Contractor Safety Specialist II (Hybrid)

Ready to join a team that truly makes an impact on the lives of fellow Texans? Our Safety Team is looking for a Safety Specialist to help serve our Enterprise teams. This position is an outstanding growth opportunity for someone who is dedicated, hard-working, and eager to contribute to the heartbeat here at LCRA. Our ideal candidate will possess strong communication and interpersonal skills. Accompanied by strong technical and organizational skills, including the ability to multi-task and prioritize work, be self-sufficient in their work, and will strive for excellence in all areas of their work and exemplify LCRA’s values of focusing on service, taking initiative, showing respect, operating with integrity, and focusing on safety.

In this role, you will monitor, review and evaluate our external contractors' safety performances by conducting field safety evaluations and observations, tracking contractor incidents, and responding, as necessary, to ensure compliance. You will review the written contractor safety program and safety scorecard criteria, as well as coordinate and host the monthly and annual Contractor Safety Meeting. Effective communication of observation trends and providing recommendations to the Safety Manager will be essential. You will also verify the timely implementation of corrective and preventive safety actions by contractors, assessing their effectiveness.

- Monitor, review, evaluate and report on contractor safety performance

- Maintain the contractor safety management system and oversee the contractor safety program

- Develop, review and update the contractor safety performance and metrics, ensuring clear communication of safety requirements

- Plan and host the monthly and annual contractor safety meetings and participate in contractor orientations, roundtables, and regional meetings

- Oversee contractor safety and provide safety & health insights

- Assist in the onboarding, ongoing support, and offboarding of contractors

- Perform incident investigations. including documentation, tracking and reporting

- Travel may be required to various locations (power plants, right of ways, dams, water systems, etc.), potentially including overnight stays as scheduled.

You Qualify With

- Six or more years of experience in safety and health, utility safety to include water, gas operations, energy generation, electric utility transmission and distribution operations or other relevant experience. Experience must include at least two or more years of direct safety team experience within an organization to include experience with administration, oversight or applying work safety practices, policies and procedures. Experience must include at least two years of experience with ANSI, OSHA 1910.268, IEEE C95.6-2002, DOT standards and applicable work practices and safety policies. A degree(s) in industrial maintenance, electrical systems, occupational safety and health, public health or related field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.

- Driver’s license

You Are a Great Fit With

- Prior experience in construction, utility or energy sector safety contractor compliance role including providing prequalification, guidance, evaluation, formal/informal instruction to contractor operational staff

- ASP, CSP, GSP, SMS, OHST, CSM, CUSP or CSHO preferred

- Proficient knowledge of regulatory reporting and recordkeeping (OSHA 1910/1926.269, ANSI, EPA, etc.)

- Knowledge of Safety Management Systems

- Experience using office productivity applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc..)

You Gain

- Competitive salary & medical, dental, vision and legal insurance

- Paid time off, including time for vacation, sick and family care leave

- 401(k) match up to 8% that includes a student loan 401(k) contribution program option

- Life and disability insurance

- Wellness program including wellness incentive

- Extensive learning & development programs

And more - all to create a compelling and rewarding work environment.

LCRA provides equal employment opportunities and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at LCRA are based on business need, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal and state legal requirements governing nondiscrimination in employment.

LCRA is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact LCRA Human Resources (512) 578-4004 or email lcra.benefits@lcra.org . Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.