Safety & Health Specialist

Manages and coordinates all safety, health, and training matters to ensure and promote a safe and productive environment by identifying and anticipating concerns and hazards, developing and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with occupational safety and health regulations.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

- Identifies and anticipates safety and health concerns and hazards by surveying environmental, operational, and occupational conditions; rendering opinions on new equipment and procedures; investigating violations; and recommending preventive programs.

- Guides and promotes safe work performance by developing safety systems, policies, and procedures; developing safety campaigns, communications, and recognition; and training managers and employees.

- Complies with DOT, federal, state, and local safety regulations by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, interpreting standards, enforcing adherence to regulations, and advising management on needed actions.

- Enforce safety policies by conducting inspections, reporting statistics, and advising managers and employees.

- Assists with Environmental group in performing internal and regulatory audits and inspections for the company.

- Reviews and audits major third-party vendors, including drilling/workover contractors, to verify safety compliance and history.

- Coordinates and conducts monthly safety training programs at all field locations.

- Coordinates and maintains corporate safety database programs, including SDS Software/Incident Management system (Velocity).

- Coordinates the implementation of the company’s alcohol and substance abuse testing program.

- Work within company policy as outlined in Employee Handbook and Safety Manual

- Serves as a member of the company’s emergency response team and is involved in the spill management program.

- Investigates accidents to ascertain causes for use in recommending preventive safety measures, corrective actions, and developing safety programs based on the root cause.

- Adheres to the company’s values – integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment and innovation.

- Supports company vision and mission.

- Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings.

- Perform other duties as assigned

- Must be able to work without supervision.

Other Job Responsibilities:

- Serves as back-up to the Senior Safety Manager, if necessary.

- Maintains employee confidence and protects operations by keeping confidential information.

- Ability to be available 24 hours per day (on call for questions, emergencies, etc.).

- Maintains residence within region of assigned asset team.

- Other duties as assigned by management.

- Strong leader, self-starter, excellent communicator, and have solid interpersonal skills to negotiate well with all levels in the organization

Qualifications:

- Five (5+) years minimum experience in safety, health and training, preferably in oil and gas industry.

- Ability to accurately solve problems and exceptional proficiency in data management.

- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, supervisors, other departments, officials, and the public.

- Ability to complete multiple, diverse tasks of differing priorities.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with specific ability to translate complex information into an organized and presentable manner.

- Outstanding administrative and organizational skills.

- Proficiency in the use and application of the following software:

- Preferred: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook)

Education Requirements:

- Preferred:

- Associate/Technical Degree from an accredited two-year college, community college, Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year university or college, or technical school.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

- CSHO, OHST, CHST, ASP or CSP preferred