Safety Specialist

lesueurinc; Le Sueur (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous medical/dental insurance plan

Flexible PTO/UTO policy

401k with company match

Company-paid Short-term disability

Employee assistance plan

Career advancement

Education reimbursement program

Job summary

lesueurinc is seeking a Safety Specialist to drive a safety-first culture across manufacturing operations in Minnesota. You will partner with all departments to assess performance, identify risks, and implement strategies that strengthen processes and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include supervising Safety staff, maintaining OSHA programs, coordinating emergency response, delivering training, and reporting metrics to leadership.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or CSP required.
• Experience delivering safety training (in person and software-based).
• 1+ years of manufacturing experience.
• Ability to obtain forklift and overhead crane certification.
• Ability to obtain EMR certification.
• Ability to read/write English for documentation.

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of Safety/Security staff.
• Maintain, train, audit and improve OSHA-related safety programs.
• Ensure OSHA, Federal and State/Local compliance.
• Coordinate Emergency Response staffing and readiness.
• Develop and administer Safety training.
• Compile OSHA, Safety Program, Training and Work Comp metrics.

Skills

Safety training

OSHA compliance

Incident investigation

Recordkeeping

Emergency response

Forklift operation

Overhead crane operation

Education

Associate Degree in related field

Certified Safety Professional

Bachelor's degree in Safety Management

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel

Job description

Safety Specialist

The Safety Specialist is responsible for fostering an empowered, well-trained safety culture and ensuring a safe workplace for all employees, contractors, and visitors. This role collaborates with and champions safety initiatives across all operations to maximize the effectiveness of the Safety Program, Safety Leadership Team, Safety Committee, managers, and supervisors.

As the organization's safety subject matter expert, the Safety Specialist partners with all departments to assess current safety performance, identify risks and opportunities for improvement, and recommend and implement strategies that strengthen safety processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and promote continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Supervision - Direct supervision of Safety/Security staff.

Safety Management Program - Maintain, train, audit, and continuously improve the effectiveness of all staff involved activities covered by OSHA or LSI Safety Programs.

OSHA, Federal, and State/Local Compliance - Ensure facility is compliant with all OSHA, Federal and State/Local guidelines.

Emergency Response - Maintain, train, audit, and continuously improve the collaboration, professionalism and readiness of Emergency response and directly coordinate all Emergency Response staff at LSI.

Training - Develop and administer Safety training to Ensure all LSI staff are effectively trained (competency based) in all required Safety protocols and policies as illustrated in the Safety Management Plan.

Record Keeping / Administrate / Reporting - Compile all OSHA, Safety Program, Training and Work Comp Metrics, and resulting reports.

Incident Root cause Investigation - Analyzes accident data to identify trends and accident types that can be prevented and generates reports for Safety Leadership Team.

Minimum Requirements:

• Associate Degree in a related field or Certified Safety Professional
• Demonstrated competency developing and delivering Safety Training via in person and software based structure.
• 1 or more years of relevant experience in manufacturing
• Ability to become certified in forklift and overhead crane operation
• Ability to become certified as Emergency Medical Responder
• Ability to become certified in Chemical Handling
• Ability to read and write in English to complete required documentation

Preferred Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Safety Management, Industrial Health and Safety, or a combination of education and relevant work experience.
• 3 or more years safety experience in manufacturing
• Experience with OSHA Recordkeeping Standards and General Industry Standards
• Experience with Investigations, audits, Hazard Recognition, Training, Recordkeeping, and Behavioral Safety

Required Attributes:

• Pro-active leader with consultative and collaborative approach
• Strong administrative skills and strong technical comprehension
• Values-based relationship builderInnate drive to continuously improve
• Naturally builds rapport with LSI staff
• Flexibly responds to needs (on-call) and routinely monitors 24/7 activities
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite products specifically MS excel spreadsheet skills.
• Competent math and report writing skills

Functional Requirements

Routinely able to:

• Carry up to 10 pounds a minimal distance of 100 feet
• Walk multiple distances of up to 300 feet
• Reach forward, less than 90° shoulder flexion
• Sit for prolonged periods of time
• Climb stairs of varying heights
• Bend at trunk
• Crouch
• Reach overhead, over 90° shoulder flexion

Industry Leading Benefits:

• Generous medical/dental insurance plan
• Flexible PTO/UTO policy
• 401k with company match
• Company-paid Short-term disability
• Employee assistance plan
• Career advancement
• Education reimbursement program