Safety Specialist/ Senior Safety Specialist - Dumfries, VA

Eligibility

Open to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Military service members and veterans with ranks from E3‑E5, W1‑W2, or O1‑O3, plus the appropriate combination of education and experience, will be considered.

Job Summary

This intermediate‑level Safety Specialist role recommends and administers company safety and fire protection policies and programs. The incumbent provides safety oversight and technical support for Corporate, Gas Infrastructure, Power Delivery, or Power Generation groups, acts as a first responder to safety incidents, conducts root‑cause analyses, performs inspections, and develops training and risk‑reduction plans.

Specific Business Unit Duties

• Gas Infrastructure: Identify, evaluate, and control chemical exposures; coordinate hearing conservation, respirator, and medical surveillance programs; perform other industrial‑hygiene activities.
• Power Delivery: Provide technical expertise for complex work activities, qualify gloving supervisors, conduct switch‑operator training, qualify unsupervised gloving linemen, and support storm‑restoration work.
• Power Generation: Oversee generation and construction projects (coal combustion products, wind, solar); perform combustible‑dust surveys and equipment evaluations for fossil‑fuel and biomass locations.
• Corporate Safety / Services: Facilitate company‑wide standardization of safety equipment, methods, and practices; identify opportunities for efficient delivery of safety program capabilities; provide safety‑performance reporting and input for corporate sustainability reporting.

Requirements

• Minimum education: High School diploma or GED.
• Experience: 3+ years of directly related experience for Safety Specialist; 5+ years for Senior Safety Specialist.
• Preferred education: Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection, Industrial Hygiene, Safety, Occupational Safety, or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of company safety policies, OSHA and other applicable safety and fire‑protection regulations, hazardous‑material management, industrial‑hygiene sampling and surveying techniques.
• Technical proficiency in the relevant discipline and Management Service (MMS) requirements.
• Strong communication, writing, interpersonal, coaching, public‑speaking, planning, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Proficient computer skills and ability to perform accident/incident investigations.

Licenses & Certifications

• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

Working Conditions

• Office work environment with exposure to cold (76‑100%).
• Up to 25% exposure each to dust/grease/oil, fumes, heat, loud noise, outdoors, pressurized lines & valves, radiation.
• Travel up to 25%.

Location

Dumfries, Virginia.