Health & Safety Specialist - Fossil Power Plants

About the role

Talen Energy is seeking a Health & Safety Specialist for our fossil power plants located in Baltimore, MD. The position requires the design, implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of health and safety programs, managing and overseeing existing programs, recommending and designing new programs, creating and modifying safety manuals and procedures, providing technical guidance, and fostering development of all employees related to health and safety issues.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and evaluate health and safety programs
• Manage and oversee existing health and safety programs to reduce risk in the work environment
• Recommend and design new workplace health and safety programs relative to risk management and hazard abatement
• Create, modify, and submit revisions to safety manuals and procedures as appropriate
• Provide technical support to internal and external stakeholders regarding compliance with health and safety regulations
• Support programs to enhance the public image of corporate health and safety performance through education activities and other actions that encourage responsible behavior
• Organize and conduct health and safety studies
• Perform trending analysis to improve health and safety performance by gathering data, developing reports, identifying gaps, evaluating risk, and implementing process improvements and/or corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence
• Develop and conduct training and materials in support of health and safety initiatives
• Engage with the entire organization; coach and mentor all levels of personnel on critical skills, behaviors, and techniques that build and sustain a zero injury/illness culture
• Provide governance and quality oversight of health and safety programs
• Recommend changes in procedures, processes, design, or equipment
• Keep abreast of federal, state, and local occupational health and safety regulations, review technical literature
• Participate in audits for compliance to occupational health and safety programs
• Participate in industrial safety conferences and benchmark top performing organizations for program improvements

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Safety Engineering, Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, or other equivalent technical field
• Preference will be given to candidates with 1-5 years of work experience in industrial hygiene or safety
• Experience with interpretation of health and safety regulations
• Experience rapidly organizing and analyzing complex and diverse topics and situations, as well as large amounts of data
• Experience working in a power plant or other industrial setting with 24x7 operations
• Experience engaging with a union workforce

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Strong abilities in building relationships with peers, workforce, and leadership

Skills

• Technical expertise in health and safety regulations
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex data
• Effective communication and relationship-building skills
• Leadership and mentoring capabilities
• Knowledge of industry best practices and trends

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, prescription plans
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Short-Term Incentive program
• 401(k) plan
• Competitive vacation and sick time

Pay

The expected salary range for this position is $95,000 to $118,000 annually plus bonus. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors as permitted by law.

Schedule

This is an on-site position based at the Brandon Shores and Wagner plants in Baltimore, MD, with occasional travel to other Talen facilities in the mid-Atlantic region.