Job Description
MISSION FOODS A leader of Mexican Food Products is seeking a PLANT SAFETY COORDINATOR for their Los Angeles Plant. The Plant Safety Coordinator is responsible for the implementation and management of the Corporate Safety and Health systems and programs to ensure sustainable compliance.
JOB FUNCTIONS/REQUIRED RESPONSIBILITES Provides professional guidance to the plant or plants to maintain continuous compliance. Maintains the Safety and Health systems in conformance with Mission requirements. Assists sites with implementation and training of Safety procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local safety regulations, systems, and good management practices. Assist the plant or plants in investigating incidents, developing and implementing corrective and preventative actions. Follows up with Plant Management to ensure completion of action items and correction of deficiency. Conducts audits of the safety programs and systems at the plant or plants and participates in external audits of various plants. Represents the plant as directed in discussions with regulatory agencies of the state and federal government (OSHA, CAL OSHA ETC.). Guides plant in setting safety, injury, and illness goals for incident reduction. Conducts safety training classes at manufacturing sites depending on need. Completes or assists plants with the completion of required annual Workers Comp and regulatory reports. Manages Workers Comp claims and attends claims reviews as dictated by Corporate Safety Director or Risk Manager. Tracks and analyzes plant safety performance data. Assesses current and upcoming regulations that may impact plant operations and communicates requirements to plant management. Reviews new products, production lines and equipment and makes recommendations for safety compliance, hazard elimination, and exposure reduction to reduce injury and illness experience. Establishes and prepares monthly plant safety reports. Makes plant level budget recommendations to plant manager. Develops plant safety budget and monitors expenditures. Coordinates with safety supply vendors at the plant to reduce costs for the organization. Maintains safety records, data, Workers Comp documents, OSHA Recordkeeping required documents, and injury reports. Acts as Project Coordinator and/or Project Leader as assigned for special projects. Coordinates safety activities to maintain a high awareness and priority to employee safety to reduce injuries and maintain injury frequency, severity, and cost at lowest rate possible. Maintain these indicators at or below Mission Corporate goals.
* The list of job functions is a partial list and is not exhaustive. It may be supplemented or changed as dictated by business needs.
SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:
YEAR OF EXPERIENCE: Minimum 5 years Safety experience at manufacturing facilities.
EDUCATION/TRAINING: Minimum Bachelor of Science degree or above in safety related studies or additional 5 years Safety experience.
LICENSES/CERTIFICATES: Certified OSHA 501 trainer, First Aid, CPR, and AED, Forklift certified.
OTHER: Thorough understanding of Federal and State Environmental regulations, strong technical writing skills, good communication and organizational skills, computer literate. Bilingual English/Spanish
Mission Foods offers a competitive package of salary, benefits and a promising career path. For immediate consideration please email your resume to evangelina_garza@missionfoods.com EEO/Pre-Employment Drug Screen Required **ONLY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS NEED APPLY**
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