Safety Coordinator

Your Job

Do you aspire to leverage and further develop your skills and lead a team to excellence in safety, efficiency, and quality? Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Safety Coordinator in Tacoma, WA. Under the direction of the facility's Safety Manager, the Safety Coordinator will play an integral role in supporting the facility's efforts to reduce critical risks and hazards, improve processes, identify potential gaps, and ensure safety and health standards are adhered to. If you think this is the perfect job for you, read below for details to apply!

Our Team

Our Tacoma facility has a rich history of producing gypsum wallboards for various customers. Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top building product suppliers to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com

What You Will Do

• Maintain a strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety PPE

• Promote a safety culture with all team members to help the Tacoma facility embrace and achieve our Path to Zero Safety Strategy

• Provide coaching and mentoring to facilitate safety ownership on the production floor

• Provide support in developing, improving, and implementing training systems to meet facility needs

• Coordinate the compliance system model at the site, assisting employees in developing and implementing fundamental safety programs (critical hazards)

• Conduct or assist in incident investigations involving high-potential events or conditions

• Perform hazard identification risk assessments and evaluate existing and future equipment, processes, and operations risks

• Conduct Safety & Health training for employees, contractors, etc., as required and needed

• Lead corrective action development and completion for identified gaps

• Assist in managing online safety tools, including TRAX, Action Plan Tracker, ISNetworld, Change Management, SpheraCloud, etc.

• Ensure that new hires undergo comprehensive safety training during the onboarding process using company safety standards

• Work a flex schedule to provide safety guidance to the on/off shifts as needed

• Travel less than 10%

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Two (2) or more years of safety administrative experience OR Educational Program in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Engineering

• Experience using Microsoft Office suite

• Experience managing multiple projects/initiatives at once, prioritizing appropriately

• High School diploma

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Engineering

• Knowledge of federal and state safety regulatory requirements

• Experience with OSHA regulations

• Gypsum process or Georgia Pacific experience

• Experience as a Compliance System Owner (CSO) or CSO team member

• Experience using TRAX, GoCanvas, Save My Life app, and Microsoft SharePoint

For this role, we anticipate paying $80,000 - $95,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.