Safety Associate I

Plan, implement, and coordinate several programs including health and safety and environmental.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

$25 - $27 hourly

• Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
• Recommend and implement process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
• Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
• Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
• Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
• Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.
• Conduct or direct industrial hygiene testing to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment. This includes safety training for new hire orientation, ongoing re-training, and compliance training.
• Maintain liaisons with outside organizations such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.
• Adhere to all OSHA regulations and document accordingly.
• Create and lead steering committees, when necessary, to promote continuous improvement. (i.e. PPE, corrective action, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned.

• Accountability - Reviews deliverables prepared by the team before passing them to the client.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly according to requirements.
• Ambition - The drive to achieve personal advancement.
• Coaching and Development - Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.
• Decision Making - Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Persistence - Ability to complete tasks or continue in a course of action in spite of opposition or discouragement.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.

A Statement From Scott Manufacturing Solutions

Human Assets Department

Scott Manufacturing Solutions has partnered with E-Verify to verify work eligibility in the United States. E-Verify compares employee data from Form I-9 and Employment Eligibility Verification to records held by the DHS and SSA.

What Is E-Verify?

E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information entered by an employer from an employee’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to records available to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to confirm employment eligibility.

E-Verify is administered by SSA and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Scott Manufacturing Solutions, a leader in designing and producing medium voltage pole- and pad-mounted equipment for the American utility and adjacent industries, provides customers with complete, fully customized power distribution solutions built to the highest quality standards.

At Scott Manufacturing Solutions, we see our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) structure as a competitive advantage. Each of our employees is a business 'owner' with a vested interest in our success. We're also proud of our status as an MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) / DBE (Disadvantaged Business suppliers who comply with these requirements.

We are building a world-class company at Scott Manufacturing Solutions, and the way we do that is by living our core values, supporting our company's vision, and working together towards one common goal to be always at our best through continuous and never-ending improvements.