Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
A manufacturing company in Riverside, CA is seeking a Safety Coordinator, also known as an EHS Coordinator, for a temp-to-hire opportunity. This role is ideal for a bilingual Spanish safety professional who enjoys working closely with operations, leadership, and employees to promote a safe, compliant, and productive workplace.
The Safety Coordinator will support environmental, health, and safety programs, lead training initiatives, assist with inspections and investigations, and help maintain compliance with OSHA, DOT, EPA, and other regulatory requirements. This is a great opportunity to join a stable manufacturing environment that values safety, teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement. Candidates can expect a collaborative workplace with supportive leadership, opportunities to expand safety certifications, and a clear path to make a meaningful impact across the site.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local safety laws, regulations, codes, and company safety policies.
- Maintain site safety guidelines, procedures, documentation, reporting records, and regulatory files.
- Conduct safety training, job safety analyses, building safety inspections, accident investigations, and corrective action follow-up.
- Manage safety programs including respiratory protection, internal inspections, employee certifications, and online incident reporting.
- Partner with operations leadership and the safety committee to promote accident prevention, environmental compliance, and employee engagement.
- Support ISO system requirements and understand the elements that impact the safety function.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay rate: $33.00 per hour.
- Job type: Temp-to-hire.
- Schedule: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with overtime and occasional Saturdays.
- Location: Riverside, CA.
- Manage day-to-day environmental, health, and safety compliance activities for a manufacturing site.
- Lead safety training, inspections, incident investigations, and corrective action tracking.
- Maintain required safety documentation, regulatory reporting, certifications, and internal safety records.
- Support the safety committee and partner with operations leadership on safety and environmental initiatives.
- 2-3 years of safety-related experience and/or advanced training or education in safety.
- Bilingual Spanish skills required.
- Knowledge of OSHA, DOT, EPA, and applicable regulatory agency requirements.
- Ability to obtain a 30-hour OSHA card within 6 months of employment and OSHA 511 within 18 months of assignment.
- Ability to obtain CPR and First Aid certification within 6 months of employment.
- Forklift train-the-trainer authorization required.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to train employees at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling investigations, injuries, and sensitive information.
Preferred Qualifications
- Current OSHA 30, OSHA 511, CPR, and First Aid certifications.
- Manufacturing safety or EHS experience.
- Familiarity with ISO systems and safety management documentation.
- Experience supporting respiratory protection programs, internal audits, and regulatory inspections.
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