Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.
Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate full-time opportunity for a Safety Supervisor, which will cover all Michigan Sugar facilities.
Job Summary
The Safety Supervisor is responsible for planning, implementing and overseeing employee safety at work. This individual with work closely with the Packaging & Warehouse and Agriculture departments to ensure compliance with OSHA guidelines, develop training content, safety policies and procedures and conduct regular safety inspections.
Primary Responsibilities
- Assists Director of Safety and Facility Safety Supervisors with implementing safety programs and acts as the site safety resource for the Warehouse and Agriculture departments, including all associated employees.
- Assists site management in the analysis of accident reports and the evaluation of injuries to identify the root cause for mitigation measures.
- Works with site management to implement action plans for identified accident mitigation measures.
- Ensures timely completion of employee safety training through a thorough and well-planned annual training schedule.
- Administers required site safety training including new hire orientation.
- Performs and documents site safety inspections and works with site management to mitigate any safety findings in a timely manner. Evaluates, assesses, and recommends updates to safety policies and procedures, as needed, to the Director of Safety.
- Acts as an integral member of site safety committees providing support for safety related questions.
- Performs quarterly audits of site permits including, but not limited to, Confined Space and Lock Out Tag Out.
- Works with site management to mitigate hazards identified through the Safety Gram program in a timely manner.
- Administers and provides support for the following site programs:
- Safety Grams
- Powered Industrial Truck
- Safety boot and safety glasses
- Annual Respirator fit testing and audiometric testing
- Chemical of Interest (CFATS) Homeland Security
- LOTO (Lock Out Tag Out)
- Permit Required Confined Space
- Fall Protection
- Aerial Lift
- Hazard Communication
- Safety Data Sheets
- JSA (Job Safety Analysis)
- Job Observations
- Safety Alerts
- Undertake any other duties and responsibilities as directed.
Position Qualifications
- Minimum 7 years of General Industry/Construction experience having had significant safety related responsibilities. A bachelor’s degree in a related field will be considered as fulfilling a portion of the experience requirement.
- Experience conducting safety inspections, as well as identifying, documenting, and managing production equipment hazards.
- Demonstrated excellence in oral communication.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft office software programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other computer software programs such as, but not limited to Adobe and ADP.
Key Competencies
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent training and presentation skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Ability to influence and motivate employees regarding safe work practices.
- Excellent working knowledge of all relevant MIOSHA and Federal Safety Legislation and compliance.
NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.
Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive salary, opportunity for professional growth, and provides excellent medical insurance 100% company paid. A comprehensive benefits package includes: dental and life insurances, 401k match, paid holidays, vacation, sick leave and more. To learn more visit
www.michigansugar.com.
Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.
Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 20 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.
That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.
Michigan Sugar Company has 930 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company’s annual payroll is more than $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million.
Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country.
Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
