Safety Specialist

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Job Summary:

The Safety Specialist is responsible for implementing safety and health programs within the day-to-day station operations with a focus on employee engagement, culture, injury prevention and regulatory compliance.  

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Influence and motivate others to work in a safe manner and communicate safety requirements during shift briefings, Job Briefings and planned scheduling meetings.
• Coordinate and implement compliance with OSHA and company safety standards.

• Implement the Company’s Safety and Health Management program, and ensure compliance
• Designated Program Administrator for key Safety and Health programs.
• Coordinate with management of the facility on regulatory interpretation, timely internal and external reporting, and overall safety and health compliance. 
• Conduct internal safety and health audits and incremental inspections of the facility to ensure compliance. 
• Investigate accidents and incidents for root cause with a focus on identifying corrective actions to prevent a recurrence. 
• Evaluate the effectiveness of safety programs, designs improvements, and works with management to implement identified improvements. 
• Evaluate, develop, and assist with delivering training to improve skills in the safety aspects of employees' jobs.

Working Conditions:

• Office environment and/or out doors Power Plant work environment including working at heights, high/low ambient temperatures and high humidity areas.
• Willingness to work outside normal business hours as necessary, to support operations, maintenance and outage activities.
• Requires occasional travel to other plant locations for meetings and safety support.
• Requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, hard hat, appropriate footwear, ear plugs, etc.).
• May be required to work around rotating and energized electrical equipment, hazardous materials and chemicals and heat producing equipment/environments.
• Requires operation of a personal computer.

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED
• A minimum of five years full time Safety experience in a comparable industrial environment.  In lieu of five years Safety experience, ten years industry related experience with requisite safety responsibilities may be considered
• Certified Safety Professional, Occupational Health & Safety Technologist, or Certified Industrial Hygienist or preparing to become certified
• Must have valid state driver’s license

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous power plant experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Safety and Health or related discipline
• SGE (Special Government Employee) experience
• VPP (Voluntary Protection Program) champion

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work with minimum direct supervision.
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Understanding of OSHA’s Electric Power Generation standard.
• Must possess functional computer skills specifically in Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to run a functional safety committee/sub-committee with agendas, meeting minutes, and a charter.
• Basic understanding of occupational health and industrial hygiene principles.
• Ability to interact effectively in a team environment and with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to compile, analyze, and interpret data. 
• An understanding of the factors that influence human behavior.
• Ability to conduct incident analyses.

• Ability to prioritize tasks within a fast-paced dynamic environment.

Physical Requirements (Demand and Frequency):

• Stand, walk, climb ladders, bend, kneel, crawl, pull/push and lift up to 25 pounds.
• Perform work both indoors and outdoors, occasionally in adverse conditions.
• Wear job related personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Occasionally work at heights and enter enclosed vessels or confined spaces.

Please Note:  Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate’s education and/or experience and consistent with the job location’s market pay rate.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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