E A Sween Company Hiring for SAFETY & TRAINING COORDINATOR Job at Eden Prairie, MN Full Time

We are always looking for talented, hardworking people to join the E.A. Sween family. We are a family-oriented company that understands the significance of our employees and we are successful because of our incredibly committed team. We are looking for a Safety & Training Coordinator to Join our Team!

E.A. Sween is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority/Female/Veteran/Disability.

Role Summary:

This is a critical dual role, within Operations, focused on working with Leadership to develop and improve a positive production floor TRAININGand SAFETYenvironment.

Expected to drive continuous improvement in both realms and continually seek to improve work processes.

This position reports into the Training Manager, with a dotted line into the Sr. Director of Operations.

• Champion change management and awareness programs to drive safety, better adherence to new processes and promote a strong safety culture.

• Work with leadership to develop a strategy to improve and support a positive training culture

Work closely with manufacturing leadership and external safety partners to evaluate existing processes and identify opportunities for improvements.

Essential Functions of the Role (Primary Areas):

TRAINING

• Demonstrated ability to influence and teach others.
• Knowledge of techniques and philosophies of adult education
• Previous experience in preparing materials and/or tracking training progress

• Maintain records of training and development activities, completion, results of assessments, and retraining requirements in the LMS
• Conduct classroom training for employees in various production functions
• Work with OJT Trainers, Line Controllers, and Leads to develop an effective training strategy to cultivate and maximize learning
• Facilitate & co-lead safety training modules, hands on demonstrations, verification, and testing of safe and proper use of equipment.
• Trainings may include but not limited to: train-the-trainer certifications- LOTO, Confined Space, etc.; CPR First Aid Instructor; SAIL review, annual OSHA/safety training and individual coaching.

SAFETY

• Knowledge of OSHA standards and regulations, environmental regulations, and plant safety.
• Formulate general safety policies and procedures, in partnership with internal and external partners, to be followed by company and plant personnel
• Inspect manufacturing operations to identify existing or potential accident, health, and environmental concerns and initiate corrective or preventive measures where needed.
• Maintain Safety program, training materials, records, audits, logs and SDS sheets
• Lead accident and injury investigation process with Managers/Supervisor (root cause analysis, reporting, follow-up and partnering with HR as it relates to WC).
• Ensure reporting of KPI’s and coordinate training, corrective actions and evaluations on improvements needed.
• Lead the facility safety committee meetings, documents action items, ongoing issues, and resolutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5+ years of experience in relevant areas
• Excellent facilitation, written and oral communication, interpersonal and organizational skills; detail oriented.
• Experience providing training to workers and adult learners, using popular education/interactive approaches
• Ability to work effectively with diverse groups at all levels and develop healthy working relationships.
• Must demonstrate leadership quality and be able to work with minimal supervision
• Strong technology skills to include proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and complete tasks/projects in accordance with stated deadlines
• Able to work in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment
• Adhere to all quality, food safety, and plant safety standards within the department

Preferred Qualification (if Applicable):

• Bachelor’s degree or other relevant industry experience
• Bi-lingual with the prominent language for the region is a plus (Spanish, Hmong, etc.)
• RedZone and Tableau a plus

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

This is a combination of office/desk environment, using a computer and phone (50%) and 50% on the floor work. This involves standing and moving within refrigerated production rooms under 50°F

• Some exposure to work in the warehouse and outside environments, temperatures range from 20-100 degrees.
• Ability to regularly lift up to 15 lbs. and occasionally lift up to 30 lbs.
• Ability to stand, bend, turn, reach, pull and push.

• Must be able to work additional hours as needed, with includes some nights and weekends as our company operates 24/7.
• Must be able to work additional hours as needed.
• Able to travel 30% of the time or as needed
• Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration
• Flexible schedule (1st, 2nd, & 3rd shifts)