**DESCRIPTION**
We are looking for a talented **Health and Safety Technician - Level II** to join our team specializing in Health and Safety for our Cummins Inc. facility in Florence, KY.
**Job Summary:**
Provides support on health and safety to production and site personnel under the guidance of the site HSE leader. Assists in the analysis, review and sustainability of Health & Safety Management Systems.
**In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:**
- **Bridge Safety Gaps**
You'll identify and address discrepancies between corporate HSE initiatives and local policies, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and enhancing workplace safety.
- **Promote a Strong Safety Culture**
By building awareness and understanding of HSE principles, you'll help foster an interdependent safety culture where employees actively look out for one another.
- **Act as a Safety Liaison**
You'll serve as a key link between the shop floor and management, ensuring that safety concerns are communicated clearly and addressed promptly.
- **Drive Incident Prevention and Response**
Through active participation in hazard identification, incident investigations, and emergency response processes, you'll help prevent future incidents and improve response readiness.
- **Ensure Accurate Reporting and Recordkeeping**
You'll maintain confidentiality and uphold data protection standards while managing safety records, contributing to transparency and accountability.
- **Lead Inspections and Audits**
Your involvement in safety inspections and audits will help uncover risks and ensure continuous improvement in HSE practices.
- **Support Corrective Actions**
By helping close out corrective and preventive actions, you'll ensure that safety issues are resolved effectively and sustainably.
- **Enhance Communication and Engagement**
You'll communicate safety messages clearly and support employee engagement initiatives, helping to build trust and shared responsibility across teams.
**RESPONSIBILITIES**
**To be successful in this role you will need the following:**
- **Proactive Mindset & High Energy**
Embrace challenges with urgency and enthusiasm. Being action-oriented will help you respond quickly to safety concerns and drive continuous improvement.
- **Strong Relationship Building**
Cultivate formal and informal networks across departments and levels. These connections will support collaboration, information sharing, and influence in promoting HSE initiatives.
- **Collaborative Spirit**
Work closely with teams, management, and external partners to achieve shared safety objectives. Your ability to build partnerships will be key in driving a unified safety culture.
- **Clear & Adaptive Communication**
Tailor your communication style to different audiences-shop floor workers, leadership, external auditors-to ensure safety messages are understood and acted upon.
- **Customer-Centric Thinking**
Understand the needs of internal and external stakeholders and deliver HSE solutions that support operational goals while keeping people safe.
- **Sound Decision-Making**
Make timely, informed decisions-especially in high-pressure situations like incident response or hazard mitigation-that keep operations safe and compliant.
- **Trustworthiness & Integrity**
Build trust by consistently demonstrating honesty, confidentiality, and ethical behavior. This is essential for gaining buy-in and encouraging open reporting of safety issues.
- **Commitment to Growth & Learning**
Continuously seek opportunities to expand your HSE knowledge-through training, certifications, or hands-on experience-to stay ahead of industry standards and regulations.
**Education, Licenses, Certifications:**
- High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.
- College, University or equivalent degree in Industrial Safety preferred.
**Experience:**
- Requires some work experience or intermediate level knowledge obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.
**QUALIFICATIONS**
Computer Skills - Microsoft Office Suite
**Job** Health and Safety
**Organization** Cummins Inc.
**Role Category** On-site
**Job Type** Shop
**ReqID** 2420983
**Relocation Package** Yes
**Cummins and E-Verify**
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