Team Leader Safety
Lamb Weston

Title: Team Leader Safety

Location: Hermiston, OR

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 9,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

The purpose of the Team Leader Safety is to provide support to the Lamb Weston Environmental, Health, and Safety organization within the Hermiston Lamb Weston facility. This position will report to the Safety and Health Manager and is responsible for the following:

Job Description

• Provides technical support in the identification, evaluation, and control of occupational safety and health hazards.
• Develops and assists management in the effective implementation and compliance of the Safety & Health programs and procedures.
• Performs employee exposure monitoring, ergonomic assessments, and chemical procurement assessments.
• Maintains and calibrates industrial hygiene equipment.
• Assists management in the performance of work site Safety and Health inspections, correcting unsafe acts and conditions.
• Is a resource to the supervisors and employees so everyone goes home injury free.
• Supports and oversees the Safety Committee, providing guidance to ensure work streams and discussions are supporting the committee's goal and core values.
• Develops EHS Alerts for distribution throughout the Lamb Weston platform.
• Analyzes incident data to determine trends, focus areas, and corrective actions needed.
• Trains employees on safety and health requirements to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Issues and monitors hot work permits and confined space entry permits.
• Conducts periodic inspections of the energy control procedures to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of the LOTO standard are being followed.
• Develops and monitors emergency action plans.
• Investigates incidents and prepares incident reports.
• Identifies potential causes for accidents and recommends changes in policies and procedures to prevent accidents and illness.
• Assists management in preparing the safety and health budget.
• Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Designs workflows and procedures.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem-solving situations; Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
• Work with Line Structure Teams to assess hazards and implement plans to mitigate risk of hazards.
• Build DRA capability in all team members.
• Other tasks as assigned by Safety and Health Manager.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university, preferably in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety and Health, Public Health, or a related discipline.
• Intermediate experience in a variety of computer programs such as: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Exhibits confidence in self and others; Inspires and motivates others to perform well; Effectively influences actions and opinions of others; Accepts feedback from others; Gives appropriate recognition to others.
• Follows policies and procedures; Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; Supports organization's goals and values; Benefits organization through outside activities; Supports affirmative action and respects diversity.
• Observes safety and security procedures; Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• This job oversees the facility Safety Coordinator, working to direct the Safety Coordinator on proactive workstreams.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  
• Family-Friendly Employee events
  
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-233777

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 02/02/2024

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $59,530.00 - $89,310.00

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

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