EHS Coordinator

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

Bedding

The world leader in bedding technology.

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

Job Summary: This position will assist in the development and execution of a strong EHS conscience throughout the operation.  Support the development, coordination, and execution of training programs.  Provide full time environmental health and safety support to the operations and will ensure that all practices are in compliance.  Requires employee relationship building and active movement throughout the production floor in a manufacturing environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide new hire, regular, annual, spot and on-going environmental and safety training.
• Ensure legislative compliance with OSHA, EPA, and Fire Codes including plant emergency organization and audiometric testing.
• Administer the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Program.
• Maintain appropriate levels of first aid supplies.
• Assist with the Employee Safety Committee.
• Maintain Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
• Investigate and maintain records for all work-related injuries and/or illnesses and provide statistical analysis.
• Complete Accident Investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions as required and correct unsafe conditions in a prudent and timely manner.
• Understand, support, implement, and enforce compliance to all company safety policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Ensure that every employee has a safe work environment, free from recognized hazards.
• Promote and encourage safe work habits and the immediate communication of unsafe conditions.
• Perform facility walk-throughs on a regular basis conducting assessments on ways to increase safety.
• Complete regular checks on safety equipment.
• Look for and identify ways to increase safety and productivity simultaneously.
• Maintain a personal follow-up checklist to manage project progression.
• Be a visible leader.

Education:

• Associate degree in industrial safety or three years of experience in Industrial Safety in a manufacturing setting.

Experience:

• Health and Safety experience in a manufacturing facility
• Must be knowledgeable about OSHA and safety regulations
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills as well as strong organizational skills.
• Excellent documentation and recordkeeping skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Exhibits positivity, passion, integrity and responsibility

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Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!

We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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