Safety Specialist

Responsibilities

• Conducts injury and vehicle incident reviews to determine root cause and necessary corrective action required to eliminate future incidents.
• Provides guidance and direction for division employees and contractors to encourage workplace safety.
• Observes safety practices and conditions in field locations and recommends corrections or additional precautions to help protect employees from potentially unsafe work methods and to assure compliance.
• Assists in the development of and conducts safety training programs. Demonstrates the use of safety equipment and facilitates numerous tests; i.e. respirator fit, hearing loss, forklift and excavation.
• Participates in monthly safety team meetings and provides leadership training to safety team leaders to improve the effectiveness of the company's occupational safety and health efforts.
• Maintains accurate safety related records for reporting purposes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and two years of relevant experience in the safety field; or High school education or equivalent and six years of relevant experience in the safety field.
• Ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers to obtain and/or provide explanations and/or modifications on technical or other complex concepts.
• Ability to perform analyses involving ratios, percentages and simple statistical methods.
• Basic computer skills for data entry, reference and/or retrieval tasks. Preferred experience with Microsoft Office.

Work Conditions

Primary job responsibilities require work inside and outside an office environment. Requires occasionally performing activities including, but not limited to, bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning and/or lifting. Overnight travel may be required.