Coordinator, EH&S

Safety Professional

Opportunity for remote work (requires some travel) for an independent and self-motivated safety professional. The successful candidate will:

• Partner with Corporate EH&S Manager, Division Managers, Regional Managers, and Operations Field Personnel to ensure hydroelectric project facility compliance with Company Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) and risk reduction protocols and procedures
• Lead, manage and enforce environmental, health, and safety on several hydroelectric dam and powerhouse facilities
• Identify, eliminate and control hazardous conditions that may lead to injury and or property damage using sound judgement and cooperative approaches
• Manage annual training requirements in collaboration with Corporate EH&S Manager and Division/Regional Management
• Assist in coordinating training and proactively identify opportunities for improved training and culture steering.

Why Eagle Creek?

• A comprehensive benefits plan: Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA, Commuter benefits, Voluntary Life, 401(k) match.
• Eleven paid holidays per year, plus a competitive PTO schedule and time off to volunteer or give back to your community.
• Access to a company-funded Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee discounts through ADP LifeMart.
• Tuition Reimbursement as well as access to trainings & mentors for Career Progression and Personal Development.

What You'll Do:

• Build working relationships with operations staff and contractors.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the overall company environmental, health, and safety protocols.
• Maintain and manage environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures for the workforce.
• Provide new employees environmental, health and safety orientations and assist with developing/updating materials for these presentations.
• Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety standards and government regulations; completing audits when traveling to various work sites.
• Investigate incidents/accidents to identify causes or to determine how such incidents/accidents might be prevented in the future.
• Investigate health-related complaints and inspect facilities to ensure that they comply with public health legislation and regulations.
• Maintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly (Safety Data Sheet maintenance).
• Work independently. Manage time and resource allocation appropriately to provide overall environmental, health, and safety assistance to the field.
• Create environmental, health, and safety reports, documentation, and write-ups for sites, analyzing metrics and making recommendations for improvement over baseline.
• Evaluate training needs and make recommendations to site staff.
• Oversee or conduct environmental, health, and safety training programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least three (3) years of environmental, health, and safety experience OR equivalent mix of education and experience.
• A minimum of OSHA 30-hour training, First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED training.
• Demonstrated knowledge of safety/environmental principles and techniques is required.
• Demonstrated ability to identify known potential exposures and lead implementation of corrective actions.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing and train others.
• Demonstrated computer skills and experience with Microsoft Office suite programs.
• Ability to travel to various project sites within the United States required (travel time 30-50%).

Physical Requirements:

• Able to regularly travel for the company, including air travel when needed.
• Physical ability to stand, walk, and remain active for the majority of the workday.
• Physical ability to climb permanent and temporary ladders or stairs, navigate passenger use of personnel hoists, and the ability to walk/climb/navigate uneven surfaces and negotiate active work areas as needed.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Performing this job requires use of hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Ability to hear bells, alarms, whistles, etc.
• Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the hydroelectric facility work site where there is exposure to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.