leadership, excellent organizational, planning, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

What we offer:
The salary for this position can range from $69,000 to $94,930 annually; actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate's competencies, level of experience, education, location, divisional budget and internal peer compensation comparisons.
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