Safety coordinator resume examples for 2025
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How to write a safety coordinator resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:
Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.
Step 2: Include your years of experience in safety coordinator-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.
Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.
Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.
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List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
- Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
- Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
- Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
- Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a safety coordinator resume:
- OSHA
- Safety Procedures
- Safety Program
- Safety Audits
- Safety Training
- Corrective Action
- Safety Regulations
- Safety Standards
- CPR
- Customer Service
- PowerPoint
- Safety Committee
- Site Safety
- Safety Issues
- Safety Equipment
- Safety Inspections
- Safety Culture
- Training Programs
- EPA
- Fall Protection
- EHS
- Incident Investigations
- Occupational Safety
- Safety Rules
- Safety Compliance
- HR
- Risk Assessments
- LOTO
- Regulatory Agencies
- Regulatory Compliance
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How to structure your work experience
A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.
- Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
- Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
- Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.
How to write safety coordinator experience bullet points
Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:
- Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
- Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
- Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.
Here are examples from great safety coordinator resumes:
Work history example #1
Industrial Hygiene Technician
Boston Scientific
- Executed employee-training relating to health & safety concerns, managed compliance of hazardous waste material removal from the facility.
- Coordinated development and publication of corporate respiratory protection policy covering compliance, logistics, and cost issues.
- Coordinated noise and air monitoring with management to ensure compliance with OSHA standards for multiple facilities.
- Managed day-to-day chemical, health, environmental and safety regulation for ~350 employees in a just-in-time manufacturing facility.
- Escorted MSHA compliance inspectors in the mine and helped answer questions.
Work history example #2
Safety Coordinator
Mount Vernon
- Trained Security Managers from customer service to OSHA regulations.
- Enforced OSHA Standards and Ohio EPA regulations to maintain a 100% safety and environmental compliance record throughout my position there.
- Handled large loss oversight, including $2 million facility arson claim and Hurricane Isaac damage claim.
- Maintained and monitored Pfizer/OSHA safety and environmental standards and safety procedures, with special regards to contractors.
- Conducted First Aid and CPR training and assisted with EMT training.
Work history example #3
Health And Safety Technician
Genzyme
- Involved in Peer QC review of all the cases after the data entry.
- Developed management systems based upon ISO and OHSAS Standards.
- Provided industrial hygiene and safety support to a 2000 employee hospital products manufacturing facility.
- Provided Safe Kids Programs, CPR classes and inspections stations.
- Created and disseminated internal communications from EHS+S designed to engage and inform our clients groups and the company at large.
Work history example #4
Fire Fighter
Harris County
- Served as a CPR Instructor for department.
- Authored and implemented a comprehensive City wide fire sprinkler ordinance.
- Certified with the National Registry of EMT's as an Emergency Medical Responder.
- Delivered a wide variety of courses including topics on communication, team building, CPR and Sexual Harassment.
- Trained and certified as first responder to passenger jet emergencies.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries from safety coordinator resumes:
Master's Degree in business
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
2008 - 2009
Highlight your safety coordinator certifications on your resume
Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your safety coordinator resume:
- OSHA Safety Certificate
- Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST)
- Construction Site Safety Technician (CSST)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor
- Certified Safety and Health Manager (CSHM)
- Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST)
- Safety Management Specialist (SMS)
- Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
- Construction Site Safety Supervisor (CSSS)