Safety Specialist

Responsibilities & Duties

• Provides coaching and subject matter expertise to the site’s management and employees in all matters related to H&S including all potential losses.
• Performs as an integral member of the site’s management team and leads the site in the execution of H&S strategy.
• Promotes Continuous Improvement Culture and Cross Functional Teams.
• Assists with the oversight of the site’s H&S management system, processes and programs to ensure continuous improvement as well as regulatory and company compliance.
• Continually engages employees to ensure the desired H&S behaviors are being demonstrated at all levels of the organization.
• Assists with minimizing losses including, but not limited to, assists with managing workers’ compensation claims, property damage, business interruption, and unexpected costs.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably, (but not required) in H&S related field, or equivalent experience and training, is preferred.
• Professional certification such as Certified Mine Safety Specialist, or Certified Safety Professional, is a plus.
• Minimum five years of progressive H&S experience, preferably in a mining, manufacturing or construction environment.
• Experience with OSHA, MSHA, or other similar regulatory agencies is required.
• Proficient computer skills and working with Microsoft Office software including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint is a must.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and set priorities appropriately.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.  Fluency in Spanish is a plus.
• Experience working with employees who are part of a unionized labor force.
• Must be able to support a continuous improvement environment as well as change management initiatives.
• Able to travel regularly to cover assigned locations.
• Able to develop and conduct training programs.
• Excellent organization, conflict resolution, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, challenge status quo, and initiate change.

Needed Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of people management skills.
• Knowledge of continuous manufacturing business sector.
• Knowledge of Safety Regulations
• Technical creditability as it relates to industry

Skills

• Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skill; effectively conveys the intended message to all levels within and outside the organization and effectively listens to concerns and issues of others.
• Demonstrates the ability to work across organizational boundaries and all levels of the organization to create interpersonal and team working relationships.
• Displays strong leadership skills and is able to inspire others to action and therefore achieve the site’s H&S goals and objectives.
• Possesses strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple initiatives and duties.
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively influence others without direct authority, while maintaining positive and productive relationships with management, peers, and hourly employees.
• Deals effectively with difficult situations and resolve conflicts to ensure the best solutions to problems are identified and issues are resolved in the best interest of all parties.
• Demonstrates the ability to work autonomously to accomplish work without direct supervision.
• Build strong interpersonal relationships and understand the site’s employees to help them realize their potential to achieve a safe working environment.
• Influences others by building trust and credibility prior to promoting ideas and seeks win/win outcomes for ideas and initiatives using facts, logic, reason to establish rational arguments.
• Demonstrates the ability to train and facilitate learning to ensure appropriate H&S skills, knowledge, and behaviors are instituted throughout the sites.
• Possess the ability to identify events that can adversely impact a task, an initiative, or a program outcome and manage the risk appropriately.