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Oshkosh Corporation Safety Technician in Bradenton, Florida
About Pierce, an Oshkosh company
At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Safety Technician will be a team member advocate on the floor responsible for but is not limited to; promoting, coordinating, and maintaining ergonomics and safety practices; serving as a resource for employees and teams on ergonomic and safety questions; participating in and preparing for Safety Team meetings; and working with individuals and teams on related issues. This role will include 80/20 split of time spent on the floor with production (80%) and time spent in the office working at a desk/safety admin activity (20%).
YOUR IMPACT:
These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.
Be the technical expert on the floor for safety related troubleshooting, concerns, and SWARM activities. This can include on the spot activities with SWARMs or other issues that may arise throughout the shift.
Solicit and organize safety improvement ideas from production employees and the safety committee.
Provide front-line solutions for safety issues related to tools, equipment, or processes on the floor to ensure all team members are working safely. These solutions can be related to connections with our products on the floor to help and design new solutions for a safe way of working.
Participate on the purple ticket process for safety opportunities to bring them to resolution. This includes managing the purple ticket board, ticket movement, managing the floor resolution and closure of the tickets.
Daily inspections of work areas on housekeeping and 5s. Partnering with operations to address any gaps related to 5s.
Bring awareness to the benefits of our team members working safely to help operations leadership drive engagement and accountability.
Work with teams on safety concerns, monitor progress, and follow up with teams and provide them feedback.
Orient, develop, and educate employees on safety issues, concepts, dynamics, processes, and techniques.
Act as a back-up training for technical on the floor training related to pallet jacks, cranes, fall protection, forklift, etc. Be a designated lead trainer with new hires frontline training.
Act as the liaison between the production team members and operations/EHS leadership to interrupt training on the floor as an operator and be a key SME in providing information to ensure it translates between formal training and the work being conducted on the floor.
Serve as a resource on various aspects of safety within the site.
Conduct safety plant health risk assessments.
Participate in the Facility Safety Team meetings.
Actively participate in incident investigations under direction and guidance of Operations and EHS leadership.
Partner with leadership to coordinate efforts on approved projects (i.e. glove requirements, new tool training, etc.).
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Two (2) years of applicable position experience or an evaluated equivalent.
Must attend OSHA 30-hour training and successfully complete the exam.
HOW YOU STANDOUT:
Five (5) + years of internal experience as a SME in area of expertise or team lead.
Prior experience in a manufacturing environment.
Experience with 5s, lean, and general EHS concepts.
High School Diploma or GED.
Written and oral communication skills.
Familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook and ability to become proficient in their use.
Detail oriented and quality focused.
Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact our reception desk by phone at +1 (920) 502.3009 or our talent acquisition team by email corporatetalentacquisition@oshkoshcorp.com .
Oshkosh Corporation is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. This company will provide equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Information collected regarding categories as provided by law will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.
Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.
Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.