Your Job
Georgia-Pacific in Madison, GA is now hiring for a Health and Safety Technician. This hourly position reports to the Safety Manager. This position creates value by providing guidance, direction, and program implementation in the areas of health and safety information for the operation. If you are motivated by driving innovation and have experience facilitating health and safety trainings, we look forward to hearing from you!
Schedule: Monday - Friday 6:00 am - 4:30pm (flexibility as needed)
Pay Rate: 24.00+/hr depending on experience
Our Team
Georgia-Pacific in Madison, GA is part of GP's building products division and one of the leading plywood manufacturing plants. We specialize in the conversion of raw wood materials into plywood. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com.
What You Will Do
- Maintaining and distributing current employee information, policy and procedure manuals and other communications relative to Health and Safety area
- Ensuring compliance by providing the facility with “hands-on” support to administer and implement the health and safety programs
- Coordinating and facilitating the completion of all required Health and Safety and property conservation training (new hire, contractor/visitor)
- Coordinating risk assessment processes throughout the facility (PPE, moving equipment, pedestrian safety, etc.)
- Majority of the time will be spent on the floor having KCA conversation with employees.
- Being able to be a resource for night shift supervisors for any safety needs.
- Be able to provide first aid care and help with any investigation.
- Work any shift, on-call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed
- Gain first aid certification and train-the-trainer certification
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- 2 or more years experience in a safety and health technician role
- Experience with Microsoft Office Word (i.e., creating documents), Excel (i.e., creating spreadsheets, utilizing formulas, and Outlook (i.e., scheduling meeting invites & e-mailing)
- Experience with training employees on health and safety awareness
- Experience with incident investigation including root cause identification and corrective action formulation
- Experience with hazard identification and assessment
What Will Put You Ahead
Associate degree or higher in Safety & Health or Environmental Science
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better.
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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).