Regional Safety Specialist

At SpartanNash, we deliver the ingredients for a better life through customer-focused innovation. We do this for our supply chain customers and U.S. military commissaries, retail store guests and, most importantly, our Associates. In fact, we see a day when each will say, “I can’t live without them.”

Our SpartanNash family of Associates is 20,000 strong, ranging from bakery managers to order selectors; from IT developers to vice presidents of finance; from HR Business Partners to export specialists. Each of them plays an integral role in SpartanNash’s People First culture, Operational Excellence and Insights that Drive Solutions. Ready to contribute to the success of our food solutions company? Apply now!

Location:

4067 County Road 130 - Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311-9359

Job Description:

Position Summary:

This role is responsible to provide Environmental, Health & Safety support to multiple retail locations and to maintain, promote and exceed safety standards including Federal, State, and Local compliance requirements. This position will assist with developing and implementing programs to drive a culture of safety at all company locations. 

This travel-oriented role will support a region of company-owned retail stores, primarily located in OH.

Here's what you’ll do: 

• Conduct safety audits and complete audit reports with recommendations for corrective action on findings. Follow-up with Retail Management on audits regarding findings to resolve issues and obtain set standard for audits. 

• Prepare and submit required information to the appropriate agency to include risk management plans, environmental reports, OSHA recordkeeping reports and other reports, as necessary. 

• Investigate accidents and incidents; interact with internal and external contacts as required to include OSHA safety officers during an OSHA inspection. 

• Review, follow-up and maintain safety audit reports and monthly safety minutes, distribute safety audit results, and conduct/oversee internal self-audits and related Environmental Health & Safety tasks.  

• Distribute correspondence on Environmental Health & Safety issues including safety committee minutes and safety awareness information for Retail facilities. 

• Identify Health and Safety training needs and develop materials and courses to meet such training needs. 

• Implement and/or revise Environmental Health & Safety policies/procedures; may participate in the development of new policies and practices. 

• Create and distribute safety materials for use by safety improvement teams, safety representatives and site leadership. 

• Provide safety education and training for Retail associates including powered industrial truck licensing, process safety management, maintenance safety training etc. 

• May be responsible to review and update environmental documents including pollution prevention plans, maintain Michigan underground storage tanks compliance program, and conduct environmental permitting activities, etc. 

• Maintain current knowledge of industry trends and best Safety/Environmental Health practices; make recommendations to improve current programs and processes and to ensure legal compliance. 

• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed. 

Here’s what you’ll need: 

• Technical Degree (preferred) Risk Management, Environmental, Health & Safety or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 

• Three years' experience in Environmental Safety & Health, to include training and auditing for Health & Safety compliance and implementing polices. 

• Environmental Health and Safety Certification preferred. 

• OSHA certification or training preferred.

• Must have general knowledge of OSHA