Area Safety Coordinator

What you will do

The Area Safety Coordinator ensures the safety and well-being of employees, visitors, and assets within a designated geographic area. This position involves implementing safety programs and policies, conducting safety inspections, providing training, and responding to incidents. Collaborative engagement with site management and corporate safety to ensure safe operations within their assigned area.

Main Accountabilities

• Ensure the implementation and adherence to all EDPR safety procedures, protocols, and standards for all site operations.
• Verify that all new employees, visitors, and contractors receive a safety briefing prior to entering the field.
• Accountable for ensuring that the contractor safety management system is followed and regularly verify third party contractor credentials/safety performance while performing any site work for EDPR NA.
• Monitor the implementation of Health & Safety behavioral safety programs such as Good Catches, Safe Start, and Stop Work to improve behaviors and promote safety culture.
• Review submitted good catches and provides QA/QC findings to site management.
• Coordinate and facilitate daily morning safety briefings for POD, including third party contractor activities, if any.
• Train and develop EDPR site personnel on control of work processes (i.e., JSA, LOTO, Work permits, PPE, etc.) through regular tower climbs, on-site training, and field inspections.
• Audit the EDPR LOTO process weekly to ensure compliance with EDPR procedures and provide findings to site management and Corp. Health, Safety and Quality Department.
• Report any H&S noncompliance/violations and provide recommendations/guidance for site management toward resolving issues and eliminating occupational hazards.
• Point of contact for all unplanned events and provide support to site manager for incident case management and subsequent root cause analysis in accordance with EDPR procedures.
• Lead emergency response team and liaise with Health and Safety Department for medical case management guidance.
• Verify and document the implementation of any corrective actions resulting from incidents or equipment failures.
• Maintain, inspect, and track all safety equipment inventory on site.
• Work with lead technicians and field support engineers to ensure completion of preventative maintenance routines (SAP) for all safety equipment and systems.
• Provide and ensure completion of Health & Safety awareness training for all site personnel, including pertinent third-party contractors.
• Liaise with L&D team to ensure employees receive all required training.
• Review new hires prior training and certifications for transferability to EDPR requirements.
• Record completed trainings, and schedule TBC Assessments for site personnel in Campus Online.
• Assist site personnel with training registration, coordination, execution, and recording.
• Interface with internal and external trainers for scheduling and coordinating both on and off-site training for site personnel.
• Verify and audit current training requirements for all EDPR personnel on site in accordance with EDPR safety training procedure quarterly.
• Conduct Regional Safety Coordinator audits as per annual Health, Safety and Quality annual audit requirements and participate in all monthly RSC Health and Safety meetings.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Associate’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field
• 1 – 2 years of Health & Safety experience in power or a related industry preferred

Travel

• 20% or as needed
• Travel may be required between sites and also travel to the Corporate office in Houston, Texas.

Behavioral Requirements

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• High attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to perform duties independently and remotely
• Ability to perform multiple duties in a collaborative working environment
• Ability to be self-motivated
• Good time-management skills and demonstrated efficiency in providing technical support for multiple concurrent activities
• Exemplary standards of integrity, honor, safety, ethics, quality, and productivity
• Ability to travel on short notice
• Ability to prioritize activities according to changing needs in dynamic environment
• Ability to work extended hours on short notice
• Ability and willingness to respond to site emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as needed

Physical demands & working conditions

• Sitting/Standing/Flexibility: Ability to stand and sit for 8 or more hours when in an office environment
• Walking: Ability to walk .5 to 2 miles per day, including across unpaved and rough surfaces when on project sites.
• Speech/Reading: Ability to speak, read, and write English proficiently and deliver a variety of instructions furnished in written verbal, diagram, or scheduled form
• Lifting: Ability to lift items weighing up to 10 pounds
• Vision/Hearing: Ability to understand a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, or schedule form

Pay

Salary hiring range: 58,240-72,800. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry and are one part of many compensation, benefits, and other reward opportunities we provide. Individual pay rate decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect most of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description. However, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate. The salary range above is for the posting location specified. As a company, we have a location-based strategy, which means the salary range could be lower or higher than this if the role is hired in another location.