**Position Summary**
Works to promote management commitment and actions in preventing injury. Assists employees in learning how to identify, evaluate and report hazards. Promotes employee involvement and responsibility in monitoring the safety of all. Assists to ensure that required audits, floor walks, inspections occur and are documented. Acts as the liaison between Home Office and the location safety program.
**Job Duties/Essential Functions**
- Support the Return To Work Program
- Promote the empowerment of the health and safety committee
- Help train employees in how to conduct effective incident investigations to find root cause and future prevention analysis
- Provide training for health and safety committee members as to their responsibilities
- Ensure that safety training is scheduled, completed and documented in accordance with the fiscal year safety planner
- Support the Health and Safety Committee Chairperson in their duties
- Conduct training of managers and supervisors regarding safety policy and procedures
- Promote the use and care of appropriate safety equipment
- Understand the Risk Management Manual contents
- Promote proactive safety efforts, not just reactive (use of posters, literature, games, promote communication between managers and employees, encourage all employee involvement, etc.)
- Review job hazard analysis with department personnel and submit recommended additions/changes to Home Office
- Promote management, supervisor, health and safety committee authority and safety responsibilities
- Promote the specific remarking of safety involvement in performance reviews
- Assist in implementing location specific Safety Week annually
- Complete the appropriate Return to Work training (state specific)
- Assists in other departments of the warehouse as necessary
- Provides prompt and courteous customer service to members, employees and vendors
**Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery**
- Computer, printer, phone, calculator, hand held two-way radio, compactor baler, pallet jack, rubbish compactor, cardboard baler
Education/Training:
- High School Certificate or higher
Licenses/Certifications:
- Return To Work Coordinator (or willingness to obtain)
- First Aid & CPR (or willingness to obtain)
- Emergency Warden (or willingness to obtain)
Other Skills and Abilities:
- WHS, leadership, employee relations experience or comparable experience
- Google Suite (Docs, Spreadsheet, Slides)
- Robust customer service, communication, interpersonal and organisation skills
- Problem solving and critical thinking
- Basic math skills
**Other specific requirements**
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check
- Full COVID-19 vaccination or medical contraindications certificate
- If successful, you will be required to undertake role & department specific training within specified timeframes
📌 Rtw (Return To Work) & Safety Coordinator
🏢 Costco AU
📍 Gold Coast