Lead Safety Specialist (Multi-State)

About the role

The Lead Safety Specialist supports the Clients EHS program to enhance safety advocacy and ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations across assigned sites. They manage EHS programs and initiatives to meet regulatory requirements and client needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage EHS programs and initiatives to meet regulatory requirements and EHS needs of client accounts.
• Maintain ISO, OSHA equivalent, and/or ICS certification as required.
• Implement provided Health and Safety programs at the site level, including site metrics, regulatory documentation, H&S audits and risk assessments, awareness training, incident investigations, ergonomic evaluations, and emergency response coordination.
• Respond timely to additional requests from onsite management.
• Coordinate the site Emergency Response Team (ERT), recruit and train ERT members, coordinate quarterly practice sessions, facilitate site-wide evacuation drills, and support infectious disease and public health response.
• Report information as required to onsite management.
• Respond as needed during “after hours” emergencies.
• Deploy awareness training to promote safety culture in the workplace.
• Maintain site EHS metrics and distribute as required.
• Collaborate with Security and Workplace to monitor standards and regulations.
• Process documents and report periodically to program management teams to identify hidden risks or nonconformity issues.
• Assist in preparing permits and evidence of compliance with environmental regulations.
• Conduct regular audits and inspections in a timely manner and submit to the appropriate party.
• Track and report progress on health and safety observations arising from monitoring activities, audits, and incidents.
• Maintain easy access to EHS documentation such as Safety Data Sheet binder, Evacuation maps, etc.
• Using provided meeting technology, schedule and facilitate a variety of meetings and webinars to disseminate gathered information.
• Communicate concerns, issues, and recommended resolutions to EHS stakeholders and management.
• Support health and safety for events, both onsite and offsite.
• Directly line manage team members within assigned area.
• Indirectly manage, assign, and appraise tasks and provide guidance and support to safety and security officers within assigned area.
• Support global and regional level projects and initiatives as required.

Requirements

• Current passport or ability to obtain one.
• Able to travel (international or domestic, as required) approximately 25% of the time or more, occasionally with limited notice.
• Able to work evening or weekend hours when required, such as during an emergency or high-priority event.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in HSE from four-year college or university, or sufficient training, experience, or combination to substitute for degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state, and local health and safety, and environmental regulations is essential.
• Direct experience dealing with regulatory agencies and/or compliance officers is preferred.
• ISO 45001 management standard experience is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of reporting procedures.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Word, OneNote, PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, as well as SharePoint.

Skills

• Excellent organizational skills and extremely high attention to detail.
• Effective time management to deliver projects on-time and that meet expectations.
• Ability to receive direct or indirect instruction in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form, and act upon such instruction to accomplish a given task or project.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Credible writer; exhibits knowledge of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, detail-oriented workplace where judgment and professionalism were necessities.
• Capable of handling multiple tasks concurrently.
• Computer usage which may include prolonged periods of data entry.
• Handling and being exposed to sensitive and confidential information.
• Regular talking and hearing.
• Close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Benefits

• Retirement plan.
• Employer-provided medical and dental coverage.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Voluntary life and disability insurance.
• Employee assistance plan.
• Securitas Saves discount program.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time away from work.