Safety Specialist

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

Job summary

Le Sueur Incorporated is seeking a Safety Specialist to cultivate a proactive safety culture across manufacturing operations. You will partner with managers and supervisors to strengthen the Safety Program and drive continuous improvement.

As the safety expert, you will assess performance, identify risks, and implement strategies that ensure regulatory compliance and effective incident prevention, training, and documentation across the site.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or CSP preferred.
• Experience delivering safety training (in person and software-based).
• 1+ years in manufacturing safety roles.

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of Safety/Security staff.
• Maintain, train, audit, and improve OSHA-related safety programs.
• Ensure facility compliance with OSHA, Federal and State/Local guidelines.
• Coordinate Emergency Response staff and readiness.
• Develop and administer Safety training and policies.
• Compile OSHA, program, training and workers' comp metrics and reports.
• Analyze incident data and generate root-cause reports for leadership.

Skills

Safety Leadership

OSHA Compliance

Training Delivery

Incident Investigation

Recordkeeping

Excel Proficient

Education

Associate degree

Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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.

• 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 builder
• Innate 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