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Safety & Health Technician

Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc.

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Compensation
$36.48/hr
Location
Fontana, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Healthcare Provider CPR CertificationCalifornia EMT CertificationFire Extinguisher Servicing LicenseCalifornia BSIS Guard Card24-Hour HAZWOPER CertificationHazardous Materials First Responder CertificateFirefighter 1 Academy Training CertificateCalifornia Driver's License

Job overview

The Safety & Health Technician provides safety, health, and security support at Nucor California Steel Industries, helping sustain a culture that prioritizes safety. The role patrols and maintains plant security, responds to medical and other incidents, supports hazardous-materials response and confined-space rescues, and maintains safety equipment. The technician also leads contractor safety briefings and CPR/First Aid training and may work varied shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Security OperationsFirst AidCPRHazardous Materials ResponseRespirator UseFire Extinguisher ServicingTeamworkIndependenceWork PlanningCommunicationDependabilityEmergency ReasoningInitiativeAccountability

Qualifications

High School Graduate or GEDCalifornia Driver's LicenseSecurity Officer ExperienceHealthcare Provider CPR CertificationCalifornia EMT CertificationFire Extinguisher Servicing LicenseCalifornia BSIS Guard Card24-Hour HAZWOPER CertificationHazardous Materials First Responder CertificateFirefighter 1 Academy Training Certificate

Full job description

Job Details

Division: California Steel Industries

Location: Fontana, CA, United States

Salary: $36.48 per hour plus ROA bonus

Basic Job Functions:

The safety & Health Technician's responsibilities include but are not limited to, ensuring the safety and security ofall teammates, contractors, visitors, etc. and property of Nucor California Steel Industries (NCSI). The Safety & Healh Tehcnician is responsible for providing effective professional safety, health, and security support to allteammates to improve and sustain a culture that values Safety above all else.

  • Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Patrols the plant for suspicious or unusual activity; Performs security tours using GuardTek.

  • Maintains site security

  • Performs traffic enforcement and issues citations to violator

  • Escorts unruly visitors or suspended teammates from the plant.

  • Is knowledgeable of all door locations, Mill Planners, Supervisors, and Managers

  • Responds to all medical calls and administers first aid and/or CPR when needed.

  • Responds to all types of incidents and assists completing incident reports.

  • Responds to hazardous materials spills as the HAZMAT FRO first responder.

  • Uses various respirators. Maintains personal grooming as per CAL-OSHA respirator standards.

  • Uses various types of fire suppression, HAZMAT, security, and medical equipment.

  • Maintains appearance and maintenance of all Plant Protection equipment and facilities.

  • Inspects, services, and repairs various fire extinguishers throughout the plant. Where necessary, preparesextinguishers for vendor servicing.

  • Assists with inspection of various fire extinguisher systems.

  • Assists with confined space rescues

  • Leads contractor safety briefings

  • Assist in conducting teammate health monitoring activities, such as hearing and drug testing

  • Maintains routine activity reports, logs, records, etc.

  • Performs other duties as required by department supervision.

  • Teammates will be required to work varied shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

  • Leads CPR/First Aid training

  • Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

Minimum Requirements:

  • High School Graduate or G.E.D. equivalent

  • Possess a valid California Drivers License

  • Must have experience as a Security Officer and a good performance record or 6 months in a related field

  • American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR Certification

  • California State E.M.T. certification

  • At least six months Security Officer experience 6 months in a related field

  • California State Fire Marshal Fire Extinguisher Servicing License certification

  • California State BSIS Guard Card certification

  • 24-hour HAZWOPER certification

  • Hazardous Materials First Responder (FRO) certificate

  • Firefighter 1 Academy training certificate

Detailed Selection Criteria:

  • Teamwork - Working as part of a coordinated effort with others to achieve a common goal. Thisincludes encouraging and building mutual trust among team members to ensure alignment on safetyprocesses and initiatives.

  • Independence - Ability to work efficiently with minimal oversight.

  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans for prioritizing,organizing, and accomplishing individual work and the work of the team to include time management.

  • Communication Skills - The ability to give full attention to what others are saying and communicateinformation frequently and consistently so that others will understand.

  • Dependability - Being reliable, responsible, and committed to fulfilling obligations and supporting theteam.

  • Reasoning Ability Able to react and think quickly in an emergency situation. Able to followinstructions and/or directions of a moderately complex nature. May require ability to decide on acourse/sequence of action. Must have continuous visual and mental attention during the performance ofassigned duties.

  • Initiative - Being proactive with seeking out work that needs to be done, identifying opportunities forcontinuous improvement, and being willing to take on responsibilities and challenges.

  • Accountability - Displays responsibility with work habits and has ability to hold others accountable fordesired results.

Preferred Qualifications:

Nucor is an Equal OpportunityEmployer and a drug-free workplace

How this job compares

Set against the 1,651 open Security Officer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$36.48/hr
  • California median$24/hr180 hourly ranges
  • US median$20–21/hr1,192 hourly ranges

This rate, $36.48/hr, is 51% above the California median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the top quarter of Security Officer hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 212 open Security Officer jobs in California and 1,651 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Security Officer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 533 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 884 of the 1,651 open Security Officer jobs (54%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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