R&I Safety Specialist

The R&I Safety Specialist assists with the R&I safety programs and enforces the compliance requirements as established by Carlisle Construction Materials' Environmental, Health, and Safety (EH&S) department. The incumbent in this position works closely with the R&I Maintenance Supervisor, all personnel in the R&I Center, and EH&S personnel.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducting Awareness Training

• Holding training sessions monthly for both exempt and nonexempt associates

• Organizing and tracking all quarterly training for non-exempt, exempt and maintenance employees

• Conducting Authorization Training

• LOTO, mobile equipment, powered industrial trucks, fall protection, incident investigation, respiratory protection, crane & hoist, confined space, CCM safety handbook, First Aid/CPR & bloodborne pathogens, and ergonomic audits

• Reviewing Good Catches/T3P's weekly

• Review T3P's and address concerns

• Assist in investigating Good Catch findings

• Incident Investigations

• Assisting with Process improvements

• Identifying contributing factors, providing support pictures, and taking witness statements

• Utilizing the 5-whys to solve problems analytically and supporting solutions with A3's

• Submitting/updating incident reports into the safety portal and following up with countermeasures

• Safety Alerts

• Communicate incidents to applicable parties

• Completing safety Gemba's if similar to process/areas in risk assessments

• Maintaining safety alert records and tracking signatures

• Safety Committee Meetings

• Conduct monthly safety committee meetings

• Support safety committee needs by submitting safety improvement work orders

• Lead and coach members on conditions walks and ergonomic assessments

• Develop and conduct safety audit program

• Support environmental compliance performing tasks such as

• Reporting environmental issues to the EH&S manager

• Assisting in ensuring and monitor regulatory issues. (i.e., DNR, EPA, DOT)

• Managing the disposal of hazardous waste, including the necessary documentation

• Maintain SDS books

• Equipment Safety

• Assist/Lead initial safety assessments for new equipment

• Assist with LOTO procedures as needed

Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge:

• Government safety regulations

• Lab specific safety policies

• General Manufacturing/Lab processes

• Skills:

• Group facilitation and leadership

• Computer Operations including the Microsoft Office Suite of Applications

• Problem-Solving and Troubleshooting

• Abilities:

• Communicating effectively with supervisors, management, and other employees in the R&IC

• Interpersonal skills including building relationships and persuading others

• Teaching, Coaching, and Training others using methods that are applicable to the individual's learning style

Working Conditions:

• Primarily temperature and humidity-controlled laboratory setting

• Routinely exposed to office and industrial settings

• Periodically exposed to outdoor environment

• Elevated work and near ceilings

• Airborne dust from processing equipment, cutting equipment, and chemical handling processes

• Exposure to chemicals and chemical processes with prescribed PPE

• Handling and use of numerous chemicals with prescribed PPE

• Hearing protection is occasionally required.

• Pinch hazards associated with moving mechanical parts

• Heavy equipment operation including forklift, hoist, crane, hydraulic lift, etc.

• Explosive hazards associated with numerous solvents

• Electrical hazards associated with numerous energy sources

• Working in environments up to and including Class 1, Division 1 classifications