Safety Coordinator

Safety Coordinator

Yazoo Mills, Inc., one of the nations leading, privately owned manufacturers of high-quality paper tubes and cores, servicing a wide scope of industries nationwide, such as converting, labeling, printing, packaging, flexible packaging, ropes and twines, medical supplies, tapes, graphic arts, and more. We are a family-owned business and our teammates are our family. We foster a company culture that inspires our employees to be innovative thinkers, problem solvers, community-minded, and results driven.

Are you looking for a new career with a stable company who has been in business for over 120 years? Yazoo Mills is hiring a Safety Coordinator to join our well-established and growing company on first shift in our Hanover facility.

We offer:

• Competitive Wages.
• Comprehensive Benefits that include Health, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 8 paid Holidays, Paid Time Off and more.
• Celebration of milestones and successes along with an occasional pop-up surprise to let our employees know we appreciate all of their hard work and dedication.
• Career Development by promoting from within and on-the-job training

Summary/Objective: The EHS Coordinator promotes health and safety awareness and education; supports the Health & Safety Manager with policies/procedures to ensure a safe work environment across all facilities; performs audits; identifies potential hazards; measures safety performance; and ensures compliance with state/federal health and safety laws to eliminate workplace hazards and accidents.

• Supports Create/Lead company-wide safety culture in which no hazard gets missed or overlooked.
• Support all health and safety practices/procedures for risk/injury reduction to achieve zero loss time injuries.
• Support all health and safety programs such as lockout/tagout, hazardous communication, machine guarding, electrical safety, etc. to ensure compliance is met and the workforce is safe.
• Audit and measure performance; safety metrics should reflect the reduction of risks/injuries.
• Investigate accidents/incidents to find causes and add prevention measures.
• Participate in employee involvement programs such as project teams, committees, and internal training.
• Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritiez corrective and preventative actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks.
• Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback. Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.
• Lead safety training sessions for employees on proper procedures, emergency response, and personal protective equipment (PPE) usage.
• Maintain safety training/equipment inspections/injury records.
• Oversee PPE/Safety Shoes & SDS Programs within the company and keeps in compliance with current regulations.
• Maintain new hire orientation training and safety critical audits.
• Maintain disaster and emergency response plans for all facilities.
• Maintain continued safety education to stay current with regulations and/or certifications
• Maintain SDS program for site to include contacting manufacturers for SDS and entering SDS into KPA Safety Software System
• Maintain availability of labeling for chemicals in the plant.
• Manages the hearing conservation program for all facilities.
• Follow up on inspection recommendations and verify completion.
• Stay current with new and pending safety legislation and anticipate regulatory requirements.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

• Full-time; 45 hours plus per week. Flexible start and stop times, daily hours could be up to 9+ per day.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Chemical, Environmental Engineering / Science or equivalent related field/ work experience.
• Minimum 2 years safety work experience, Industrial / Manufacturing preferred.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Manufacturing experience.
• College education in related field
• ASP, GSP, OHST or related field.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Teams

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Safety Certifications; SMP, CIT, STS is a plus.
• Understanding of OSHA, NFPA, ANSI/RIA, ISO 10218 and other regulatory standards

This position starts at $67,000/year; based on experience.