Job Description
Your Job This Safety Coordinator position is in our Georgia-Pacific Gypsum facility located in Tacoma, WA. The Safety Coordinator provides leadership and strategic direction to the facility through the application of the business framework and Principles. Create real value for the organization by ensuring risk is aggressively identified and mitigated. Develop and align facility Safety strategies that are consistent with the company/division's Health & Safety vision. Ensure leaders and employees are trained and equipped to manage safety. Reports directly to the Facility Safety Manager, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Regional/Division Health & Safety Manager.
Our Team Our Tacoma facility has a rich history of producing gypsum wallboard for a wide variety of customers. Georgia-Pacific’s Building Products business is consistently among the nation’s top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit And, to learn more about our gypsum products, visit
What You Will Do - Promotes a safety culture with all team members to help the facility embrace and achieve our Path to Zero Safety Strategy, consistent with Koch’s Safety Vision
- Effectively manage their role as a leader to the Compliance System Owner (CSO) team
- Partner with Business HR to understand, develop, apply, and coach leaders on our culture of Principled Based Management
- Owns and propagates all safety initiatives/programs (HOP, SML, CSO Teams, Safety Training, etc.)
- Conducting daily plant floor walks to ensure safety expectations are being met, as well as identifying improvement opportunities and submitting safety concern reporting
- Ensuring an effective change management process is in place.
- Significantly contributes to the selection, onboarding, and development of talent, resulting in continuous site-wide alignment with safety.
- Actively manages all aspects of compliance (e.g., OSHA, state, local, and company standards)
- Ensuring the facility risk profile is addressed by developing and implementing essential controls to reduce risk exposure to critical hazards.
- Drives continuous improvement using tools and activities, including self-assessments and audit processes; incident/near miss investigations; metrics and targets (leading and lagging indicators); and participates in periodic performance, culture, and talent reviews.
- Effectively communicates facility safety vision, strategies, and performance to internal and external stakeholders.
- Travel up to 25%.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of at least 1 year of safety experience in an industrial, military, or manufacturing process environment.
- Safety leadership experience in manufacturing, industrial, or military environments.
- Experience with OSHA, state, and local safety and compliance standards.
What Will Put You Ahead - Bachelor's Degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Engineering.
- Experience leading process safety programs.
- Experienced in onboarding and developing employees, helping to foster a safety-driven culture.
- Experience in leading a site to improve safety and performance.
- Experience working in building products.
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)
- Experience in leading culture change and developing/implementing management systems.
For this role, we anticipate paying $80,000 - $100,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
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. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
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).
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