Position Title: Safety Coordinator - Othello

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Othello

Requisition ID: 22289

About McCain:

McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.

McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.

Why You Should Join Our Team:

McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:

• 401k

• Health Spending Account/ HRA & Flexible Spending Accounts

• Adoption & Infertility Assistance, Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

• Education Reimbursement Assistance

• Apprenticeship, Internship, & Coop support and opportunities

Salary Range: $65,000 - $76,000 USD annually + Benefits (+ Bonus)

The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for the position at the time of posting. Within the range, exact compensation will be determined based on education/training, skill set, experience, and other organizational needs.

McCain Food’s facility in Othello Washington recently completed a 170 thousand square foot addition and multiple upgrades, now employs over 500 people! In line with our values and our overall global commitment to sustainability, this investment also brings environmental efficiencies, reducing the facility’s carbon footprint while doubling its production, underlining McCain’s commitment to sustainability.

Position Summary:

We are seeking an organized individual to join us as a Safety Coordinator in our Othello Washington Facility. As the successful candidate, you will be a hands-on representative of the Safety department and help facilitate all basic Safety functions. In this position, you will provide administrative support to ensure that safety procedures and protocols are adequately implemented and enforced in the workplace.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support EHS Manager in developing and administering plant safety initiatives and lead continuous improvement efforts in those areas, utilizing effective communication skills (verbal and written).

• Plan, conduct and record all safety training initiatives

• Ensures daily, weekly, monthly and annual inspections and audits are completed as necessary to comply with local, state and federal regulations.

• Assist with review and assessment of the department’s safety program and report to Environmental Health and Safety Manager.

• Conduct regular unannounced walk through of work areas and talk to the personnel to identify their concerns. Communicate safety and health issues to the workers in a manner to help them understand why they are important and addressing them is for their benefit.

• Review, maintain, file safety permits (CS/LOTO/HW)

• Develop Job Hazard/Safety Analysis (JSAs)

• Conduct Ergonomic Assessments as necessary and report deficiencies and corrective actions.

• Oversee hazardous waste storage area, waste reduction monitoring and ensure regulatory agency compliance, labeling, containments, proper disposal and documentation.

• Assist Environmental Health and Safety Manager with incident investigations and follow up action registers.

• Assisting in preparing and updating SWPPP and SPCC plans

• Developing lockout/tagout procedures for various manufacturing and building operation equipment – reviewing on an annual basis

• Assist and Support EHS Manager conduct monthly Safety Committee meetings and act as a resource for issues reported

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in safety management, relations or related field

• 1-2 years of progressively responsible Safety experience

• General knowledge of Safety administrative, theories, practices, and regulations

• Excellent communication skills – listening, verbal and written

• Strong computer skills including knowledge of word processing, excel spreadsheets, data-based software, presentation software, email and web browsers

• Outstanding interpersonal skills: ability to foster positive working relationships

• Strong aptitude for numbers and analyzing information, attention to detail

• Strong organizational skills

• A self-starter with ability to work independently and as a member of a team

• Excellent problem solving and coaching abilities

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize

Sustainability and Plant Friendly Practices are at the Heart of McCain:

We’ve embarked upon a journey to create planet-friendly food. Food that will use fewer natural resources in factories and farms, answer the need of increasingly health and planet-conscious consumers, and contribute to positive change in the rural communities where we grow our ingredients.

• We are moving to 100% renewable energy by 2030.

• Donating 200 million meals to food banks and NGO worldwide by 2025.

• Implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100% of our potato acreage by 2030.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Manufacturing; Quality & Food Safety
Division: NA Potato Manufacturing
Department: Othello Safety and Security
Location(s): US - United States of America : Washington : Othello || US - United States of America : Washington : Seattle

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.