Duration: 36 Months Contract
Location: Waterloo IA 50701
Shift Hours: 40 hrs/week, 1st shift
1st shift position (start times may vary between 5:30 am and 7:30 am depending on shift needs). No overtime is expected.
This position is open to recent grad candidates. Must have MS Office experience, especially Excel.
Must have great communication skills.
This position will work onsite immediately.
Business casual dress code, metatarsal safety shoes, safety glasses, and hard hat will be required. This position may drive to other Waterloo facilities for meetings.
May also drive a Gator on shop floor after completing training.
Entry level position into the safety profession.
Understanding of the principles and can independently use the knowledge of those principles to comply with regulatory agency and company standards for injury and illness reporting requirements necessary to document incidents.
Duties: Works with employees and assists supervisors and others on injury prevention by identifying and correcting potential safety and health hazards as well as identifying unsafe actions in order to eliminate on the job injuries and illnesses.
Assists in developing recommendations for safety processes/programs to attain and sustain a hazard free workplace.
This includes design and evaluation of components to monitor effectiveness.
Conducts audits to verify compliance to required regulations and company policies and then assures management is aware of items identified for proper and corrective actions.
Develops, directs and may conduct safety presentations and training.
Analyzes appropriate Environmental Health Safety (EHS) functional reporting metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.
Reviews new products, equipment, processes and facilities for potential hazards and compliance with regulatory requirements and company standards; making recommendations if necessary prior to introduction.
Communicates and works with safety equipment suppliers.
Visa sponsorship is not available, now or in the near future, for this position.