Sr. Safety Specialist at United States in thomasville, North Carolina

Job Description:

Are you looking for more?


At Mohawk Industries, we're committed to more - more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.


As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what's important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.


Sr. Safety Specialist


Find your more with Mohawk!


At Mohawk Industries, we're committed to more-more customer solutions, process improvements, sustainable manufacturing, and opportunities for our people.


As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what's important to you. Come find your "more" with Mohawk!


What we need:


Mohawk is looking for a Sr. Safety Specialist to do more for Mohawk by promoting an accident-free workplace, implementing safety policies and programs, providing training and helping to ensure compliance with state and federal laws and regulations at warehouses and distributions across multiple regions. This position will travel 50% of the time to support assigned facilities.


What you'll do:

• Provide instruction on OSHA required safety disciplines and coordinate training in assigned areas
  

• Conduct audits to identify and correct unsafe conditions and acts. Monitor behavior and recommend actions as needed to reduce injuries and improve compliance.
  

• Participate in investigations to determine root causes of events, write summaries and recommend corrective actions. Perform follow-up on remediation as needed.
  

• Stay abreast of changes to OSHA, Federal & State DOT regulations to ensure the company is prepared for future compliance requirements.
  

• Collaborate regularly with other safety personnel to promote consistency in applying safety policies and programs throughout the Company.
  

• Review and update Job Safety Analysis documents to identify and avoid work-related hazards by outlining specific work procedures required to perform each job safely and effectively.
  

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date safety documents and records for assigned areas, including procedure manuals, material safety data sheets, employee training records, a PPE grid for job classifications, and a database of recordable incidents, near-misses, and relevant investigations.
  

• Track progress and on action items generated from incident investigations, safety audits, drills, and safety committee meetings.
  

What you have:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and training and 2 to 4 years job-specific work experience
  
• Excellent working knowledge of OSHA safety disciplines and safety-related regulatory guidelines
  
• PC proficiency, including Microsoft Office Suite
  

What you're good at:

• Communicating effectively in written, oral and interposed form with a wide range of individuals across the organization
  
• Presenting information accurately and effectively to diverse audiences
  

• Anticipating problems and implementing effective solutions before problems occur
  

What else?

• This position is based in Thomasville and will require travel 50% of the time to support assigned facilities.
  
• We're located in a pretty great spot - check out this video to see what we mean
  

Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk's vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world's largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.


Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don't Work participant.

Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk's vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world's largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.


Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don't Work participant. Apply Now