Safety Specialist

Responsibilities

• Uses relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Provides consistent, technical, and practical interpretation of regulations, procedures, and standards.
• Collaborates with the operations team to implement a strategy that supports the execution of work and controls.
• Identifies, proposes, and executes corrective action plans to eliminate identified safety risks and exposures.
• Creates sustainable safety culture, conditions, and practices.
• Partners with other safety professionals to provide insight and coaching in the development of correction plans.
• Suggests and identifies improvement opportunities.
• Assures identified corrective actions are executed and implemented.
• Identifies training needs of others, develops training programs or classes, and teaches or instructs others in accordance with OSHA/DOT/state regulations.
• Assumes the duties of the project safety manager or director.
• Buils productive relationships with field employees, supervisors and managers, directors, senior leaders, and safety to jointly identify, plan and prioritize the requirements to produce stronger safety leadership and management skills and safe practices.
• Engages with employees and leaders to increase safe behaviors, rule/procedure adherence, hazards, exposures, and proactively identifies barriers to safe work.
• PARTNERS WITH OTHER SAFETY SPECIALISTS WHEN THE ESCALATION PROCESS IS REQUIRED AND LEADS THE BRIEFING WITH THE SENIOR LEADERS.
• Inspects equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Performs daily safety observation with face-to-face interaction.

Qualifications

• Proficient in OSHA recordkeeping.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion.
• Strong organizational and document management skills.
• Ability to multitask and maintain effectiveness with multiple priorities.
• Professional demeanor; remains calm and emotionally controlled under pressure.
• Solid mathematical skills.
• Comfortable with working in a non-traditional office environment.
• Demonstrated written and verbal skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Documented evidence of training and experience to satisfy qualifications.
• Ability to attain or have CPR/first aid or EMT certification, on-the-job experience managing a project safety program, and training experience.
• Certification as an OSHA, MSHA, and Medic First Aid instructor is preferred.
• OSHA 10 HR and 30 or equivalent instructor.
• Attain CUSP prior to moving to next career level.
• Ability to communicate and set safety expectations through onboarding and orientation delivery.
• 3-5 years’ work experience in transmission power line construction preferred.
• BA/BS in health and safety or related field strongly preferred.
• Ability to attain CSP (Certified Safety Professional).
• Journeyman lineman/certified high voltage electrician.
• Working knowledge of OSHA 1910 and 1926 and recordkeeping.