About this role
Position Title: Sr Health and Safety Coordinator
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 45176
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role
The Sr. Health and Safety Coordinator plays a key role in fostering a positive health and safety culture at the site. This role supports the development and execution of the site’s health, safety, and security agenda, with a strong focus on injury prevention, regulatory compliance, continuous improvement, site security, and crisis management.
Through partnership with site leadership, HR, people leaders, employees, and external contractors, the Sr. Health and Safety Coordinator implements effective health and safety programs, recommends process improvements, leads safety initiatives, and monitors key performance indicators to identify trends and strengthen overall safety performance.
What you’ll be doing.
- Support the implementation of health and safety initiatives aligned with McCain’s safety culture, standards, and goals.
- Partner closely with the Site Leadership Team and HR Business Partner to build employee engagement and promote a continuous improvement mindset around health and safety.
- Conduct health and safety audits, including rack inspections, and support timely closure of findings through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Advise people leaders and employees on complex health and safety matters and support related corrective action processes and attendance management.
- Verify external contractors’ required safety training and certifications and conduct worksite health and safety audits.
- Maintain McCain OSHA/OH&S programs and ensure compliance with company requirements, applicable regulations, established procedures, required documentation, and annual reviews.
- Prepare accurate and timely daily, weekly, and monthly reports to monitor safety and operational performance and identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Develop and facilitate health and safety training for management and employees.
- Support continuous improvement and Management System activities, including MDI requirements, and recommend process improvements that strengthen workplace health and safety.
- Provide support on health and safety-related issues and respond as needed to accidents or serious injuries, including situations that may occur outside regular working hours.
What you’ll need to be successful.
- Bachelor’s degree, advanced Health & Safety certification(s), and/or an equivalent combination of qualifications and relevant health and safety experience.
- Professional certification such as CSP, ASP, or another accredited Health and Safety certification, either completed or actively in progress.
- 5–7 years of Health & Safety experience.
- Experience with ISO Management Systems is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal direct supervision while collaborating effectively across teams.
- Experience developing and facilitating health and safety training programs and protocols.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and time-management skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to support and maintain Management Systems and contribute to Continuous Improvement activities, including MDI.
- Proficiency with Windows-based applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Experience using or implementing specialized software or EMIS platforms, such as Intelex, is an asset.
About the team
The Sr. Health and Safety Coordinator works closely with the Site Leadership Team, HR Business Partner, HR Specialists, people leaders, employees, and external contractors to advance the site’s health and safety agenda. This role serves as a key partner and subject matter resource, helping teams identify risks, strengthen safety practices, resolve issues, and continuously improve health and safety performance across the site.
About McCain.
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Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
AI & Digital Capabilities.
At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
Compensation Package: $81,600.00 - $108,900.00 . USD annually + Bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits
At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Nebraska : Grand Island
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.