Job Description
Your Job Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division is seeking a Safety Specialist for our Wauna Paper Mill to support and advance our workplace safety and health programs. In this role, you will collaborate with departments to ensure compliance with health and safety policies and standards, drive continuous improvement through training and hazard assessments, and foster a proactive safety culture. You will work hands-on alongside operations, maintenance, and contractors to identify risks, manage critical safety databases, and lead safety initiatives including audits, first aid management, and incident investigations. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential to promote employee involvement and maintain a safe, compliant work environment.
Our Team For over 50 years, the Wauna Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 900 employees, Wauna strives to lead the tissue, towel and napkin business. Our team recently invested more than $150 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.
Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.
What You Will Do - Partner closely with other departments to ensure full understanding, adherence, and continuous improvement of Health and Safety policies, procedures, audits, and training programs.
- Create, maintain, and innovate the health and safety training database and curriculum, designing engaging and interactive training content to boost employee participation and knowledge retention.
- Promote a proactive safety culture by encouraging employee involvement in safety initiatives, including safety improvement teams and first responder drill teams, to enhance overall workplace safety engagement.
- Perform equipment, job, and ergonomic hazard assessments by observing employee work activities, identifying risks, and developing effective mitigation plans to reduce workplace hazards.
- Assist first aid room operations, including supply management and documentation, and assist with medical surveillance and industrial hygiene testing to monitor and maintain employee health.
- Assist leadership with compliance initiatives and participate in health and safety audits to ensure alignment with best practices, regulatory requirements, and company standards, including ISO 45001 management system elements.
- Administer key EHS databases related to compliance tracking, lockout/tagout (LOTO), Safety Data Sheets (SDS), inspections, and proactive safety measures to ensure accurate and up-to-date records.
- Chair the central monthly safety committee and lead operational learnings, including black line/blue line models and bow tie analyses, to identify root causes and prevent recurrence of incidents.
- Work hands-on on the floor alongside operations, maintenance, and contractors; participate in demolition and new equipment installations; evaluate and approve products to control chemical and physical hazards; and provide practical support for changes in lockout policies and protective measures.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) - Daily, hands-on experience in a health and/or safety role within manufacturing, military, or industrial environments - beyond periodic participation in safety committees or advisory groups.
- Experience partnering closely with other departments to ensure full understanding, adherence, and continuous improvement of health and safety policies, procedures, audits, and training programs.
What Will Put You Ahead - Bachelor's degree or higher in an EHS related field.
- Associated Safety Professional (ASP) or Certified Safety Professional Certification (CSP).
- Pulp & Paper industry experience.
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.
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Who We Are As a Koch company and 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 300,000 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.
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