How to hire a product safety coordinator

How to hire a product safety coordinator, step by step

Here's a step-by-step product safety coordinator hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a product safety coordinator job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new product safety coordinator
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your product safety coordinator job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a product safety coordinator for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect product safety coordinator also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of product safety coordinators.

   Type of Product Safety Coordinator	Description	Hourly rate
   Product Safety Coordinator	Health and safety engineers develop procedures and design systems to prevent people from getting sick or injured and to keep property from being damaged. They combine knowledge of systems engineering and of health and safety to make sure that chemicals, machinery, software, furniture, and other consumer products will not cause harm to people or damage to buildings.	$23-63
   Coordinator	Coordinators are responsible for liaising between the department they are assigned to and any other external party. They oversee projects or agreements... Show more	$12-29
   Lead Coordinator	A lead coordinator is a professional who provides excellent customer service and account administration by acting as the primary contact between a company and its affiliates. Lead coordinators must maintain good rapport with affiliate agents and customers by communicating with them daily to make contact and advise of changes and shipment delays... Show more	$12-34

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Product Safety
   • OSHA
   • FDA
   • Safety Assessments
   • Sops
   • PowerPoint

   Responsibilities:

   • Identify and minimize hazardous conditions, oversee accident prevention and remediation activities, and manage logistical operations of all HAZMAT carriers.
   • Perform detailed analysis of all Medicare and Medicaid program areas to determine critical programs requiring executive decision making during emergency disasters.
   • Collaborate with corporate EHS department on developing facility and procedure EHS protocols in accordance with OSHA standards and regulations.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your product safety coordinator job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A product safety coordinator can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, product safety coordinators' average salary in georgia is 50% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level product safety coordinators 64% less than senior-level product safety coordinators.
   • Certifications. A product safety coordinator with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a product safety coordinator's salary.

   Average product safety coordinator salary

   $80,245yearly

   $38.58 hourly rate

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   Entry-level product safety coordinator salary

   $48,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 17, 2025

4. Writing a product safety coordinator job description

   A job description for a product safety coordinator role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a product safety coordinator job description:

   Product safety coordinator job description example

   CVS Health, a Fortune 5 company, is hiring for an Adverse Event Reporting Coordinator! In the Coordinator role on the Specialty Pharmacovigilance and Product Safety Team, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with contractual adverse event reporting obligations for certain pharma manufacturers.
   
   You will work both independently as well as collaborating with other Pharmacovigilance and Product Safety Team members to ensure accurate and timely manufacturer reporting and adherence to manufacturer contractual requirements.
   Primary duties and responsibilities include:
   
   * Data entry of submitted adverse events into manufacturer specific portals.
   * Data entry of submitted adverse events on to manufacturer specific, non-standard adverse event reporting forms.
   * Performing daily internal reconciliation of submitted adverse drug or product complaint forms with internal source system data.
   
   This position requires strong collaboration skills as it is necessary to work internally with other Pharmacovigilance and Product Safety Team members. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and experience working within a large team.
   
   Pay Range
   
   The typical pay range for this role is:
   
   Minimum: 17.00
   
   Maximum: 27.16
   
   Please keep in mind that this range represents the pay range for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual salary offer will take into account a wide range of factors, including location.
   
   Required Qualifications
   
   * Prior work in any pharmacy setting
   * 1-3 years keyboarding experience
   * Ability to effectively communicate to internal customers, prioritize and work independently
   
   COVID Requirements
   
   COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
   
   CVS Health requires certain colleagues to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless they are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on disability, medical condition, religious belief, or other legally recognized reasons that prevents them from being vaccinated.
   
   You are required to have received at least one COVID-19 shot prior to your first day of employment and to provide proof of your vaccination status or apply for a reasonable accommodation within the first 10 days of your employment. Please note that in some states and roles, you may be required to provide proof of full vaccination or an approved reasonable accommodation before you can begin to actively work.
   
   Preferred Qualifications
   
   * Experience with Microsoft Word, Access, and Excel
   * Strong attention to detail
   * Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements
   
   Education
   
   High School Diploma or Equivalent
   
   Business Overview
   
   Bring your heart to CVS Health
   
   Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand - with heart at its center - our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.
   
   Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.
   
   We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day.
   
   CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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5. Post your job

   To find product safety coordinators for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any product safety coordinators they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level product safety coordinators with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your product safety coordinator job on Zippia to find and recruit product safety coordinator candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit product safety coordinators, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new product safety coordinator

   Once you've decided on a perfect product safety coordinator candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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