EHS & QA Coordinator

Safety And Quality Coordinator

This position is responsible for ensuring the operation's compliance with company, regulatory and client quality and product delivery requirements. Serves as primary safety resource within assigned operations. Participates in and delivers safety-related information. Will act as the day-to-day contact for all initial/recurring training. EHS and QA and will participate in pertinent corrective action and root cause investigations for any safety, quality or security loss or exception. The coordinator will drive consistent safety and quality performance with each operational area they support, and safety processes and programs for continuous improvement across the primary functional areas.

Successful candidates will have experience with QMS, FDA and ISO9001 to support 3rd party and client 2nd party quality audit requirements.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Monitors and improves quality processes, ensuring compliance with customer, company, local, state, and federal requirements.
• Implements company safety strategy, initiatives, and programs within the local operating environments.
• Provides data to support analyzing of industry trends to compare to internal metrics.
• Ensures compliance of environmental, health, and safety programs with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Monitors safety/quality/regulatory related compliance to the independent contractor (IC) agreements.
• Conducts random inbound and outbound shipment inspections as part of the process confirmation check (PCC) or training objectives.
• Monitors the product claim prevention plans.
• Leads and participates in various audits as they relate to safety protocols and process improvements.
• Assists with scorecards and other safety and quality metrics for their operations and communicates trends with operations teams.
• Performs safety walks and identifies warehouse hazards that need correcting.
• Prepares weekly facility records for supervisor review.
• Performs new staff safety onboarding and overview of all basic quality/safety expectations
• Conducts staff and process observations in accordance with the company improvement program.
• Investigates, tracks, and responds to customer complaints and requests for corrective action/preventive action reports.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in occupational health & safety, public administration, engineering, logistics, or related field is strongly preferred. Minimum 3 years of experience working for in warehouse, distribution, manufacturing, or logistics setting is required. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted. Experience in food safety knowledge as it relates warehouse requirements strongly preferred. Experience with QMS, FDA and ISO9001 required.

Travel:

Occasional travel required within regional area.

Knowledge, Skills, and abilities:

Strong knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (requires frequent manipulation of spreadsheets in Excel). Proficient mathematical skills to apply concepts to practical situations and compute and interpret numerical data. Ability to learn and effectively use software applications. Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and exercise good judgment in dealing with sensitive information. Strong knowledge of legal requirements and standards around safety practices. Knowledge of OSHA general industry standards. Must possess a high level of reasoning ability and common sense to resolve complex problems and analyze data and information accurately. Ability to train personnel and work effectively in a team. Exemplary organization and problem-solving skills. Ability to work under minimal supervision and with a strong sense of self-motivation. Strong analytical ability and high attention to detail. Ability to multi-task and manage time effectively in a changing environment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to sufficiently read, speak, and write on a professional level. Comfortable presenting to and communicating with a range of employees, managers, customers, regulatory inspectors and the general public.

Physical/Environmental Demands

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Activity Level:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, see clearly and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 49 pounds unassisted. The employee must be able to carry and climb a ladder. Must be capable of standing and walking for extended periods. Must be able to twist, stoop, squat, reach above shoulder level and crouch on a frequent basis. Must be able to use hands and feet simultaneously and for repetitive movements.

Working Conditions:

Outdoors and indoor shop environment with adequate ventilation. Exposure to vibration, improperly illuminated or awkward and confining workspaces. Working above ground level where the possibility of falling exists. Frequent lifting and carrying of items. Loud noises typical.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.