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.

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Carmeuse started out as a small family-run business in Belgium.

Today it’s a leading global producer of lime, high calcium limestone and dolomitic stone. Its products are essential to energy producers, environmental services, construction and manufacturing.

With over 90 production facilities spread across almost every continent, and over 4,500 employees working at Carmeuse every day, the company’s most treasured resources are its people.

Carmeuse is dedicated to maintaining a workplace that fosters equal opportunity and creates a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Requisition ID : 193678