Onsite Safety Lead – Food Processing & Compliance

Northline Seafoods; Bellingham (WA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Northline Seafoods in Bellingham, WA seeks a proactive Safety Coordinator to support a safe, compliant and prevention-focused workplace across production, sanitation, maintenance, QA, warehouse and facility operations.

You will lead safety training, inspections, incident investigations, and coordinate with teams to promote a strong safety culture and ensure safe work practices facility-wide.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Two years of experience in safety, manufacturing, food processing, maintenance, construction, or related industrial environment preferred.
• Working knowledge of OSHA and/or Washington State workplace safety requirements preferred.
• Proficiency with email, spreadsheets, and word-processing programs; electronic recordkeeping systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine safety inspections of production areas, warehouses, freezers, docks, maintenance spaces, and employee facilities; document findings and track corrective actions to completion.
• Maintain safety programs, procedures, records, postings, training documentation, and required reports as per OSHA, WA L&I, fire code, and company requirements.
• Lead new-hire orientation, toolbox talks, refresher training, and instruction in PPE, lockout/tagout, hazard communication, machine guarding, forklift safety, emergency response, ergonomics, and cold-environment safety.
• Investigate injuries, near misses, chemical exposures, and property damage; identify root causes, recommend corrective actions, and monitor trends while maintaining confidentiality.
• Monitor safe practices around seafood-processing machinery, conveyors, vacuum-packaging equipment, freezers, forklifts, sanitation chemicals, wet floors, and energized equipment.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness, evacuation drills, and inspections of eyewash stations, showers, extinguishers, first-aid supplies, spill kits, exits, and ammonia-refrigeration response readiness.
• Review contractor and project safety requirements for equipment installation, electrical, refrigeration, welding, rigging, hot work, confined spaces, and elevated work.
• Prepare safety metrics and reports, participate in safety and management meetings, and support continuous improvement without unnecessarily disrupting production.

Skills

OSHA knowledge

Safety inspections

Communication skills

Documentation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Email & Office tools

Spreadsheet software

Word processing

Job description

Northline Seafoods in Bellingham, WA seeks a proactive Safety Coordinator to support a safe, compliant and prevention-focused workplace across production, sanitation, maintenance, QA, warehouse and facility operations.

You will lead safety training, inspections, incident investigations, and coordinate with teams to promote a strong safety culture and ensure safe work practices facility-wide.