Safety Management Development Associate – Safety Management

Job Description

Safety Management Development Associate | Nestlé Purina North America

The Tone:
This is a full-time leadership development role within Nestlé Purina North America, located initially in Davenport, Iowa. Nestlé Purina is an organization dedicated to pushing boundaries in pet care through a long-standing tradition of excellence and a strong purpose driven by the people-and-pet bond. This role is crucial for developing future leaders who will ensure safety is the number one priority across manufacturing operations, fostering continuous learning and growth through a comprehensive development program.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Davenport, IA
• Pay: $80000 yearly
• Mission: To develop future leaders in manufacturing who ensure a safe working environment and continuously improve safety practices.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Implement: Utilize assessment and risk prediction processes to effectively identify, communicate, and mitigate workplace hazards.
• Recommend: Make recommendations for safety improvements throughout the factory based on observations and assessments.
• Train: Provide effective safety training, including comprehensive safety orientation programs for new hires and contractors.
• Coordinate: Organize, coordinate, and conduct training sessions for the factory safety committee.
• Enforce: Model and enforce compliance with both internally and externally mandated safety regulations and procedures.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, or a related discipline, attained or expected by June 2027.
• Experience: Must be open to relocation to any of Nestlé Purina’s 24 manufacturing sites across the U.S. as you progress through the Management Development Associate program.
• Skills: Ability to implement risk assessment processes, deliver comprehensive safety trainings, and enforce safety regulations and procedures.
• Bonus: Prior internship, co-op, practicum, or manufacturing experience; involvement in student organizations and/or other leadership experience.