Representative - Safety

About the Role

Primary field health and safety support for the gas operations team, covering various compressor stations, meter stations, and pipeline rights-of-way in South Florida. This position supports the operations team in developing a strong culture of safety, ensuring compliance across all responsibilities. The role requires frequent travel within the territory and effective communication with various internal clients.

Responsibilities

• Champion the company’s safety policies and programs, acting as a highly visible safety leader.
• Assist with work planning for critical safe work tasks and review work plans sent to safety representatives.
• Lead and/or participate in pre-job safety meetings with ETP or contract representatives prior to projects.
• Visit field work to evaluate safety program compliance during various activities.
• Keep the area/division updated on corporate safety initiatives, company statistics, and district-specific statistics.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for safety-related issues, consulting with management and teams.
• Provide interpretations of regulatory standards, company procedures, and policies related to safety.
• Stay updated on company policy changes and regulatory/industry changes related to safety.
• Attend required training to maintain knowledge and proficiency.
• Review SDS requests as part of the chemical approval process.
• Assist management and DOT drivers with regulatory and company procedure vehicle and driver compliance.
• Provide training to field techs on safety SOPs.
• Assist with entering unwanted events and near misses into the IMS system and follow up on safety-related reports.
• Provide safety-related training to employees as needed and attend/lead company safety meetings.
• Review quarterly exception reports for accuracy prior to distribution.
• Attend bi-weekly safety representative conference calls and annual meetings.
• Conduct local safety audits or inspections of facilities and assets.
• Conduct quality job reviews of projects to verify compliance with company policies, focusing on LOTO, hot work, confined space entry, electrical, cranes, and excavation projects.
• Participate in corporate safety compliance audits and work with management to identify corrective actions.
• Follow up on corrective actions to ensure timely completion.
• Assist with and verify facility compliance with recurring reviews and tasks (e.g., driving hazard surveys, LOTO reviews, PPE hazard assessments).
• Conduct or assist with incident or near-miss investigations, applying root cause methodologies such as TapRoot.
• Lead incident investigations and develop corrective actions to prevent unwanted events.
• Review and categorize near-miss vs. good catch entries in IMS.
• Conduct industrial hygiene monitoring and sampling, including sound level surveys, air sampling, lighting surveys, lead surveys, and asbestos surveys.
• Secure or assist with securing contractors for industrial hygiene surveys.
• Complete and/or review documentation and submit to the IH database.
• Assist teams with NORM sampling training, respirator fit testing, and documentation.
• Maintain working knowledge of company applications and databases (e.g., SDSOnline, Intelex, My Learning, Veriforce/Verisource).

Requirements

• Ability to perform incident investigations using appropriate techniques and identify root causes.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks under potentially stressful and/or hazardous conditions.
• Strong teamwork skills and ability to work independently.
• Sound judgment and knowledge of safety rules and practices with a strong safety record.
• Basic computer skills and proficiency in relevant company applications.
• Dependable, reliable, and positive work performance history.
• Good organizational and customer relations skills.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Representative – Safety: 6+ years of experience.
• Sr Representative – Safety: 8+ years of experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• 6+ years of general experience in the oil/gas industry preferred.