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Student Worker (Telework) – Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OR-FACE) Program

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Position Details:

  • Type of Position: Research
  • Requisition ID: 2023-22288
  • Part-time, 10 hours/week, telework
  • Salary: $15/hour
  • Schedule: Monday-Friday, depending on school schedule
  • See link for details.

Department Overview

The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences is an independent research institute within OHSU that is dedicated to health and safety in the workplace. The Institute receives its base funding from the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Fund and leverages this base funding to secure federal government grants in basic, clinical, and applied research. The Institute performs biomedical/occupational research and innovation for a healthy workforce, to improve workers’ lives across the nation, particularly in Oregon.

The student will be working with the Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program, which conducts surveillance, investigation, and assessment of occupational fatalities in Oregon and produces safety materials to promote worker safety. OR-FACE investigations of fatal occupational incidents assess risk factors that include the working environment, the worker, activity, tools, energy exchange and role of management. 

Function/Duties of Position

  • Assisting with administrative outreach activities (e.g., website, social media, mailings)
  • Conducting data entry, coding, and analysis

Required Qualifications

  • Enrolled in or on vacation from or is otherwise registered in an undergraduate program (minimum 6 credit hours)
  • Student currently working on a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
  • Proficiency with computers running Windows and PC applications (e.g., MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
  • Excellent communication skills; ability to express and document ideas clearly and concisely in written communications;
  • Excellent organizational abilities
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to establish/maintain effective working relationships with a range of individuals from institutions and organizations
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to think critically and creatively

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with additional computer software (Adobe Suite, Common Spot, Tableau ,etc.) is highly desirable
  • Work experience and/or coursework in public/ occupational health and/or research is desirable
  • A solution-oriented approach to issues
  • Excellent record of time management and setting appropriate priorities

Additional Details

Computer work, standing and sitting while using a computer. The position is remote, but occasional in-person team meetings will be preferred for local candidates.

All are welcome

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.

As an organization devoted to the health and well-being of people in Oregon and beyond, OHSU requires its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Safety Manager – Tillamook County Creamery Association

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Come join the Tillamook Team where our philosophy is “Do Right By Every Bite.”  As an independent farmer-owned cooperative, we have been guided by good, honest values since 1909. We believe in putting quality over profit, natural over artificial, and that hard work can never be outsmarted. We’re taking a stand for real food because everyone deserves better.

We invite members of all diverse communities to join our workforce. At Tillamook, we believe that inclusion and diversity are central to our cultural strategy. In order to achieve our growth ambition and compete and win in the marketplace, we believe we make better decisions and build stronger teams when we invite and rely on diverse perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds and cultures into our work and to fuel our innovation and growth. To us this means creating a climate of inclusion where all employees feel valued and a sense of belonging.  We believe this will make us a better consumer brand and employer.

About you:

What does real food mean to you? Is your favorite dish a cheesy casserole? Perhaps a decadent and indulgent ice cream? Either way, your identification with food is important to us. People who fit well here at Tillamook have a commitment to quality in everything they do. Our team members understand our vision, contribute to our mission, thrive on innovative thinking, hard work and good, honest values.

About us: 

Our team members understand our vision, contribute to our mission, thrive on innovative thinking, hard work and good, honest values. We live by these shared values: We are Good Stewards, We believe in Uncompromising Quality, We work as One Team, We Play to Win, and We Genuinely Care for each other. 

 What you will do:

The facility plant safety manager is responsible for the health and safety of TCCA employees.  This role will develop and execute the TCCA strategy for proactive/engaged employee safety leveraging industry best practices and regulatory guidance.  This position will support the corporate safety manager to achieve corporate safety objectives by administering all safety programs including training programs, workers compensation and incentive programs, overall site safety compliance within OR-OSHA guideline and assist in Administration of Security related policies/ programs as needed.  Support and administer shared safety/ security programs to improve safety culture company wide. 

Here’s a day in the life:

  • Support employee involvement in the safety programs by staying current on regulatory topics
  • Identify and eliminate all unsafe workplace conditions
  • Complete facility inspections – each area no less than once each quarter
  • Develop and deliver monthly safety topic
  • Provide support for the safety committee
  • Audit compliance training ensuring employees have completed annual requirement
  • Assist in developing metrics to target improvement areas and improvements completed
  • Administer Workers Compensation; investigate on the job injuries, track appointments and work releases
  • Support and manage site specific Security policies and programs as needed

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Bachelor’s degree in environmental, health & safety or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Computer skills and proficiency of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint
  • Preferred: 5 years in the safety field

Industry-leading benefit and reward programs:

We offer outstanding benefits to our employees. For more information, please visit the careers page: www.tillamook.com/careers.

We are committed to creating a diverse culture and inclusive conditions where all employees are heard, valued, and feel a sense of belonging.  We rely on different perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds, and cultures to inform our work, to help us be better as a brand and as an employer and to fuel our success.  We are seeking talent from a wide range of diversity, perspectives, and backgrounds to join our exceptional organization and help us build our future.   

Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is a Drug-Free Workplace. EEO/AA