Safety Coordinator - Sonoco

From a small family business to a multi-billion dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive. Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

As part of the manufacturing team, you’ll use your skills, the Sonoco safety management system and other tools to improve the safety performance and maintain environmental requirements as prescribed by local, state and federal requirements.  The facility safety coordinator will be responsible for implementation of all Safety, Health and Environmental programs for the facility.  The ideal candidate will be part of the facility leadership team tasked with developing and implementing strategies to continually improve Safety, Health and Environmental performance.

What you’ll be doing:

• Evaluates and enforces site Environmental Health and Safety Programs and ensures compliance with applicable state and federal laws, as well as company policies and procedures.
• Continually trains, educates and refreshes all facility employees on safe work practices, policies, procedures, standards and reporting related to safety, environmental and health.
• Fully supports safety initiatives by direct interface with leadership to address safety concerns.
• Provides safety support, presence and guidance of the overall safety philosophy.
• Assists in the development of the Corporate and Division Safety Management System.
• Researches and prepares safety materials, delivers presentations, and retains records.
• Responsible for updates to track action items generated from safety meetings and audits.
• Oversees safety training including attendance for all on-site personnel to track participation in all OSHA regulatory and facility specific required training.
• Leads post- incident investigations and provides recommendations for sustainable corrective actions.

• Reviews and creates Job Safety Analysis (JSA), One Point Lessons (OPL), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Work Instructions (WI).
• Coordinates safety meeting schedules, agendas, materials and activities.
• Conducts regularly scheduled safety audits.
• Responsible for posting required safety materials including Safety Team meeting minutes and safety inspection and audit results on bulletin boards and ensuring the boards are up to date.
• Assist supervision, as required with all safety related issues
• Will assist in the investigation, corrective action and reporting of all safety related incidents.
• Assist Maintenance to ensure that all installations, guards etc. are done in compliance with applicable regulations.
• Responsible for reviewing all Close Calls and Incident Reports from Incident Report Database and discusses incidents with teammates.
• Assist in obtaining information and assistance from outside organizations.
• Review safety specifications for new equipment, processes or materials with Maintenance and Engineering.

This position is located at our Newport, TN Facility.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• Demonstrated functional/technical knowledge on OSHA regulations safety processes and procedures such as injury/illness recordkeeping, confined space entry, LOTO, and other safety work practices.
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrated oral/written communication skills: presents information and ideas to individuals or groups in an articulate and organized way, appropriate to the audience, and under a wide range of communication situations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with independence.
• Strong problem analysis, judgment and decision-making skills.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills.
• Presentation and training skills required.
• Perform work with minimal errors.
• Ability to maintain a flexible attitude and meet the needs for changing priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Associates Degree
• 2-5 years of related experience.
• OSHA 30-Hour Training, preferred but not required
• Must be proficient in: Microsoft office, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Position requires an ability to communicate through verbal and written methods to all employees and to community and government agency representatives.  Job demands knowledge of computer systems, motivation techniques, and interpersonal relation skills.  Position requires leading group discussions and speaking in public (often to large groups).

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.