Desoto, Kansas
Occupational Health Safety (OHS) Technician #1021367Job Description:
- BELOW Job Profile Summary The OHS Technician III is responsible for the execution of OHS program elements in support of the company’s ISO-45001, Safety Management System (SMS).
- Additionally, this role will be required to maintain active communication with OHS Manager for Commissioning.
Additional Job Description:
Essential Duties:
- Have passion and the right attitude to promote a culture of safety, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement
- Know the layout of the facility and be able to complete duties with no supervision
- Coaching (on the floor) with non-English speaking vendors and technical advisors on regulatory requirements while commissioning equipment.
- Master the OHS processes and confident using OHS equipment (ex: gas monitors, sound meters, etc.), tools, and reporting systems
- Conduct OHS audits and inspection processes relating to eyewash, emergency showers, and fire extinguishers with no supervision
- Competent conducting OHS training; Conduct OHS orientations and on-boarding as needed
- Respond to incidents (injuries, near misses, property damages, etc.), implement containment actions, and gather information for incident investigation purposes
- Able to investigate OHS incidents independently, identify corrective/preventative actions, classify them, and file them properly
- Produce OHS Incident Report and other reports in a consistently high-quality manner
- Have base knowledge of regulatory standards and good industry practices; monitor processes for regulatory compliance
- Ability to create OHS programs or training materials; identify various training needs and assist in creating a thorough training / employee evaluation process
- Partner with production supervisors, managers, and frontline employees to support implementing the setting strategies
- Apply thorough OHS Technician knowledge and skills in specific areas and tasks
- Able to spot, report, and prevent incidents on site; Communicate clearly and interactively with employees and coach them
- Write OHS incident reports, daily, monthly, annually
- Walk various processes and environments; build relationships with employees, supervisors, and managers; become familiar with various machines, equipment, and production processes
- Utilize various Behavior Based Programs to promote proactive solutions
- Support areas across the plant in driving the adoption of 6S practices
- Work effectively and efficiently in both team-based and independent working environments to reduce costs and add value to the organization
- Perform any other tasks that may be assigned by the OHS Manager or Senior OHS Staff
- Proactively identify and act on opportunities to continuously improve
- Perform additional tasks, duties, and responsibilities as assigned by OHS management. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Requirements:
- To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a must and includes equipment such as safety shoes, clean suit, dust mask or respirator, gloves, safety glasses/safety goggles, hair net etc. In some instances, a full Tyvek Suite is required for some areas.
Additional Job Details:
Education:
- Basic/Required: High School Diploma or GED
- Preferred: Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Biology, Chemistry, or related science or technical field from an accredited college or university
Essential Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook)
- Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English
- Have solid listening and communication skills and be adaptable
- Ability to interact and create cohesion with other team members
- Must have the ability to deal with complexity/ambiguity
- Must be personable and exhibit professionalism
Preferred Qualifications:
- Alignment to our seven (7) core principles (contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, gratitude)
Certification(s):
- OSHA 10 hr. 30 certification Physical Demands: Physical Activities: (Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to)
- Sit: 45%
- Walk: 30%
- Stand: 20%
- Lift: 5% Required Lifting and Carrying: (Required frequency is: Not required (0%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%, Continuous (67-100%)
- Up to 10 lbs.: Occasional
- Up to 20 lbs.: Occasional
- Up to 35 lbs.: Occasional
- Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Occasional
Additional Information:
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused, operating in nearly half of the states in the U.S., Europe and India.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
- Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
- Vision
- Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
- Long Term Disability (100% paid)
- Life Insurance (100% paid)
- 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
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