Safety Specialist

The Safety Specialist is responsible for executing safety initiatives across Lewis Service’s Operating areas assigned to enhance the safety culture and identify, evaluate, and control risks necessary to drive Safety performance and operating efficiency. The Safety Specialist will work with Operations to educate and drive Safety compliance by performing the day-to-day activities of visiting job crews, observing work, communicating best practices, providing training, and demonstrating safety leadership as aligned with Lewis’s Values and Operating Principles.

Significant travel, providing mostly governance and oversight during field visits with Safety Specialists, Operations Leadership, and field crews.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ technical skills from fundamentals to advanced (i.e., roping and rigging, collision avoidance, climbing techniques). + safety related processes and risks (i.e., aerial rescue, electrical safety, 1st aid/CPR)

Note:

The Lewis Tree Safety and Human Performance Team fosters a culture that promotes learning, innovation, and prioritizing safety work based on serious injury potential risks. We partner with Operations to support and deliver value to our frontline workers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

QUALIFICATIONS:

WE NEED PEOPLE WHO:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Demands: The following demands are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this position:

COMPENSATION: $66,560 - $75,880

Lewis Services regularly evaluates our compensation and benefit packages to ensure we remain competitive. Starting pay will be based on a candidate’s experience, skills and education.

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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is key to the success of our business. We respect the differences among us, and we leverage those differences to create an environment where all employees feel welcome and fairly treated. We seek the best solutions possible by attracting and engaging a diverse workforce where all perspectives are sought and valued.

Lewis Tree Service is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to providing equal opportunity for both applicants and employees. Lewis Tree Service prohibits unlawful discrimination or harassment of employees and applicants on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age (40+), religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. This policy applies to all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, apprenticeship, promotion, demotion, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Lewis Tree Service’s practices and policies are administered in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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