Safety Specialist

Business Area: Environmental, Health & Safety At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy. Function: Job Summary: Job Description: Role: 70 percent in the office, 30 percent in the field. Support Safety at the CF Yazoo City Complex by providing technical and administrative support to achieve site and company safety goals. Develop and maintain excellent communication and collaboration across site technical disciplines in order to reach the target audience of employees, contractors, and visitors to deliver and promote key safety messages. Develops and implements safety policies, programs, and processes that meet or exceed regulatory and company expectations. Works with all departments to review barriers to meeting expectations. Assist with the development and utilization of risk assessment methods/systems for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards. Coordinate the safety work order program for the shift to ensure proper prioritization and completion of outstanding items. Responsible for the follow-up of action items coming out of audits, incident investigations, and the management of change process. Identifies and implements best practices and leads continuous improvement initiatives to reduce work process risks, raise safety awareness, and improve safe work practices. Maintains required stock of safety equipment, personnel training, injury and incident records, and workers’ compensation case management. Develop reports, action plans, and ensures timely follow-up for corrective actions identified through internal and external audits, incident investigations, industry best practice initiatives, etc. Other duties associated with the safety superintendent as needed. Education: Associate or Bachelor Degree in Occupational Safety & Health, or relevant discipline preferred, as well as CPR and First Aid is desirable. Years of experience: 2 or more years of related professional work experience is required to complete all essential job functions. Other unique job relevant attributes: Industry knowledge: Experience with health, safety, hygiene and environmental standards and their application in the field. Experience with safety audits and inspections. Risk Mitigation: Demonstrated knowledge of risk prevention strategies along with risk assessment and mitigation applications to field activities. Incident Investigation: Experience conducting incident investigations through use of interviewing techniques and root cause analysis. Training and development: Developing and delivering training to diverse audiences. Knowledgeable in how to effectively coach others within a manufacturing environment. Judgment and decision making: Considering the long- and short-term implications of potential actions and their impacts to choose the most appropriate course. Position Scope/Contribution Breadth of Scope: Scope is typically within a single functional area or work team. Typically performs increased coordination and interaction with multiple functions. Impact is generally limited to the functional areas supported. Communications and Interpersonal Skills: Regularly communicates both in writing and verbally. Explains ideas and thoughts. Communicates with internal and external customers and others related to work function, such as a vendor. Information exchanged generally requires intermediate knowledge. Some influence and persuasion may take place with colleagues within and outside functional area. Complexity: May work with increasingly complex challenges or problems. Work entails detailed planning of own activities and immediate work team. Requires using logic, judgment, option identification and critical thinking skills to assess situations. Decision Making Authority: Decisions are governed by established policies and procedures within normal job duties based on prior similar situations and precedents. Seeks guidance and decision-making from supervisor or lead for exceptions to standard operating procedures and policies. Financial Accountability: Decisions made may impact profit or loss however decisions are governed by organizational policies and not personal independent actions. Strategic Influence: May impact the execution or achievement of short-term strategic initiatives but is not involved in the planning process. #J-18808-Ljbffr