Safety Specialist I

Safety Specialist 1

Osmose Utilities is seeking to fill multiple Safety Specialist 1 roles. Candidates must live in one of the following locations: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas (Eastern). This position requires 100% travel.

As part of a growing company and safety team, the Safety Specialist I will work/travel within their assigned region, across all business lines, to proactively improve safety performance and support the Osmose Safety Management Program.

On a daily basis, the Safety Specialist will work collaboratively with crew personnel, subcontractors, operations management, and project management to ensure company and customer safety policies, programs, plans, procedures, and work practices are understood, implemented, and properly and consistently executed.

The position requires excellent communication, coaching, teamwork, time management, and computer skills, and will require weekly regional travel.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain knowledge of company, customer, and regulatory requirements and industry best practices
• Maintain regular on-site presence at worksites to conduct and document safety observations, inspections, and audits. Provide personnel with on-the-spot constructive feedback and coaching to improve knowledge, understanding, behaviors, and performance. Work with crew personnel and supervision to correct identified issues.
• Mentor operations supervision and management on safety requirements, safe work practices, safety observations, coaching, and auditing
• Answer and respond to phone calls related to safety incidents and issues, including providing first aid advice and guidance (participate in on-call rotation, which includes nights and weekends)
• Assist with development and delivery of safety-related communications (alerts, bulletins, live calls and webinars, videos), safety meetings, and safety training
• Participate in pre-project planning and safety reviews to identify hazards, risks, requirements, and controls, and develop site safety plans and training
• Monitor and audit compliance with site safety plan requirements. Periodically review and recommend needed revisions to plan.
• Provide safety orientation, oversight, and auditing of subcontractors
• Conduct and document incident investigations, identify causes, and recommend corrective and preventive actions. Assist with the development and sharing of incident learnings.
• Identify and share best practices
• Attend customer meetings, and facilitate or participate in customer visits to worksites
• Monitor safety performance metrics and trends (leading and lagging indicators), and recommend and support proactive and corrective actions to improve
• Achieve and maintain "competent person" status in construction-related areas, such as equipment operation, excavations, rigging, and fall protection.

Requirements include:

• Associate's (two-year) degree; bachelor's degree preferred
• Three (3) or more years of safety experience in utility, field service, or construction industry
• In possession or on track to obtain recognized safety credential(s), including but not limited to:
• Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP)
• Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST)
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Certified Tree Care Safety Professional (CTSP)
• Construction Site Safety Technician (CSST)
• Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST)
• Certified Occupational Safety Manager (COSM)
• Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS)
• OSHA 510 – Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
• OSHA 511 – Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry
• Must have experience in industrial and/or construction safety, including hazard recognition, accident investigation, and root cause analysis, as well as a strong knowledge and understanding of OSHA regulatory requirements related to electric power and construction.
• Experienced and adept at coaching employees, working with difficult people, and resolving difficult situations
• Valid state driver's license
• May require use of personal vehicle (mileage reimbursement provided)
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams
• Must demonstrate strong recordkeeping and reporting skills, as well as excellent written and verbal communication. Ability to communicate clearly with employees, supervisors, management, and customers and produce well-written, professional documentation is required.

Physical demands include sitting, standing, and walking. The position may also require the employee to occasionally bend, crouch, kneel, squat, stoop, reach, lift up to 25 pounds, utilize hand and power tools (e.g., hammer, shovel, drill), and work with or around chemicals.

Work environment includes working in outdoor conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity, freezing temperatures, uneven terrain, and exposure to poisonous plants, insects, animals, and allergens. The position may require entry into confined spaces, excavations, and trenches. The employee may also be exposed to chemicals (e.g., coatings, concrete, lead, weld fume), energized electrical conductors and equipment, and noise exceeding 85 decibels.

About Osmose: Osmose is the market-leading provider of critical resiliency, assessment, and restoration services for electric transmission, distribution, and telecommunications companies.

Benefits include:

• Medical Insurance and Health Savings Account with company contribution
• Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, STD, LTD, Critical Illness Plan and more!
• 401(k) with excellent company match
• Paid time off

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