Safety Coordinator

Safety success requires the consistent commitment of people across the organization holding themselves to the highest standards of excellence. Everything we do starts with our vision of safety excellence, which details our goals and the key approaches necessary for achieving success. The Safety Coordinator plays a critical role in helping the site to achieve this success. Although the Safety Coordinator’s performance relies on several factors, much depends on clearly defining their roles and responsibilities. The Safety Coordinator is a developmental role; as such, there is considerable overlap with Safety Manager roles and responsibilities. The Safety Coordinator reports to the site Safety Manager, with a dotted line to the regional Safety Liaison who will assist with their professional growth and development. The following general responsibilities have been established for the Safety Coordinator role and should be reflected in the Safety Coordinator’s PMP. Primary Responsibilities: - Work with the site Safety Manager to develop, implement, review, and continuously improve site safety and health programs to ensure compliance with company, federal, and state/provincial regulations. - Perform administrative duties of the safety department (e.g., SEEDS data entry, create/maintain training records, input to monthly safety scorecard, maintain employee involvement tracking, etc.). - Participate in periodic internal audits of the safety and health program, report findings, and assist in implementing corrective actions, as needed. - Partner with site leadership and associates to reduce risk, injuries, illnesses, and meet compliance obligations. - Spend quality time on the floor building relationships, learning the process, products, and equipment and observing behaviors/conditions. - Participate in safety inspections, paired safety observations, and audits to determine if physical conditions and behaviors align with WY and regulatory requirements. Own at least one section of the company safety audit for the site. - Assist in the development and execution of site risk-based safety plans and tracking plan action items to completion. Partner with the site Safety Manager for approval by the site Safety Liaison of the risk-based safety plan. - Lead/participate in timely incident investigations to ensure high quality, identification of root causes, and application of appropriate corrective actions to prevent recurrence of similar incidents. - Assist with the safety onboarding process, introducing site-specific safety policies and procedures, Weyerhaeuser, and business safety standards, and facilitating safety compliance training. - Become knowledgeable of federal, state/provincial, and company safety and health requirements applicable to your location. - Partner with leadership and associates to respond to health and safety concerns and ideas. Close the loop and follow up. - Assist site teams in developing, reviewing, and updating written safety procedures such as JSAs, SOPs and machine-specific lockout procedures. - Assist the Safety Manager implement all aspects of the site industrial hygiene (IH) program including periodic air and noise monitoring, chemical management, hearing conservation, respiratory protection, etc. - Maintain a high standard of confidentiality regarding personal, protected health information (work-related injury/illness records, personal IH monitoring results, hearing testing, etc.). - Act as the site safety contact during the absence of the site Safety Manager.