Safety Coordinator

Your Job

This Safety Coordinator position is in our Georgia-Pacific Gypsum facility located in Tacoma, WA.

The Safety Coordinator provides leadership and strategic direction to the facility through the application of the business framework and Principles.

Create real value for the organization by ensuring risk is aggressively identified and mitigated.

Develop and align facility Safety strategies that are consistent with the company/division's Health & Safety vision.

Ensure leaders and employees are trained and equipped to manage safety.

Reports directly to the Facility Safety Manager, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Regional/Division Health & Safety Manager.

Our Team

Our Tacoma facility has a rich history of producing gypsum wallboard for a wide variety of customers.

Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers.

To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com .

And, to learn more about our gypsum products, visit www.gpgypsum.com.

What You Will Do



* Promotes a safety culture with all team members to help the facility embrace and achieve our Path to Zero Safety Strategy, consistent with Koch's Safety Vision


* Effectively manage their role as a leader to the Compliance System Owner (CSO) team


* Partner with Business HR to understand, develop, apply, and coach leaders on our culture of Principled Based Management®


* Owns and propagates all safety initiatives/programs (HOP, SML, CSO Teams, Safety Training, etc.)


* Conducting daily plant floor walks to ensure safety expectations are being met, as well as identifying improvement opportunities and submitting safety concern reporting


* Ensuring an effective change management process is in place.


* Significantly contributes to the selection, onboarding, and development of talent, resulting in continuous site-wide alignment with safety.


* Actively manages all aspects of compliance (e.g., OSHA, state, local, and company standards)


* Ensuring the facility risk profile is addressed by developing and implementing essential controls to reduce risk exposure to critical hazards.


* Drives continuous improvement using tools and activities, including self-assessments and audit processes; incident/near miss investigations; metrics and targets (leading and lagging indicators); and participates in periodic performance, culture, and talent reviews.


* Effectively communicates facility safety vision, strategies, and performance to internal and external stakeholders.


* Travel up to 25%.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Bachelor's degree and a minimum of at least 1 year of safety experience in an industrial, military, or manufacturing process environment.


* Safety leadership experience in manufacturing, industrial, or military environments.


* Experience with OSHA, st...