Job Description
Safety & Training Coordinator
Are you a self-motivated safety professional ready to make a facility-wide impact at a state-of-the-art medical device sterilization plant? Do you thrive where hands-on leadership, compliance, and continuous improvement intersect? If so, we'd love to meet you.
We're looking for a Safety & Training Coordinator who will take the lead on facility training, support safety and regulatory excellence, and help shape a high-performing culture rooted in accountability, growth, and innovation.
You must be Operator Certified within 6 months of hire. This is a hands-on role that requires strong ownership and initiative, with direct influence across every function at the facility.
What You'll Do
Be the driver of continuous improvement
- Collaborate with leadership on new ideas for training, safety, and operational excellence
- Champion the site's 6S program: schedule safety audits, train employees, and drive issue resolution
- Plan and manage an engaging, creative, and meaningful annual Safety Week
Lead training strategy and execution
- Design, deliver, and track training for all employees and contractors: operator certification, SCBA, respirators, forklift, emergency response, and more
- Maintain training records, facilitate re-certifications, and lead oral boards
- Respond to needs arising from safety audits, safety observations, and quality events with targeted training initiatives
Own the boots-on-the-ground safety program
- Serve as the facility's Safety Officer and lead the safety committee
- Perform daily walkthroughs, correct hazards, and log issues in Velocity
- Support EHS programs, lead inspections, manage the driver program, and ensure compliance with confined space, hot work, and SCBA safety protocols
- Ensure emergency equipment is maintained and monthly safety checklists are completed
- Lead respirator fit testing and EO monitoring physical tracking
- Manage the EHS publications program, including the annual update and audit process
- Serve as a backup for EHS startup planning and Velocity entry for incidents
Ensure the right tools and compliance are always in place
- Manage safety supply vendors (e.g., Cintas), place purchase orders, and coordinate hands-on training logistics
- Track compliance certifications and encourage employee growth through external certifications (e.g., CPR, OSHA, EPA)
- Ensure SCBA tank air compressor compliance and DOT standards for facility drivers
Be a voice beyond the site
- Participate in companywide EHS audits (travel 12 times per year)
- Be an ambassador of the site's safety culture and values
Other tasks as assigned by the QA Manager.
Sotera Health
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