Safety Technician - Monticello, AR

Tri-Lakes Services, Inc.; Monticello (AR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Tri-Lakes Services, Inc. seeks a Safety Specialist to promote a culture of safety across mill operations in Arkansas. You will enforce OSHA and MSHA rules, provide technical assistance, and coach crews to reduce injuries.

Responsibilities include audits, JSA management, PPE enforcement, tool inspections, incident investigations, and safety training. Strong analytical skills and bilingual English/Spanish a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in safety field preferred or 3–5 years construction field safety experience.
• OSHA 30 certification.
• Technical knowledge in ES&H policy, work planning, hazard identification and control.
• Must be detail oriented with strong analytical skills.
• Ability to prioritize when presented with multiple tasks.
• Bilingual proficiency in English/Spanish is a plus

Responsibilities

• Follow ALL OSHA, company, and job site safety rules.
• Provide technical assistance and coaching to employees.
• Ensure personnel wear required safety equipment.
• Educate and correct PPE infractions.
• Perform hand and power tool inspections.
• Assure safe working environment by weekly safety and housekeeping audits.
• Perform hazard identification and mitigation observations.
• Assist with ES&H audits and assessments.
• Ensure JSAs are performed and follow OSHA standards.
• Audit, track, and organize Job Safety Analysis (JSA).
• Submit safety audits on maintenance tasks during mill operations, shutdowns, and outages.
• Inspect confined spaces, hot work permits, and site compliance.
• Manage and conduct Toolbox Talks for crews.
• Create lessons learned and best practices with construction team.
• Assist with evacuation checklist backup.
• Participate in incident investigations.
• Issue equipment as needed.
• Assist with training and orientation.
• Alert Safety Manager of dangerous conditions.
• Calibrate equipment and inventory used in air monitoring.
• Perform fit tests for respirators and gas monitoring.
• Educate personnel on fire extinguishers and hot work procedures.

Skills

Coaching

Hazard identification

Analytical skills

Safety compliance

Auditing

Task prioritization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in safety field

OSHA 30 certification

3-5 years construction safety experience

Job description

Candidate will assist in maintaining a safety culture within the company to eliminate injuries, reduce worker's compensation costs, improve safety performance and awareness, and sustain compliance with OSHA and MSHA regulations.

• Must Follow ALL OSHA, company, and job site safety rules


• Must be able to provide technical assistance and coaching to employees


• Ensure personnel wear required safety equipment


• Educate and correct PPE infractions


• Perform hand and power tool inspections


• Assure safe working environment on mill property by conducting weekly safety and housekeeping audits


• Perform constant observation of surroundings to identify hazards and mitigate those hazards


• Provide support during ES&H audits and assessments


• Assure JSA's are performed and follow company and OSHA standards


• Audit, track, and organize Job Safety Analysis (JSA)


• Perform and submit all safety audits on assigned maintenance tasks during mill operations, shutdowns and outages to Safety/HR Manager


• Inspect confined spaces, hot work permits and work site compliance


• Manage and conduct all aspects of \"Toolbox Talks\" for crews


• Create lessons learned and best practices with construction team


• Backup for evacuation checklist


• Participate in all incident investigations


• Issue equipment as needed


• Assist with training and orientation


• Assist with any safety concerns as needed


• Alert Safety Manager and/or Safety Coordinator of any dangerous conditions


• Perform calibration of equipment and inventory used in conducting air monitoring


• Perform fit test for respirators and gas monitoring


• Educate personnel on the use of fire extinguishers and hot work procedures

• Bachelor's Degree in a safety related field preferred and/or minimum of 3-5 years of construction field safety experience


• OSHA 30 certification


• Technical knowledge and competencies appropriate to position such as ES&H Policy, work planning, and hazard identification and control


• Must have well developed analytical skills


• Experience in establishing and monitoring performance goals, targets, objectives and milestones


• Experience in planning and conducting investigations, assessments, and casual analyses that lead to effective and efficient solutions


• Must be detail oriented


• Ability to prioritize when presented with multiple tasks


• Competent person training in Scaffolding, Fall Protection, Trenching, Confined Space, and/or Mobile Equipment is a plus


• Bilingual proficiency in English Spanish translation is a plus