Safety and Compliance Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Position Description: The position requires that you learn and completely understand all company policies, as well as state and federal laws relating to employers in the state of New Jersey. You will be responsible for the safety knowledge and technical assistance for the entire warehouse/office operations in our facility to ensure a safe and secure working environment. The position will create and implement a structured safety training program and provide hands-on operational training to all new, as well as, established warehouse employees. Additional Information: Oversee the implementation of all environmental, health and safety programs, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all applicable Federal, State, Local and OSHA laws and regulations.

Participate in developing an action plan to address workplace accidents, Intruder alerts, natural disasters, and/or calamities;
Communicate with all employees and temporary staff to ensure their retention of safety awareness; including daily workplace safety and the prescribed course of action to be taken re: accidents/incidents ;
Develop a training program and distribute necessary materials for supervision and security staff on their responsibilities/actions to be taken during accidents/incidents.
Insure all incidents are properly documented, and communicated to management, insure remediation steps are taken to address future incidents;
See and Be Seen - Spend at least 80% of the day on the warehouse floor interacting with Staff and Temps to assure them an active Safety program is in effect and address policy issues as they present themselves;
Monitor Temp services On-sites to insure they are actively managing their staffs and adhering to policies and procedures;
Write up Employee Disciplinary reports on all staff members as required;
Oversee and fully document the investigation of all workplace incidents (employee claims, thefts, property losses, near misses, first aid cases, record- able injuries and lost time injuries) to determine the root cause and assist in identifying and implementing corrective and preventive actions;
Aid in hiring and firing as needed, keep HR manager abreast of all new employees and any staff and status changes, matriculate new employees, monitor punches to ensure employees are on time and missed punches are addressed and documented, review daily attendance;
. Responsible for new hire orientation;
Meet with employees and their Supervisors/Managers as a witness or as the Safety Manager to counsel or discipline employee;
Update and keep current, all boards, number of days without an incident, as well as encouraging words to help insure a positive work environment; Keep a running tally of days without accidents or injuries. Create reward system. Develop and schedule monthly safety meetings that are creative and involve demonstrations, guest speakers and inter-active staff participation. Must have an agenda and roster of employees as well as signature of attendance;
Keep the Incident log current for employees and temporary staff and send to HR Manager the last day of each month and keep original records on file in Reno;
Ensure company follows protocol for any employee returning to work on Modified/restricted duty;
Ensure that all current (state, federal and company) posters and signage (required by law) are posted in designated area;
Responsible for outfitting and routinely checking first-aid kits;
Responsible that the warehouse and office are clean and organized, make certain that all exits are free and clear and not being blocked by pallets. Attend to any accident that occurs, assess and document;
. Maintain the OSHA 300 logs as well as the yearly submittals;
. Inspect Fire Extinguishers monthly
Other duties as assigned by management

$50,000.00 - $60,000.00 Annually