Safety Coordinator Job Description
Safety coordinator
provides safety training specified under Mine Safety and Health (MSHA), OSHA Regulations, and Federal Motor Carrier Regulations.
Safety Coordinator Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Designs, develops, and implements safety and health programs and ensures compliance with all regulations including federal, state, local and OSHA
Ensure that Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) documents and records are identifiable, controlled and maintained in an organized, quickly retrievable manner, timely submission to State and Federal agencies as required
Analyze, review, and implement federal, local, state, and corporate Health and Safety guidelines
Maintains current knowledge of all laws and requirements imposed upon the university by outside agencies (state or federal)
Support management’s efforts to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state law
OSHA auditing/responses
Upkeep on all OSHA recordkeeping
Administers and maintains documents for all EHS (Environmental Health & Safety) policies, written programs (IIPP, Return to Work Program, ) and training programs
Accumulates, prepares and enters health, industrial hygiene, medical, environmental and safety data into the computer system
Develops and coordinates plant health and safety education and training programs
Safety Coordinator Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Safety Coordinator
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, OSHA, AED, ISO, DOT, OHSAS, EMT, EHS, IOSH, NEBOSH
Education for Safety Coordinator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the safety coordinator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Health, Education, Management, Engineering, Industrial, Associates, Technical, General Education, Science, Business
Skills for Safety Coordinator
Desired skills for safety coordinator include:
OSHA
DOT regulations
OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Safety and Health Regulations for Construction
MSHA and other state and federal agency guidelines
OSHA and DOT regulations
Health
Federal
OSHA regulations
State
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Desired experience for safety coordinator includes:
Organizes and schedules meetings as required including contacting participants, room bookings, and making other necessary arrangements
Experienced in emergency response and be able to maintain current First aid and CPR certificates
Prior experience in a technical environment
Inspects all areas for fire prevention equipment and prevention supplies
Measures and evaluates effectiveness of the safety program using established goals
Disseminates information to department heads and management regarding toxic substances, hazards, and other fire and safety information
Safety Coordinator Examples
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Safety Coordinator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of safety coordinator. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for safety coordinator
- Schedules and coordinates all required inspections related to environmental and health safety on campus
- Presents programs to various organizations on campus, with an emphasis on health and safety
- Serve as HSE training coordinator, including new hire orientations, tool and equipment training, weekly toolbox safety instruction, OSHA 10 hour and supervisory safety training
- Prepares summaries, inspection forms, interpretation, for field operations on the requirements of new or existing OSHA, DOT, or other regulations
- File reports to workers compensation provider and OSHA
- Ensure compliance with all governmental agencies including OSHA, DOT, CalOSHA, ANSI and WA L&I
- Maintain relationships between company and outside agencies such as OSHA, L&I
- Lead the plant Safety Program
- Contribute to all functions of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Talent (SQDCT) for plant operations
- Complete machine acceptance/validation
Qualifications for safety coordinator
- Lead Safety Steering Team
- Coordinate Safety team structure and program
- Execute hearing conservation program
- Manage PPE programs
- Complete PVP auditing program
- Manage the incident database
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a safety coordinator. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for safety coordinator
- Coordinates/Completes fire equipment maintenance and testing of equipment
- Assists with all comprehensive programs related to hazardous chemicals including disposal of hazardous waste and products
- Maintains and coordinates the evacuation plans for all university buildings
- Works under general direction with latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment
- Storm Water Pollution Prevention Programs – record keeping
- Assist managers in the investigation of accidents, injuries and near miss incidents, and developing corrective and preventive action responses
- Become knowledgeable and utilize JCI Best Business Practices
- Conduct risk assessments related to jobs performed and new equipment introductions
- Evaluate and analyze injury trends
- Coordinate activities of facility emergency response teams - this includes medical first aid, first responders, emergency response teams (confined space rescue, hazmat)
Qualifications for safety coordinator
- Machine risk assessment
- Behavioral based safety
- Candidate must have good organization skills
- Frequent travel within Southern CA to visit each Branch for training and safety walk through
- Prior use of the Microsoft Office Suite
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of environmental health and safety experience
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Our company is looking to fill the role of safety coordinator. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for safety coordinator
- Incident/accident investigation and reporting
- Identify safety concerns, assign and track progress of project(s)
- Develop, produce, support and maintain safety related documents to meet customer requirements for projects
- Identify hazards and risks and mitigations (Safety Requirements) relating to the project and work with Engineering to ensure their control or elimination
- Identify hazards and risks (Safety Requirements) relating to the project and work with Engineering to ensure their control or elimination
- In cases of Natural Disasters or Business Impacting incidents (Major fire), this person will be responsible for the set-up and coordination of the Incident Command Center and all personnel associated with it
- Assist injured employees by evaluating and treating injuries and transporting injured employees to hospital if necessary
- Interface with Turnaround Coordinators (TACs), TA Area Leaders, Contractor Supervisors and other key turnaround personnel to ensure familiarity and work efficiency during turnaround
- Actively review turnaround scope within assigned areas of responsibility to understand work locations and nature of work activities
- Understand, TA safety plans, blind locations, LOTO and other energy isolation points within areas of responsibility
Qualifications for safety coordinator
- Proficiency with tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data
- Informs personnel regarding procedures and/or status of work orders for the purpose of providing necessary information for making decisions, taking appropriate action and/or complying with health and safety regulations
- Participates in EHS committee meetings
- Trained Supervisor (STS)
- Working knowledge of CFR Rule 29 Part 1910 and part 1926 (OSHA 30 hour Certification Preferred)
- Must be familiar with manufacturing industry operations and the General Duty clauses Hazard Communication Standards
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of safety coordinator. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for safety coordinator
- Enforce and reinforce adherence to client Safe Work Practices (SWPs) and Turnaround Safety Management plan
- Assist Clients in selecting or assigning PPE requirements for work activities
- Assist Clients in selecting and implementing proper confined space ventilation methods
- Attend daily safety personnel meetings as required by Client
- Conduct shift turnover meeting with relief and pass on appropriate written notes
- Primary responsibility for the coordination of Community Physician Network patient safety programs and related quality improvement initiatives
- This position reports to the Director of Risk Management and together they will develop a culture of patient safety, measurement systems to determine the quality and safety of patient care, and facilitate initiatives contributing to process improvement
- Facilitate safety meetings at all locations
- Facilitate Safety Committee
- Perform site safety & compliance audits, prepare report and communicate findings
Qualifications for safety coordinator
- Minimum 5 years experience in Safety
- Certification in safety-related discipline, CSP, ASC, etc or equivalent related safety experience required
- Complete knowledge and familiarity with the refinery Safe Work Practices (SWPs), Work Permit procedures as well the Turnaround Safety Management Plan
- Understand, operate, calibrate and maintain various types of air monitoring equipment
- Three years safety experience in refinery environment
- 2 years of general safety experience
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of safety coordinator. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for safety coordinator
- Develops, implements, monitors, and manages health, safety, environmental, training and quality assurance programs, policies, and procedures
- Delivers quality training on a broad range of safety, health, and environmental topics such as fall protection, confined space, energy isolation, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, scaffolding
- Supervises and directs all aspects of the health, safety, and environmental programs
- Possesses a strong working knowledge of industry standards to include OSHA, ANSI, NFPA/NEC, Alyeska policies
- Ensure company is in compliance with first aid, CPR and Blood borne pathogen training requirements
- Interface with field crews on a regular basis to promote company safety philosophies, expectations, and personal responsibility
- Conduct safety, security, and environmental audits and inspections on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis to ensure compliance and safe conditions in the plant
- Provide safety support to the Logistics, Maintenance, and QA/Sanitation work teams
- Generate accurate weekly reports for various departments
- Organize and file safety, security, and environmental records in the plant file system and software system
Qualifications for safety coordinator
- Certification in OSHA 10 & 30 or like program
- Ability to carry out assigned projects to their completion with minimal supervision
- Ability to work independently with a multitude of tasks
- Ability to maintain and ensure confidentiality
- Experience with risk management programs
- Knowledge of health and safety, environmental and loss prevention procedures