Boise Cascade is hiring for a Safety Specialist at our Homedale Beams facility. This role is onsite in Homedale, ID.

Responsibilities:
The Safety Specialist is responsible for working with the Region Safety Manager, Plant Manager, Supervisors and hourly production employees to support the continued focus on safety excellence, including maintaining OSHA VPP status at the facility. The candidate must be able to work in a production environment with all levels of management and be flexible with day-to-day activities including operating equipment, as needed. The Safety Specialist may lead small improvement teams, audits and inspections and must be comfortable coaching, presenting and intervening one to one.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducts safety orientation for new hires
• Administers testing and re-certification for forklift
• Conducts 30,60,90 day interviews with new hires
• Give Plant Tours when needed
• Safety walkthroughs in each Department
• Will Spend the majority of their time in the Plant Mill
• Assist in leading efforts to develop and maintain a safety culture to improve the safety and health of all employees
• Help define processes to ensure continuous improvement in our safety performance
• Assist in the development of the safety skill for safety committee leaders in order to execute Division and Region safety initiatives
• Work with other safety leaders and professionals to develop and share best practices
• Communicate division and region safety policy
• Provide advice on safety and employee protection, and performs audits to ensure that organization and government standards are met
• Actively works to implement business improvements to reduce workplace accidents and illnesses
• Assist management team in complying with Division and Region safety performance measures
• Prepare appropriate reports and communicates safety results
• Develop and provides safety training to all employee levels in the organization.
• Provide oversight of the incident investigation process
• Maintain safety & incident records required by employer as well as state & federal governments
• Establish and maintain a good working relationship with region and plant management, safety professionals, supervisors and employees
• Demonstrate strong commitment to safety, quality, environmental awareness, and continuous process improvement.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications:

Prior experience with OSHA standards, accident/incident investigation, and or compliance inspections in a manufacturing setting is preferred. Candidate should be familiar with Emergency Response, HazCom, Respiratory Protection Standard, and other OSHA-mandated programs. Bi-lingual in English and Spanish preferred.