Safety Specialist

Company & Culture: 

At GT’s Living Foods, we’re more than just a company – we’re a community passionate about creating a healthier, happier world. Over the last 30 years we’ve built a culture of inclusivity and authenticity, where our shared values create an environment that inspires you to do your best while achieving meaningful results. Our mission to transform health and happiness through potent, living foods has established us as the #1 Kombucha brand and a leader in the Health & Wellness space.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety Management, Occupational Safety & Health, or CSP certified 
• 2+ years of job-related experience
• Flexible scheduling to include nights and weekends
• Bi-lingual; speak, read & write Spanish fluently
• Proficiency with SharePoint, Word, Excel, Power-Point
• Current OSHA 10 & 30

Job Description:

The Safety Specialist will be responsible of providing guidance in the development, administration, and implementation of safety programs that result in a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides administrative and technical advice to both management and employees.
• Ensures compliance with all Federal, State & local laws and regulations.
• Reviews, updates, and communicates safety procedures.
• Promotes employee safety awareness by coordinating and facilitating engaging training.
• Executes tactical strategy of Company Safety Program.
• Collects and interprets data from job-hazard analyses.
• Conducts investigations and reports to management safety trends.
• Key stakeholder in Department Safety Committees.
• Manages incentive programs and serves as the Safety Officer during emergency situations.
• Makes recommendations on disciplinary action to management to drive a safety culture of accountability.
• Promotes wellness and positive behaviors through a meaningful recognition program.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Communicates effectively with the ability to facilitate training to a wide variety of audiences.
• Partners collaboratively with key stakeholders across the business to get buy-in on safety programs.
• Strong decision-making ability and consistently demonstrates sound judgment.
• Ability to position self as credible and influence without authority.