Safety Team Lead - Warehouse, Bilingual

Position Summary: 

Coach and mentor Location Management to achieve an incident/injury free work environment while maintaining full compliance with all applicable regulatory agencies.

Major Responsibilities:  

Lead the development and implementation of location strategies that are aligned with the region strategy.  Monitor effectiveness and oversee corrective/improvement efforts. 

(50% time allocation)

• Approximately 90% of efforts are spent on activities that will lead to the prevention of accidents
• Approximately 10% of efforts are spent on activities that will lead to 100% compliance with applicable regulations
• Develop and mobilize an effective safety team comprised of exempt and non-exempt associates
• Conduct regular inspections, process evaluations, and observations to validate strategy effectiveness
• Provide location leadership with evaluation/inspection results along with recommendations for solutions via Gensuite Audit Tracking System
• Track findings to completion and involve local leadership when progress towards completion stalls or falls behind schedule

Provide effective training, updates, and tools, which support H&S and Operations and are necessary to meet objectives. 

(30% time allocation)

• Approximately 60% of training efforts are spent on local supervisors/leadership
• Approximately 40% of training efforts are spent on “specialized” training for associates where H&S expertise is required
• Track or assure that all training is documented
• Assure that all training is effective

Monitor and analyze key compliance metrics.   Identify and oversee corrective and improvement efforts. 

(10% time allocation)

• Gensuite owner at a local level.
• Enter an update injury & accident data
• Enter or assure the entry of Audit Findings in the Audit Tracking System
• Keep local management apprized of trends and provide recommendations that will direct trends in a favorable direction

Provide communication to and from Operations Leadership teams regarding performance and status, and make recommendations for improvement. 

(10% time allocation)

• Serve as local contact with Risk Management 
• Track and manage the return to work process
• Perform site observations and provide feedback to associates, supervisors, and management

Job Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Health & Safety or Operations Management experience with proven leadership ability required
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Ideal Candidate is Bilingual (English / Spanish)
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required
• Complete Penske employment application and submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required

Physical Requirements

- The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.

- While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit.  The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms.  The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.

- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.