Safety Associate - OCU - Technical - 1st Shift

We are looking for a talented Safety Associate to join our team specializing in Health and Safety for our Cummins Inc. facility in Columbus, IN.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Develops and implements pertinent training; develops, implements, and leads health, safety, environmental, and emergency preparedness programs; maintains health, safety, environmental, and emergency preparedness program.

• Understands and implements relevant legal, regulatory, and corporate requirements as defined by agencies (such as, OSHA, EPA, state regulations, corporate requirements, DOC, Department of Homeland Security).

• Co-chairs facility Safety, Health and Wellness Committees; serves as a primary contact for facility health and wellness issues; communicates health and wellness information with facility site management.

• Serves as facility Emergency Coordinator; leads facility emergency preparedness for Emergency Response Medical Teams.

• Represents facility on corporate occupational, health, safety, and environmental committees, as supervisor warrants time.

• Conducts occupational, safety and environmental auditswith facility Health, Safety and Environmental Management departments. Understands and applies appropriate Company and department rules and guidelines to work and to systems; participates in the maintenance of quality procedures.

• Develops and conducts training programs; provides counseling, mentoring, and coaching.

• Serves as company representatives in various capacities to customers, suppliers, and outside agencies.

• Interacts effectively with all s of employees throughout the company.

• Exercises independent decision-making and initiative in determining what needs to be done and planning and implementing the needed activities; performs problem solving, creative technical and analytical work, budget management, and hands on applications; coordinates programs including planning, scheduling, ordering, and tracking.

• Demonstrates adaptability and responsiveness to changing work needs and willingness to undertake new tasks as they become evident; initiates, develops, leads, and participates in improvement projects.

• Knows and complies with all safety policies and procedures.

• Demonstrates confidentiality as required. Shares work with exempt and other OCU employees as required.

• Manages own work and maintain a flexible schedule in order to meet the demands of priority work; participates in self- and team-audits and associated corrective action; plans and engages in continuous learning in order to be prepared for changing work demands. Travels as required by the position. Performs other miscellaneous duties, as required, to get the job done.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.

• Being resilient - Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.

• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

• Courage - Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.

• Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

• Demonstrates self-awareness - Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.

• Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.

• Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

• Resourcefulness - Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently.

• Health and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.

• Health, Safety and Environment Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis - Examines HSE incidents by completing quality, evidence based investigations with accurate root cause analysis, resulting in effective corrective actions, accurate reporting and avoiding repeated incidents.

• Health, Safety and Environment Management Systems - Interprets and applies international standards through practical application within the operating environment to achieve and maintain an effective management system and external certification.

• Risk Assessment - Evaluates hazards within the work environment by applying hazard identification and risk assessment techniques to analyze and prioritize risk, enabling a selection of control measures that reduce risk as low as reasonably practicable.

• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

High school diploma, GED or equivalent required.

Experience:

Four years of experience/education requirement accomplished through one of the following: Bachelor’s degree, associate’s degree and at least two

years of relevant experience, or at least four years of relevant experience required.

In the role you can expect to be responsible for the Powerfleet PIV management system within the Accelera Electrified Power CEP space. That includes tracking medical evaluations, trainings, and licenses. Fielding technical issues with the tool on the floor and working with the Powerfleet support team. You will re responsible for maintaining existing Accelera Velocity EHS risk assessment (project Heart) entries and entering new risk assessments as they come along. Training tracking and general record keeping for the Accelera functions is a vital responsibility. You may be required to function as a Subject matter expert in the cross functional teams supporting various programs apart of the greater CEP Health and Safety Management system.

2 year degree in Health and Safety Required, bachelors or interest in pursuing a BS/BA preferred.

Associate Safety Professional, Graduate Safety Professional, or Certified Safety Professional preferred.

Experience with corporate sponsored HSE tools preferred.

• Velocity EHS Risk Assessment (HEART)

• Enablon

• Comet Root APP

• Humantech

Job Health and Safety

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Office

ReqID 2427787

Relocation Package Yes

100% On-Site Yes

Due to the operational nature and specific job duties of this role, work is required to be completed 100% in person/On-site.

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