Safety Coordinator

From a small family business to a multi-billion dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive. Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

While reporting to the Plant Manager, you will own the overall framework of the plant safety programs, guiding the plant to a high level in safety culture with employee ownership. You will be responsible for leading, creating, implementing, and maintaining the safety programs to ensure the highest possible degree of safety for employees and experiences to our customers throughout the facility.

Day to day responsibilities: 

• Leading our one-page safety plan ensuring employee engagement in Safety Hour, Participation, R3, compliance and audit completion of LCEs, TTA and TSA audits.
• Leading the plant in achieving a sustainable safety culture through effective implementation of the plant’s safety processes and initiatives.
• Directing the activities of the Plant Safety Leadership team
• Focus on risk and incident reduction through a behavior modification and observation program
• Coaching others on incident investigation, plant auditing, and training
• Ensuring compliance of OSHA, EPA, and GA-EPD requirements through functional knowledge of these department regulations
• Working with business unit, plant floor, and leadership teams to identify and implement safety and health improvement opportunities based on employee feedback, observations, best practices, and data trends
• Providing leadership and project management for specific projects, initiatives, and business processes needed to drive safety performance
• Developing and maintaining policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulations and guidelines
• Ensuring adequate recordkeeping and report filing for compliance
• Interfacing with regulatory agencies, committee members and staff to formulate corrective actions
• Investigating and evaluating new equipment and ensuring appropriate safeguards are in place
• Executing the plant strategic and operating plans to ensure environmental and safety compliance while improving overall operating results
• Providing urgent response to operational issues 24/7, including case management of safety incidents and environmental upset conditions.
• Interfacing with the corporate EH&S team to execute Sonoco initiatives and actively participating in the company-wide EH&S network
• Serving as an active member of the Division Safety Coordinators team, partnering with other leaders to discuss and resolve non-routine issues and challenges
• Other duties as required

• Some level of travel required.
   

what you witll bring to this role:

• Good analytical skills
• Proven leadership abilities
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Lean six sigma experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel.
• 2-years working in a Manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• 4-year degree in technical discipline or minimum of 7+ years working in a manufacturing setting leading quality initiatives and programs.

• Experience with project management
• Previous experience working across multi functions and lines of business
• Proficiency with Vizio, MS Project, Share Point, SPC Software and Agile.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.