Occupational Safety Technician III

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Job Description RESPECT for people, COURAGE to pioneer and raise the bar, and always demonstrating INTEGRITY and authenticity. Do these core values align with yours? If so, Lhoist Latin America may be the place for you! We are a company that believes our people make things happen and reward talent by offering opportunities to further develop knowledge and interests. Within our organization, we provide safety-first environments, team collaboration, diverse and inclusive workplaces — all while challenging each other to grow. **JOB SUMMARY:** Ensure the safety of factory employees by supervising and inspecting work areas, providing PPE, monitoring working conditions, and identifying hazardous situations — with emphasis on preventive activities. Inspect, authorize, and supervise operational, maintenance, and project-related tasks involving heat, gases, noise, height, confined spaces, load lifting, excavation, and high-power electrical work — ensuring worker health protection. **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:** * Guide employees on unsafe working conditions and acts, indicating required procedures and necessary precautions to safeguard health and physical integrity; * Inspect safety and fire-fighting equipment, verifying their proper functioning and taking appropriate corrective actions when needed to ensure workplace safety; * Manage PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for employees; * Accompany third-party contractors during environmental measurements, collecting supporting data for corrective actions and preparation of the Risk Management Plan (RMP); * Participate in maintaining the Emergency Plan, anticipating emergency scenarios and proposing actions should they occur; * Participate in the new employee onboarding program, addressing topics relevant to your area of expertise, warning about hazardous points across facilities, guiding on uniform, equipment, and safety material usage, explaining internal accident prevention rules, and clarifying duties and obligations of each new employee — aiming to prevent accidents; * Issue equipment operation authorizations, verifying the Occupational Health Certificate (ASO), checking required specific training certificates, and issuing access badges — ensuring only qualified operators perform such activities; * Conduct internal and third-party operational controls, as well as departmental audits, observing certification body standards to prevent non-conformities; * Conduct formal behavioral audits, identifying and correcting procedures non-compliant with regulations, aiming for correction; * Participate in and lead DDS (Daily Safety Dialogues) with employees; * Guide and support activities carried out by CIPA (Internal Commission for Accident Prevention), attending periodic meetings and resolving existing doubts; also participate in PPRA (Program for the Prevention of Environmental Risks), striving to meet requirements set forth by the Ministry of Labor; * Ensure effective communication within the production team; * Issue the PPP (Professional Occupational Profile) upon employee termination or upon request; * Support immediate supervisors on matters related to your area of expertise, presenting and discussing problems and irregularities to help define applicable procedures and actions; **EDUCATION:** Technical Course in Occupational Safety; **DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:** * Knowledge of emergency management; * Occupational safety legislation – NRs (Normative Rules); * Proficiency in mandatory training programs; * Proficiency in computer applications and data analysis; * Accident investigation, recording, and analysis; * Familiarity with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards;