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Physical Demands and Work Environment:
• Regularly required to walk, stand, and sit; all often for long periods of time.
• Occasionally required to bend, kneel, crouch, stoop, climb, balance, or crawl.
• Regularly required to lift and / or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally exposed to heights in excess of 10 feet off the ground.
• Required to have bilateral 20/30 or better vision, either corrected or uncorrected, and color vision.
• Regularly exposed to moving machinery, equipment, and mechanical parts.
• Regularly exposed to hot, cold, wet, dry, and dusty environments.
• Occasionally required to spend up to several hours at a time outdoors, regardless of weather conditions.
• Routinely exposed to high decibel and high pitch noise (hearing protection provided and required).
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
Job duties:
• Assist the Safety Manager in planning, implementing, and maintaining the various safety and environmental programs necessary to the functions of Girtz Industries.
• Teach new hire orientation courses that include various topics relevant to Safety, Environmental, and Quality Management Systems.
• Provide ongoing safety, environmental, and quality training opportunities for all employees.
• Write or assist in writing Procedures, Work Instructions, and Forms; including those not directly related to Safety or Environmental practices.
• Research and recommend changes to the Safety and Environmental Management Systems; including policy changes and documentation updates.
• Research and recommend hazard elimination or substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment.
• Answer inquiries, based on available research and data, for other employees, contractors, management, auditors, regulators, and the general public on all matters related to safety and environmental protection.
• Assist in management of certain inventories, including but not limited to; personal protective equipment, fire extinguishers, absorbents, hazardous wastes, non-hazardous wastes, and universal wastes.
• Make routine patrols of the entire property, observing for and taking action on safety, security, and environmental concerns.
• Respond to emergency situations and takes appropriate action to mitigate negative consequences. This may include responses to fires, medical emergencies, security threats, hazardous substance spills, and others.
• May be required to act as an Incident Commander, in the absence of certain members of management.
• May be required to respond to after-hours burglary or fire alarm activations.
• May be required to perform other duties, as assigned.
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