Bilingual Korean / English Safety Planning

HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana Steel; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana Steel is seeking a Safety Planner to develop and administer programs that protect employees and the public while ensuring regulatory compliance. This on-site role collaborates across functions to deliver safe, compliant, timely, and sustainable results during projects and operations.

Responsibilities include risk assessments, training development, incident investigations, KPI monitoring, and auditing safety policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Fire Protection, Engineering, or a related field.
• No prior full-time experience required; relevant internship, co-op, academic project, military, or technical experience is valued.
• Demonstrated ability to manage priorities, analyze information, document work, and collaborate across functions.
• Working proficiency with Microsoft 365 and job-relevant enterprise or technical systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly in English and work effectively in a multicultural environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage safety standards, procedures, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Coordinate safety-related meetings, maintain meeting records and minutes.
• Monitor safety performance indicators (KPIs).
• Develop, implement, and periodically audit safety and occupational-health policies, standards, procedures, and training.
• Interpret OSHA and other applicable requirements and translate them into practical site controls.
• Conduct risk assessments, job safety analyses, inspections, incident investigations, and corrective-action tracking.
• Monitor leading and lagging indicators and prepare reports, trend analyses, and recommendations for management.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness, contractor safety, permit-to-work, process safety, industrial hygiene, or fire-prevention activities as assigned.
• Support regulatory inspections and maintain complete, audit-ready compliance records.

Skills

Bilingual English/Korean

MS 365

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety or related field

Tools

CSP

CIH

CHMM

ASP

OHST

EMT

Job description

Professional working proficiency in both English and Korean is required.

The Safety Planning develops and administers programs that protect employees, contractors, facilities, and surrounding communities while ensuring regulatory compliance with guidance. The role works across HPLS functions and external partners to deliver safe, compliant, timely, and sustainable results during project execution and ongoing operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and manage safety standards, procedures, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Coordinate safety-related meetings, maintain meeting records and minutes.
• Monitor safety performance indicators (KPIs).
• Develop, implement, and periodically audit safety and occupational-health policies, standards, procedures, and training.
• Interpret OSHA and other applicable requirements and translate them into practical site controls.
• Conduct risk assessments, job safety analyses, inspections, incident investigations, and corrective-action tracking.
• Monitor leading and lagging indicators and prepare reports, trend analyses, and recommendations for management.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness, contractor safety, permit-to-work, process safety, industrial hygiene, or fire-prevention activities as assigned.
• Support regulatory inspections and maintain complete, audit-ready compliance records.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Fire Protection, Engineering, or a related field.
• No prior full-time experience required; relevant internship, co-op, academic project, military, or technical experience is valued.
• Demonstrated ability to manage priorities, analyze information, document work, and collaborate across functions.
• Working proficiency with Microsoft 365 and job-relevant enterprise or technical systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly in English and work effectively in a multicultural environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional working proficiency in both English and Korean is required.
• Safety or occupational-health experience in steel, chemical, energy, construction, or heavy manufacturing.
• CSP, CIH, CHMM, ASP, OHST, EMT, fire-protection, or related credential.
• Experience with PSM, emergency response, contractor safety, industrial hygiene, or safety management systems.

Core Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

Regulatory interpretation; risk assessment; incident investigation; influence; training; data analysis; emergency judgment; recordkeeping

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

The standard work schedule is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; however, work hours may be changed or adjusted based on operational, project, commissioning, emergency, or business needs. This position requires on-site work and is not eligible for remote work. Work is primarily performed at the Donaldsonville location and may include office, construction, commissioning, and/or operating-plant environments depending on assignment. Must be able to comply with site PPE, security, and safety requirements; travel between HPLS locations and vendor, partner, or project sites may be required. Reasonable accommodations will be considered in accordance with applicable law.

Performance Expectations

Demonstrate safety ownership, ethical judgment, respectful teamwork, technical or functional excellence, disciplined execution, accurate documentation, timely escalation of risk, and continuous improvement.

Disclaimer

This job description describes the general nature and level of work and is not an exhaustive list of duties. Responsibilities may change based on project and business needs. HPLS is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to protected characteristics under applicable law.