Job Description
About the role: We’re seeking a dedicated and thorough Safety Coordinator to partner with Division Managers, Regional Managers, and Operations Field Personnel to ensure hydroelectric project facility compliance with Company Environmental, Health & Safety and risk reduction protocols and procedures. The successful candidate will lead, manage, and enforce safety on several hydroelectric dam and powerhouse facilities as well as identify, eliminate and control hazardous conditions that may lead to injury and or property damage using sound judgement and cooperative approaches.
While this position will be classified as remote, it will require frequent travel to ECRE facilities as needed. Candidates residing in the mid west or the north east are preferred.
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 safety protocols.
- Maintain and manage safety policies and procedures for the workforce.
- Provide new-employee 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 safety standards and government regulations; completing audits when traveling to various worksite.
- Investigate accidents to identify causes or to determine how such 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 safety assistance to the field.
- Create 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 safety training programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment.
- Other duties or job functions as assigned.
What skills & experience you’ll need: - At least three (3) years of 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 20-40%).
Physical Requirements: - 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.
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC is an equal opportunity employer
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