Safety Coordinator

Richland County; Sidney (MT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Richland County is seeking a Safety Coordinator to supervise and manage employee safety operations in the Employee Safety Management Department.

The role ensures regulatory compliance by inspecting facilities, investigating safety issues, and promoting safety initiatives.

Qualifications

• Requires knowledge of and ability to apply occupational health and safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to analyze and interpret safety data and regulations, and communicate findings clearly.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and manage the Employee Safety Management Department operations.
• Inspect facilities and operations to identify hazards and ensure compliance with safety laws and standards.
• Oversee safety investigations and accident prevention programs; manage data and records (e.g., OSHA reports).
• Prepare and manage the department budget and maintain proper accounting records.

Skills

Safety management

Regulatory compliance

Budget management

Investigations

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety or Industrial Hygiene

Associate’s degree + 4 years related experience

Job description

Work Unit Overview

The Employee Safety Management Department is responsible for the administration and maintenance of the County’s Safety Program and Safety Policies. The mission of the Department is to protect County employees and to ensure that all employees have a safe workplace.

Job Summary

The Safety Coordinator supervises and manages employee safety operations and functions for the County according to departmental policies and applicable rules and laws to promote safe workplaces. Duties include ensuring regulatory compliance by inspecting, investigating safety, and environmental conditions. Duties also include analyzing, developing, and recommending new and improved safety initiatives, procedures, and programs to promote awareness of workplace health and safety throughout the County.

Essential Functions (Major Duties or Responsibilities)

These duties are the essential functions and are not all-inclusive of all duties that the incumbent performs.

• Plan, coordinate and manage the operations of the Employee Safety Management Department including regulatory functions and the other roles the department serves with efficiency and in accordance with rules and laws.
• Survey the County’s facilities, programs, and operations to determine hazards, and risks by conducting formalized inspections of job sites, building facilities, equipment and vehicles, and other assigned areas for compliance with safety laws, rules, regulations, and industry-related standards. Make recommendations to correct unsafe conditions. Evaluate safety programs, and fire protection programs to ensure maximum effectiveness.
• Oversee, direct, and perform safety investigations, accident prevention, and safety programs for the County. Coordinate and oversee data and records management functions to ensure accessibility, security, and accuracy of essential program data (e.g., OSHA reports, and reports needed by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry).
• Prepare the budget for the Employee Safety Management Department, manage the budget to ensure that expenditures are properly controlled in order to conform to approved funding levels, and maintain proper accounting procedures and records administration for all budget-related matters.

Non-Essential Functions

• Perform other duties as assigned including but not limited to conducting training sessions for supervisors and employees, New Employee Orientation (safety basics), managing special projects, attending meetings.
• Attend conferences, workshops, and training to gather information and receive instruction on new trends in employee safety coordinate efforts with external partners.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• The job involves sitting for extended periods of time, walking, bending, stooping, and lifting books and files.
• Work may include extended periods of time viewing a computer monitor and operating a keyboard.
• Employee must be able to maneuver in tight places such as the crawl space under a building, climb ladders, step over obstacles, and step on and off machinery, etc.
• Must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.
• Work may include both indoor and outdoor activity where employee is exposed to elements of nature: cold, hot, rain, snow, sleet, ice, etc.
• Employee may be exposed to hazardous chemicals, smoke, or potentially hazardous or volatile situations.

Supervision Exercised

This position will supervise any staff allocated to the Employee Safety Management Department.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The job requires knowledge of skill evaluating programs, policies and procedures; analyzing, interpreting, and communicating complex information related to employee safety practices; and establishing effective working relationships with staff, elected officials, directors/managers. The job requires the ability to use principle of inductive and deductive reasoning to validate conclusions and define and select alternatives; rationalize and project the consequences of decisions and/or recommendations; formulate policies and plan, coordinate, and initiate actions necessary to implement decisions; interact with personnel at all organizational levels and on occasion function in stressful situations requiring persuading and negotiating; initiate, plan, and complete work assignments with a minimum of direction and control so that objectives, procedures and policies are accomplished in an efficient and economical way.

Education and Experience

The job requires education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety or Industrial Hygiene. Equivalencies include an associate’s degree with coursework in, safety, industrial hygiene, and/or other related courses and four (4) years of related experience.

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