Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator

Elite Comfort Solutions, a Leggett & Platt Company, is comprised of hardworking individuals dedicated to delivering innovative, high-quality foam products for the bedding and furniture markets and beyond.  With locations around the globe, we offer a world of opportunities in areas such as business, information technology, and manufacturing.

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

 

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

 

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

 

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

 

Bedding

 

The world leader in bedding technology.

 

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

 

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

 

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

Job Summary: This position will assist in the development and execution of a strong EHS conscience throughout the operation.  Support the development, coordination and execution of training programs.  Provide full time environmental health and safety support to the operations and will ensure that all practices are in compliance.

 

Qualifications, Knowledge, Education & Experience: Must be at least 18 years of age to perform this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Practice safe working techniques and re-inforce the safety policies, guidelines, and procedures as set out by the company.
• Understand, support, implement, and enforce compliance to all company safety policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Improve plant wide overall safety and environmental conscience by strengthening EHS Compliance and Culture and then living it.
• Ensure that every employee has a safe work environment, free from recognized hazards.
• Promote and encourage safe work habits and the immediate communication of unsafe conditions.
• Ensure legislative compliance with OSHA, EPA, and Fire Codes.
• Interpret company policies to workers and enforce safety regulations.
• Provide new hire, regular, annual, spot and on-going safety training.
• Maintain Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and participate in HazCom training initiatives.
• Perform facility walk-throughs on a regular basis conducting assessments on ways to increase safety.
• Complete regular checks on safety equipment.
• Investigate and maintain records for all work related injuries and/or illnesses, provide statistical analysis, and assist department management in the development of effective health and safety counter-measures to continuously improve safety objectives.
• Participate in Accident Investigations as required and correct unsafe conditions in a prudent and timely manner.
• Look for and identify ways to increase safety and productivity simultaneously.
• Maintain a personal follow-up checklist to manage project progression.
• Focus on immediate containment of issues followed by long-term solutions to issues.
• Be a visible leader.

 

Education:

• Associates Degree (preferred)

 

Experience:

• Health and Safety experience in a manufacturing facility (preferred)
• Maintenance expe