Safety Coordinator

What are you going to do?

As a Safety Coordinator, you will support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of workplace health and safety programs. You will help ensure compliance with OSHA and company safety standards, promote a strong safety culture, and work closely with employees and leadership to identify and reduce risk. This role is hands-on and collaborative, focused on prevention, education, and continuous improvement.

You will coordinate safety training, conduct inspections and audits, investigate incidents and near misses, and assist with corrective action plans. You will maintain safety documentation, track metrics, and support emergency preparedness efforts. By being a visible and engaged safety partner, you will help create and maintain a safe, compliant, and productive work environment for all employees.

We ask

• Provides subject matter expertise either through education, training, and/or experience in multiple areas including environmental management, compliance, occupational safety, risk management and/or occupational health

• Ensure OSHA compliance within Voortman Facility including but not limited to: Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT’s); New Hire safety training and ongoing safety training; Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding and Chemical Safety; all necessary recordkeeping and reporting including OSHA 300 Logs

• Assist management team during accident or injury investigations and root cause analysis

• Act as the management team’s subject matter expert for safety

• Assisting EHS site teams as a visual presence on the production floor

• Identify safety risks present on the floor to be fixed or addressed

• Complete EHS related audits and after-action responses to the identified gaps

• Coordinator other associates on the floor with ergonomics, safety, and other related issues

• Identify employees violating safety rules and coordinating them in a safer way

• Act as an on-site first responder who can provide basic first aid to injured persons

• Ensure visibility of HSE initiatives at the site level and recommend improvements in effectiveness. Demonstrate sound judgement based on observations and evaluation, by site, to determine safety meeting effectiveness and appropriate level of mentoring for safety meeting facilitators. Collect and analyze data to identify safety or injury trends and develop corrective actions

• Assist with the site emergency action plan and liaison with local first responders when needed

• Conduct a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) of all routine and non-routine tasks performed on-site

• Promote safer forklift operations through training, observation and coaching operators

• Support other departments including Field Service, Maintenance and Installation & Commissioning Teams.

We offer

• Flextime policy

• Paid Time Off (i.e., PTO) that can be used as it’s accrued\

• Paid Holidays effective date of hire

• Medical insurance (i.e., three plans available, PPO, HMO*, and PPO with HSA) effective date of hire

• Dental care

• Vision care

• 100% Voortman USA LLC paid life insurance

• Additional voluntary life insurance option

• 100% Voortman USA LLC paid short-term disability

• 50/50 premium split between Voortman USA LLC and employee for long-term disability (i.e., LTD)

• 401K plan available with Company contribution

About Voortman

Join Voortman – Moving to Our New Production Facility and Offices in April 2026

Voortman is growing and we’re preparing to move into our brand-new Production Facility and Offices in April 2026. With over 70 team members currently based in Fresno and Monee, this relocation marks a major step forward in our commitment to serving customers across North America and investing in the future of our workforce.

As part of a global organization headquartered in the Netherlands with more than 750 employees, Voortman is a leader in designing and building advanced CNC steel processing machines, developing intelligent software solutions, and delivering outstanding customer service.

This move reflects our long-term vision for growth, innovation, and excellence. We’re actively recruiting driven individuals who want to be part of a forward-thinking team shaping the future of steel processing.

Be part of our next chapter. Grow with Voortman.