Job Description
As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers - large and small - package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.
People •Customers •Trust
Principle Accountabilities: - Identify and communicate world class health & safety performance, set goals, and implement safety plans to improve the mill's performance to this level.
- Develop, implement, and manage mill safety plans, programs, policies, procedures, and training requirements to ensure employee and contractor compliance with OSHA standards and PCA safe operating procedures.
- Facilitate an environment of open communication, ownership, accountability, rapid follow up, and resolution regarding safety issues and concerns.
- Communicate OSHA standards & SOPI requirements.
- Conduct facility compliance audits.
- Manage worker's comp claims administration, doctor relations, injury investigation, and return to work programs.
- Manage claims processing with insurance carrier.
- Recognize hazardous conditions and unsafe acts and their cause and make appropriate corrective measures.
- Coordinate emergency response and fire brigade policies, training, and drills.
- Investigate all safety issues with a sense of urgency and follow up until resolution.
- Respond quickly and appropriately in emergency situations.
- Demonstrate managerial courage to address employees not meeting safety expectations, creating a hazard to themselves and others. Never walk by an unsafe act and hold all employees accountable.
- Facilitate mill housekeeping improvements by setting high standards and expectations, as well as conducting regular housekeeping audits.
- Manage hazardous materials communication and training.
- Monitor workplace exposures to chemicals, dust, noise, and electromagnetic fields.
- Coordinate inspections and maintenance of all fire systems.
- Produce safety statistical data for each department and work with mill safety committees and other teams.
- Know and follow policies and procedures of the company, share information that would benefit other members of the team and find ways to improve the delivery of service to our customers.
- Strive to continually strengthen PCA's business philosophy of meeting needs and exceeding expectation for customers specifically supporting PCA's Commitment to Service which involves doing what's right for our customers, focusing on strategies that add value and support growth, and keeping the promises that we make.
Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Health and Safety preferred.
- 3-5 years of experience in the safety field.
- Knowledge of OSHA standards that apply to the pulp, paper, and forest industry, Workers Comp Laws, EPA regulations and industrial hygiene practices.
- Supervisory experience with both exempt and non-exempt employees
- Must have excellent communications skills both verbal and written as well as interpersonal skills.
- Certified Safety Professional preferred.
- Capable of preparing and presenting training sessions to all levels of mill employees on topics related to occupational safety and health.
- Work well under pressure and within time constraints, multi-task, and build sound relationships with both internal and external customers.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
- Capable of independently making sound decisions through creative problem-solving and detailed requirements-gathering.
- The ability to work well with others in a fast-paced industrial environment.
- Capable of working with ambiguity and change.
- Strong computer skills required including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Previous work experience as a member of a team, or a strong understanding of the importance of open communication and information sharing between team members.
All qualified applicants must apply at Careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered. PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.
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