Safety Specialist

Applications due by April 3, 2026

Goodwill of Colorado

    Job Description

 

Pay: $28/hour

This position is eligible for Daily Pay!  Work today, get paid today! We’ve partnered with DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 9-5 

Full-Time position is eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Flexible Spending Accounts, Long Term Disability, and several voluntary supplemental benefit offerings.  In addition, these positions are eligible for paid time off in the form of vacation, sick, holiday, floating holiday, jury duty, and bereavement leave.

All employees may also make pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions to our retirement plan – must be 18 years of age to participate.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Specialist I, Safety will assist and implement the organizational safety program, ensuring a safe and healthy workplace.

The Safety Specialist will be responsible for implementation, continual improvement and day-to-day support of the Goodwill of Colorado Health and Safety Program.

Works under the general supervision of the Safety Manager and will work interdependently with other departments within the organization to effectively provide safety support.

This may include communication with outside agencies.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Safety:


* Ensure compliance with local, State and Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations.


* Assist in conveying details of Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) and Emergency Action Plans (EAP), and ensuring the plans are adhered to.


* Maintains the organization’s Monthly Safety Training program and ensures safety related processes and procedures are adhered to (e.g., Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT) training, Lock out Tag out, Trash Compactor, Injury and Incident reporting etc.)


* Comprehends, conveys, and maintains organizational fire prevention processes, internal Hazcom methodologies and processes, and assesses Safety Data Sheets (SDS) binders to confirm it's up to date. 


* Assists the Safety Manager with coordinating CPR/First aid training, Risk Bootcamps, Safety Representative meetings, and other meetings determined by the Risk Director and Safety Manager. 


* Performs investigations following injuries, incidents, or allegations of unsafe conditions to identify root causes, contributing factors, establish corrective actions, or confirm the absence of unsafe conditions.


* Perform Job Hazard Analysis to identify risk of injury/accident exposure and counter with preventative measures.


* Perform bi-annual audits at assigned locations to confirm regulatory compliance, identify opportunities for improvement, and support the assigned locations with corrective actions and recommendations to remedy deficiencies.

Collaborate with Safety Manager and Site Managers to provide safety materials that aid ...