Safety Specialist

Health & Safety Specialist 

Reporting to the EHS Manager, the primary responsibility of the Health & Safety Specialist is to be the primary contact for EHS efforts in one or more business areas (distribution, manufacturing, technical service, and/or facilities, etc.). Primarily, the support will include addressing EHS concerns/questions, facilitating corrective actions, performing risk assessments, conducting training, participating on investigation teams, documenting standards and programs, analyzing and reporting on trends, assisting with worker’s compensation, and regulatory reporting. You will work with EHS and site management teams and assist as needed to standardize across all sites in the Americas. You will work with teams that are passionate about protecting the safety and well-being of employees and protecting our environment.  

Let’s talk about Responsibilities 
 

• Comply with ResMed Safety Policies and Procedures 

• Regular attendance, timeliness and scheduling flexibility 

• Ensure and evaluate site adherence to ResMed policies and programs 

• Ensure compliance to OSHA standards, such as Lockout Tagout, Hazard Communication, and Machine guarding.  

• Conduct risk assessments / Job Hazard Analysis 

• Conduct site wide trainings on ResMed safety policies and procedures 

• Conduct new hire/visitor safety orientation 

• Assist with safety program development and documentation 

• Manages inputs/updates to safety database and document control systems 

• Assist site management in completion of incident reports and investigations 

• Develop job-specific safety training to meet site needs 

• Provide technical advising in support of Safety Team activities  

• Advise and support First Responder Team activities 

• Maintain safety records  

• Maintain and promote near miss reporting programs 

• Manage site SDS library 

• Analyze injury and near miss trends 

• Conduct site inspections/audits 

• Lead safety gemba walks and address findings with site management 

• Maintain data to support tracking of weekly and monthly EHS metrics 

• Other responsibilities as assigned by management 

• Assist EHS Manager with programs for Distribution, Manufacturing, Technical Service, and office operations in the Americas 

• Support distribution wellbeing initiatives