Occupational Health Trainer
Mount Sterling, IL 
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Posted 7 days ago
Job Description
Description

Your Role: Develops, implements, tracks, and measures occupational health programs as a proactive approach to injury prevention and employee wellness to support reductions in related costs.

  • Conducts pain consults and safe work observations with current employees.
  • Educates employees on work postures, body mechanics, strength and conditioning, and other activities that will reduce the risk of injury.
  • Performs physical ability testing on post job-offer applicants.
  • Creates educational materials to support our injury prevention and healthy lifestyle strategies.
  • Provides wellness training and services at driver meetings.
  • Provides telephonic injury management support to the distribution centers.
  • Responds to after hour calls for assistance with employee injuries.
  • Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.

Role Specifics:

  • Schedule - Will include 2 evening shifts per week and rare weekend hours.
  • Travel - Occasional overnight travel (3-5 times per year) to company locations or to attend seminars and meetings to develop professional expertise. Must have ability to travel independently as needed, without restriction by all modes of transportation, including car, plane, or train.

We Need You To Have:

  • Bachelor's degree in exercise science, kinesiology, or athletic training.
  • Ability to resolve complex problems and make independent decisions.
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills.
  • Strong knowledge in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Word.

We'd Like You To Have:

  • Ability to speak French or Spanish
  • Athletic Trainer Certification (ATC)
  • Ability to interact well with employees in all work areas and locations.
  • Strong personal motivation toward personal learning.

What Can Dot Offer You?

As a family-owned and -operated company for the past 57 years, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture within the business. As a vital part of that family unit, we want to ensure you feel included and respected for any differing ideas. We appreciate those opinions and count on them to make us successful. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:

  • Salary Grade 13
  • A friendly working environment
  • Highly competitive compensation and benefits package
  • Significant advancement opportunities

Safety: This position assumes responsibility for the workplace safety of self and co-workers, and for the safety conditions of the work locations, exercise and promotes safe behaviors and show unyielding support of programs, rules and policies regarding safety.

EOE/AA Employer: Dot provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment based on merit and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including and not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, and promotion.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelors (required)


Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

EOE/AA Employer- We will not discriminate in our employment practices due to applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran or disability status

 

Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
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