Safety Coordinator

This position is hourly and is Monday-Friday from 12:00pm-8:00pm.

The Safety Coordinator takes ownership of promoting and sustaining an injury-free workplace by leading initiatives that train, support, and empower employees at all levels. This role encourages active participation in safety programs and drives continuous improvement of plant processes to ensure a culture of health, safety, and operational excellence.

• Lives the Owens Corning Safety Standard “Safer Together” and meets all safety requirements. Safety is a condition of employment.
• Complies with all plant rules and safety regulations.
• Take personal ownership to work safely and hold other team members to the same high standards of safety.
• Communicates safety concerns and/or equipment problems/abnormalities to appropriate personnel, maintaining strong communication with the appropriate asset operators to ensure immediate action is taken for product out of spec.
• Notify supervisor immediately of any accident, near miss or on-the-job injury when it occurs, no matter how insignificant it may seem.
• Participates in the safety, quality, Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and housekeeping programs as established within the plant; including but not limited to Focused Improvement Events, Safety Committee, Training, etc.
• Performs job tasks to reduce environmental impact and adheres to the environmental regulations and recycling procedures for waste disposal.
• Understands and ensures compliance with our Lock Tag Try system.  Respect for the potential hazards within the manufacturing operation.  Training and regular auditing of the process.

TPM

• Participates in plant TPM initiatives

Job Duties

As training and experience facilitate: 

• Understands the critical nature of personal leadership by example and uses his/her own personal level of high engagement to encourage others. The Safety Coordinator will demonstrate a sincere desire to be a part of our team, our efforts, and our goals.
• Provides safety training to new hires.
• Update and maintain LTT program.
• Write JHA’s and Standard Work and train others
• All other duties as assigned or needed

Other 

• Demonstrates flexibility to changing priorities as business needs dictate.
• Identify and participate, proactively, in learning opportunities, and develop expertise in those areas.
• Follow standard operating procedures and processes.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The employee should hold the following skills and abilities:

• Has the ability to train others in specific safety and environmental tasks.
• Understands and ensures compliance with our regulatory and corporate standards. 
• Demonstrates a positive work ethic 
• Demonstrated ability to identify and report safety issues.  
• Must be able to work independently or in a team atmosphere with minimal direct supervision  
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task while having a high attention to detail 
• Basic mathematics skills 
• Able to effectively communicate (read, write, speak, understand) English 

COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE COMPETENCIES

• Able to effectively use Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent required.
• Prior manufacturing experience is helpful

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Must:
  • Be at least 18 years old.
  • Remain drug free.

• Have work schedule flexibility (possible rotating shifts; mandatory overtime).
• Be able to work in an enviornment as follows: 
  
  • Extreme temperature variation.
  • Sounds or noise levels that may be uncomfortable (hearing protection is provided).
  • Prolonged sitting, standing, walking, and/or using full upper / lower body movement for process.
• While wearing applicable / mandatory  PPE.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position.  Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties.  All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.  To perform this job successfully, the incumbents(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.  Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.  The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities. 

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

About Owens Corning  

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com. 

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.