Foster Farms Looking for Safety Supervisor (Belgravia) at Fresno, CA  Full Time

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

This position provides safety leadership and strategic direction by leading the operations’ safety continuous improvement efforts at the site level. As an integral member of the Safety Team, this position will support and advise site management about the safety systems.

* Assist in a proactive local safety strategy that drives the location(s) to remain healthy, safe, and operational.

* Participates in developing a vision for safety, includes continual enhancement of established programs and consistent implementation of new programs within a team environment.

* The Supervisor will facilitate the development and sustainability of the safety culture, supporting the goals, behaviors, and actions of Foster Farms’ Corporate Safety Program and will act as a change agent to accelerate best practice sharing.

* Facilitate the safety programs for the site; recommend the design and implementation of new programs to prevent Team member injuries and minimize company losses.

* Monitors compliance of safety programs through audits, inspections, spot checks, and regular plant walk-throughs.

* Inspect equipment, working conditions, and maintain OSHA files and supporting documents.

* Regularly inspect and review plant operations to assure compliance of all permits operation and equipment are within state and federal regulations.

* Report any potential violations and recommends corrections, as needed.

* Analyze accident statistics to establish necessary precautions and changes needed for facility safety.

* Communicates safety procedure changes to Business Partners; ensures all health safety policies, procedures, and practices are reviewed on an annual basis or as changes and updates are required by practices or regulation and are rolled-out in a timely manner.

* Conduct safety inspections and procedural audits and have the skills, knowledge, and ability to take immediate corrective action if required.

* Reviews all safety documents, policies, procedures, and incident reports. Drive change through developing corrective actions related to root cause, indirect cause, and direct cause, as well as providing training on corrective actions to affected Team members.

* Investigates all safety-related incident reviews and incident reports and completes necessary reports for risk management system and corporate safety office.

* Maintain in-depth knowledge of existing and proposed country and state specific safety and legal regulations.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

* Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Engineering or Industrial Technology or related field preferred or equivalent experience in safety management.

* 3+ years’ experience in safety and sustainability management preferred.

* Strong knowledge of safety regulations, OSHA hazard communications, accident investigation, and safety training methods.

* Knowledge of industry best practices.

* Proficient in MS Office

* Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from Business Partners.

* Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new employees.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new employees.