Team Leader Safety

Title: Team Leader Safety

               

Location: Richland, WA

               

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

               

Reporting to the Plant Sr. Safety and Health Manager, this position is considered a preparatory leadership position in which to demonstrate the skills and abilities to take the role of a future safety manager opening. Additionally, the Safety Team Leader may be required to participate in specific development projects outside their respective assigned safety function (Expected that this role would spend some initial time in a production role to learn about the various equipment, the manufacturing process, and leadership roles). This position functions autonomously to lead and implement safety programs at a large food manufacturing location.

Job Description

• Carries out the duties of the Sr. Safety and Health Manager as delegated
• Participates in cross-functional teams to ensure effective implementation of safety initiatives and process
• Supports management in the implementation of relevant safety processes and procedures and the daily execution of related activities
• Supports each department to maintain compliance with applicable regulations consistent with company safety and health standards
• Schedules and leads training activities aimed at compliance to regulatory and company EHSS standards with the ability to work various shifts occasionally to deliver training as assigned
• Leads/supports employee driven EHS Pillar Team and Key Concepts of Safety efforts as assigned
• Owns the execution of technical objectives related to assigned responsibilities.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. in safety or closely related field (e.g., Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Mgmt., Security, Nursing).
• Prefer some work/intern experience in an industrial or food manufacturing setting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent relationship and team-building skills
• Excellent WORD, EXCEL, OUTLOOK and SHAREPOINT skills needed

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

               

Job Requisition ID: Req-256656

               

Time Type: Full time

               

Anticipated Close Date: 03/18/2025