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Our client, a food manufacturing organization, is seeking a Safety Specialist for a direct hire opportunity. The ideal candidate is a proactive, hands-on safety professional who enjoys working directly with employees on the production floor and can balance relationship-building, coaching, and accountability.
About You:
- 2+ years of experience focused on safety in manufacturing, food manufacturing, occupational safety, EHS, or industrial operations.
- Proven understanding of OSHA General Industry standards and how to apply safe work practices in an operational environment.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel between three nearby facilities throughout the workday is required.
- OSHA training, CPR/First Aid certification, forklift safety experience, safety certifications, and/or bilingual communication skills are a plus.
- Strong ability to identify workplace hazards, unsafe conditions, and at-risk behaviors in a production environment.
- Effective communication and coaching skills, with the ability to address unsafe behaviors and reinforce safe work practices with employees and supervisors.
- Proactive approach to hazard identification, risk mitigation, and incident prevention.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with EHS leadership, operations teams, and employees across multiple facilities.
About the Job:
- Spend approximately 70-80% of the workday on the production floor, conducting observations and identifying unsafe conditions, behaviors, and potential risks.
- Partner directly with the Director of EHS to strengthen a proactive safety culture and advance the organization’s goal of zero incidents.
- Coach employees and supervisors on safe work practices, lead or support weekly Toolbox Talks, and assist with new-hire safety orientation and ongoing training.
- Support programs covering forklift safety, PPE, lockout/tagout (LOTO), machine guarding, ergonomics, hazard communication, and related EHS priorities.
- Participate in incident, injury, and near-miss investigations, including root-cause analysis, corrective action development, and follow-through.
- Conduct JSAs/JHAs and risk assessments while tracking corrective actions through resolution.
- Assist with first-aid response, emergency situations, and accurate incident reporting, including exercising stop-work responsibility when an immediate or serious safety hazard is identified.
- Provide hands-on safety support across three facilities located near one another and participate in an alternating weekend on-call rotation for urgent EHS matters as needed.
This is a direct hire fully onsite position in Saddle Brook, NJ. The annual salary range is up to 80,000, depending on experience and qualifications. If you are a hands-on safety professional who wants to play an active role in building and strengthening a growing organization’s safety culture, please submit a MS Word version of your resume to be considered!
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