Field Safety Supervisor, Morristown, TN

Cherokee-Millwright,-Inc.; Morristown (TN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherokee-Millwright,-Inc. in Morristown, TN, is seeking a Field Safety Supervisor to monitor safety and health regulations and provide technical support to plant staff to ensure compliance with federal and state standards.

The role involves enforcing safety programs, coordinating training, and supporting hazard analyses to minimize risks across operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a safety science, engineering or equivalent.
• At least five years of previous experience in safety coordinator position or higher.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with staff across departments to enforce safety programs.
• Identifies training needs and coordinates safety training.
• Monitors compliance with federal and state safety and health regulations.
• Reviews procedures and records to improve safety and health measures.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a safety science, engineering or equivalent

Five years of safety coordinator experience or higher

Job description

About Us

Our capabilities cover a full suite of millwrighting services, including installing, setting, aligning, and leveling machinery and equipment, as well as dismantling, refurbishing, reassembling, and moving. Additionally, our expertise covers close tolerance and precision alignment, as well as fabrication, concrete construction, and industrial HVAC solutions.

Job Summary

Job Title: Field Safety Supervisor

Department: Safety

Reports To: Safety Manager

FLSA: Exempt

Summary: The Field Safety Supervisor monitors safety and health regulations and provides technical support to plant and personnel to ensure compliance with federal and state safety and health regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Works closely with staff in project management, human resources, legal, operations, and research and development.
• Provides technical safety and health support and information to field personnel and corporate personnel.
• Enforces safety and health programs and policies.
• Identifies company safety training needs and develops and coordinates safety training programs.
• Participates in new product/process reviews, including process hazard analyses, operator training, etc.
• Supports corporate/Project Management to implement engineering controls to minimize safety and occupational health hazards.
• Supports field personnel in selection of appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Maintains corporate safety library (e.g., videos, regulations, reference manuals).
• Promotes safety and health awareness through internal company memoranda, newsletters and specific training programs.
• Serves as member of the executive environmental health and safety committee.
• Participates in company occupational safety and health committee.
• Assists as necessary in implementation of a hazard communication program and preparation of reports.
• Reviews process-operating procedures/records and provides input for safety and health considerations.
• Understands federal and state occupational safety and health regulations and monitors regulatory changes as they occur.
• Provides technical support to corporate and field personnel to ensure compliance with applicable occupational safety and health regulations.
• Audits practices and records of manufacturing plants to ensure compliance with company programs and federal/state occupational safety and health regulations.
• Monitors lost-time injuries/illnesses and worker’s compensation claims.
• Reviews plant safety committee meeting minutes and safety inspection reports and follows up as necessary.
• Reviews injury/illness and noninjury incident investigation reports and follows up as necessary.
• Develop/coordinate SWPs, JSA, and other safety planning documents.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities, though management of the safety program includes directing safety related activities. Also serves as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in a safety science, engineering or equivalent; and/or
• At least five years of previous experience in safety coordinator position or higher.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Duties:Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

We offer our employees a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package and are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

As a leading provider of mechanicaland electrical construction, facilities services, and energy infrastructure,we offer employess a competitive salary and benefits package and we are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and sucess. Equal Oppurtunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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