Safety Compliance Coordinator - Full-time

What is my job:

The job of the Safety Compliance Coordinator- Food and Human Safety Coordinator is to identify, educate, coach and provide training on food safety and human safety issues that may cause illness or injury to employees and customers; suggesting modifications to work processes, equipment and the environment to reduce risk factors for our employees and customers and ensures company policies and procedures are followed.

How do I make a difference?

• Analyzing and monitoring incident/audit data and reports, work processes and flow, equipment and department layout to improve food & human safety; Communicates concerns to Division & Store Management, Food Safety, Risk Management and other necessary departments
• Making recommendations on food & human safety issues and accident prevention to Division & Store Management, Food Safety, Risk Management and other areas
• Partnering with stores & corporate to create and implement training programs that educate and enhance food safety initiatives, prevent injuries and reduce employee & customer accidents; establishing best practices for compliance with initiatives
• Serving as a subject matter expert, assisting in the development, design & delivery of food & human safety training at store level
• Partnering with corporate, stores & department managers to establish goals that enhance food safety initiatives and reduce and prevent accidents
• Working with corporate Food Safety & Safety experts to ensure that training programs meet or exceed OSHA standards, HACCP and Good Retailing Practices
• Championing necessary change to enhance food & human safety; measuring results and taking corrective action to address findings by corporate Food Safety Assessors & Human Safety Auditors assessments
• Completing special food & human safety projects & assignments as needed
• Interacting with various food & human safety consultants & regulators

What skills, learnings, and experiences are required?

• PC proficiency including Microsoft Office suite
• Demonstrate teambuilding by communicating a common purpose, empowering team members to contribute their best and selecting candidates with a variety of skills and styles for inclusion on the team.
• Use available resources to pursue goals and challenges with the intent of achieving results, striving for continued excellence and taking appropriate risks (Managing the 5 Measures)
• Possess strong listening skills and hear many points of view without bias, asking clarifying questions to check for understanding
• Practice process management, organizing and coordinating activities and/ or people to get things done through execution and monitoring of recurring processes to achieve a high level of performance

 What skills, learnings, and experiences are preferred and will set me apart?

• Have a feel for business and collaborate with others to coordinate merchandising programs and other strategies focused on meeting customer needs, inspiring others to act on the merchant vision. Analyze market area and benchmark with competition to identify unique products and services
• Drive knowledge based service by encouraging employees to learn about products and providing hands-on training that can be used to educate both customers and employees

 Work environment:

• Work includes repetitive hand and arm movements, lifting, standing and walking for up to 4 hours without a break, occasional bending, frequent reaching, moving and lifting, along with continuous interaction with customers and co-workers in a fast-paced environment. The average weight range of items lifted is 5-12 pounds with a maximum weight lifted of 40 pounds occasionally. May be exposed to various allergens (things that may cause an allergic reaction).

Other:

• Employment at Wegmans may be contingent upon your completion and our evaluation of a drug screen and/or criminal background check
• All Applicants will be screened; only those closely matching the job posting will be interviewed