Safety Coordinator

Are you looking for more?

At Mohawk Industries, we’re committed to more – more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what’s important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

What we need:

At Mohawk, safety is a core value and we are building a world-class safety culture that empowers our employees to work safe and live safe. We are looking for a Safety Coordinator. This role will coordinate safety programs within the facility and across the plant operations that will engage our workforce, reinforcing the importance of working safe and living safe.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate with plant leadership and safety for Residential division and the Flooring North America business unit to identify opportunities for improved safety training, communication, policies, procedures, etc. and implement positives changes to ensure safety and compliance in the workplace
• Implement FNA and divisional safety programs at the plant level and maintain records of site training
• Schedule and conduct annual safety training to include LTO, LOTO, and safety harness training
• Understand OSHA regulations and assist management and Safety Specialists in applying regulations to the manufacturing operations
• Assist with regular safety audits and inspections and keep track of safety audit results and track progress on action items generated from incident investigations, safety audits, and safety committee meetings
• In addition to safety, this role will assist with plant operations by planning production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products, as well as partnering with plant leadership across the plant in areas such as employee relations, manufacturing processes, achieving goals, etc.

What you have:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency
• 2+ Years manufacturing environment experience
• Previous experience in a Safety role (preferred)
• A willingness to learn on the job and grow your career

What you’re good at:

• Working collaboratively as part of a fast-paced team, with strong personal organization, poise and professionalism
• Communicating effectively with a wide range of individuals in written, oral and interpersonal form
• Driving optimization and results through reporting and analytics
• Solving practical problems and dealing with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Engaging your emotional intelligence when facilitating conversations with employees and resolving safety matters

What else?

• Expect to travel occasionally to trainings and to assist at other plants, etc.
• While we’re a primarily in-office team, we thrive on flexibility and ensuring our people can balance personal and professional time

Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk’s vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don’t Work participant.