Safety Representative

Description

Description:

Martin Marietta is looking for a Safety Specialist in the Kansas City region. The Safety Representative will be responsible for the daily safety and health tasks necessary to support Aggregate mining compliance. This includes safety and health administration, training, auditing, and providing direction for location safety and health compliance.
In addition, the position is responsible for assisting with the training of current employees with Martin Marietta's Guardian Angel Safety Culture as established. Conduct facility safety audits primarily for OSHA sites and MSHA sites. Reviews & communicates injury & liability loss trends and root cause analysis to their assigned operations groups.

 Responsibilities:

• Continuously cultivates a safety culture characterized by empowerment and individual responsibility using the Guardian Angel and Wingman concepts as the core safety values.
• Provides safety orientation training for new hires
• Conducts plant and mobile equipment safety audits for compliance with MSHA, OSHA, FMCSA (DOT) and Martin Marietta standards. Ensures resulting corrective actions are communicated to appropriate personnel and follow-up on completion status.
• Compile and distribute training materials for monthly safety meetings. Create supplemental information for additional safety training including posters, memos, digital signage, and tool-box talks. Attend plant safety meetings regularly to ensure content is relevant and useful. Provide coaching on areas for improvement in safety meeting effectiveness as necessary.
• Assist with investigating incidents/near-misses and identify root causes and corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
• Participate in the annual mobile van testing and industrial hygiene sampling and follow-up with any necessary corrective action.

Skills:

Communications
Formal Presentations
Planning
Work Ethic
Collaboration
Peer Mentoring

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of related experience
• Valid US driver’s license

Work Environment

This position frequently works in underground and surface mining operations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical requirements include the ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds from ground to waist, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination, manual dexterity, repetitive motion, standing, sitting, walking, climbing stairs, bending and stooping, working from a elevated position and the ability to drive.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position that regularly requires long hours and weekend work. Occasional travel will be required.  

A member of the S&P 500 Index, Martin Marietta is an American-based company and a leading supplier of heavy building materials – including aggregates, cement, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt. Through a network of operations spanning 28 states, Canada and the Bahamas, dedicated Martin Marietta teams supply the foundational resources upon which our communities thrive. Martin Marietta's Magnesia Specialties business produces high-purity magnesia and dolomitic lime products used worldwide in environmental, industrial, agricultural and specialty applications.

At Martin Marietta, we strive to work with the best and the brightest – those who have the potential to become our company's future leaders. Each of our roughly 9,500 people shares a common purpose regardless of their professional role or work environment. Together, we utilize our diverse skills and experiences to drive our company and its extraordinary culture forward. Our aim is to build on our foundation of success and help values-driven and hardworking people realize their full potential. When you decide to invest your career in Martin Marietta, you'll know what it's like to be respected, challenged and rewarded.

In return, we offer a highly competitive benefits package, including: 

• Medical
• Prescription Drug
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Care Reimbursement Account
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Paid Holidays and Vacation
• 401(k) with Company matching
• Pension
• Salary Continuation – Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability Options
• Employee Life Insurance
• Spouse & Dependent Life Insurance
• Business Travel Accident Insurance
• Direct Deposit Payroll
• Educational/Tuition Assistance Plan
• College Scholarship Program – for dependent children
• Matching Gift Program
• New Auto Purchase Discount Plans

At Martin Marietta, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates. We celebrate diversity and commit that qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.