Safety Coordinator/ Coordinador de Seguridad

Villari Food Group; Warsaw (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Villari Foods is seeking a Safety Coordinator in Warsaw, North Carolina. The role involves conducting audits, ensuring compliance with OSHA standards, and fostering a culture of safety among employees. Ideal candidates will hold an associate degree and be eager to gain experience in the safety field.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Company-paid life insurance

401K

Paid vacation days and holidays

Employee discounts on Villari meat products

Opportunities for employee recognition

Opportunities for promotion from within

Qualifications

• 2 years experience as Safety Coordinator or similar is preferred.
• Strong preference for safety experience in a manufacturing setting is a plus.
• Being bilingual is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct safety meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure compliance.
• Develop and implement safety training programs.
• Monitor employee injuries and work with HR for safety onboarding.

Skills

Attention to detail

Energy

Communication

Education

Associate degree or higher in a related field

OSHA 30-Hour certification

Job description

Are you an experience in safety and looking for a job where your attention to detail and experience can make a difference? Look no further! Villari Foods is currently seeking a Safety Coordinator to join our team in Warsaw, North Carolina.

At Villari Foods the Safety Coordinator will be trained to conduct safety meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure compliance, identify corrective actions, and implement follow-up assessments. Plans/ Implements, and conducts preventative care, safety, and compliance training programs.

The Safety Coordinator will also be trained to ensure safety protocols are being met on the production floor, checking safety barriers/lock-out-tag-out, communicating with management team members regarding safety procedures, trainings, preventing accidents, and ensuring all three facilities meet federal OSHA safety requirements. The Safety Coordinator will be required to walk production areas and facilities on a regular basis to create work orders for a safer work environment for our employees.

This position requires someone who is energetic, outgoing, & strong-willed. At Villari Foods we are looking to give someone an opportunity to gain experience within the safety field. The company is willing to train the right candidate. Villari will provide outside training and resources to gain success within this position as required by state and federal laws.

Job duties:

• Ensure company safety procedures are followed.
• Plan and implement OSHA policies and programs.
• Encourage and maintain high employee involvement in health and safety systems including Villari Foods Safety Audit Requirements.
• Conduct incident investigations including “root cause analysis” for corrective actions.
• Prepare and present reports on accidents and violations and determine causes.
• Identify process bottlenecks and offer timely solutions.
• Responsible for preparing, maintaining, and updating safety policies, procedures, and manuals.
• Ensures compliance with all Health & Safety regulations and keeps updated knowledge of any changes to laws and regulations that impact the organization.
• Contribute to the selection, onboarding, and development of talent, resulting in continuous site-wide alignment with safety.
• Monitor employee injuries and worker’s compensation.
• Work with HR to set up a new employee on-boarding process for safety.
• Build employee relationships and advance safety knowledge and hazard mitigation through coaching, mentoring, training, and employee engagement/empowerment.
• Perform Forklift Training, Hazard Training, Hydration Training, Alcohol & Your job Training, PPE Training, and all other safety-related trainings.
• Drive Health and Safety excellence by developing and implementing risk and compliance management systems.
• Effectively communicate the facility safety vision, strategies, and performance to internal and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate health and safety (H&S) ownership and accountability through the line organization by establishing clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
• Review existing policies and procedures.
• Prepare educational seminars and webinars on a regular basis.
• Develop JSA "Job Safety Analysis” for Villari Foods and The Pork Company.
• Oversee workplace repair, installations, and any other work that could harm employee’s safety.
• Adhere to all the rules and regulations.
• Conduct a risk assessment.
• Enforce preventative measures.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.
  
  

To qualify for this job, you must have:

• Associate degree or higher in the related field.
• OSHA 30-Hour certification
  
  

We’d also love it if you have:

• 2 years experience as Safety Coordinator or similar, but not required.
• Strong preference for safety experience in a manufacturing setting a plus
• Being bilingual is a plus.
  
  

What Villari Foods offers you:

• Medical insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401K
• Paid vacation days and holidays
• Employee discounts on Villari meat products
• Opportunities for employee recognition
• Opportunities for promotion from within; more than 80% of our leaders started in an entry-level position at Villari Foods!
  
  

How Villari Foods is different:

• As a family-owned and operated business, we’re more connected with our team members and truly consider each employee a member of the Villari family.
• We’re a people-focused culture. Team members are not only known but also cared for by peers, leaders, and owners. You aren’t just a number.
• The experience each employee has working at Villari Foods is important to us. That’s why we strive for a better quality of work-life with a slower pace that avoids an eventual burnout.
  
  

Physical requirements and work environment:

The physical demand described here is representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. To perform assigned duties the following will occur: Standing on one's feet for long periods of time, walking, and lifting. The employee is regularly required to sit/stand, reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs on an occasional basis. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to a cold, wet environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually below 85 dB for a time-weighted average of 8 hours.

More about Villari Foods:

Founded in 1925 by Sam Villari, Villari Foods is still a family-owned business with a rich history. As a teenager, Sam came to America from Italy, instilled with the value his native culture placed on pure, good food as an integral part of the family and social life. Today, at Villari Foods, we combine our unwavering commitment to Old World quality with our capacity to keep pace with evolving customer demands – and exceed expectations for great taste, good health, variety, value, convenience, and creativity in the kitchen. With the fourth Villari generation now entering the business, our family remains dedicated to ensuring an exceptional experience for all who enjoy our products.

We offer a wide variety of quality pork and other meat products for retail, food service, and export markets. We understand and are responding to consumer preferences for meat products that are locally sourced, humanely raised, organic, and free of antibiotics, hormones, and steroids. And we’re well known for our smoked products.

As part of Villari Foods, we also have our own livestock and trucking operations, which allows for greater quality control and extraordinary customer service, including superior delivery options. We partner with local farms and are committed to environmental sustainability.

EEO Statement:

Villari Foods is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans’ status, status as a disabled individual, or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.