Description
Job Summary:
This position provides leadership, necessary support, and tools for industrial health and safety programs within a power generating facility. This position is also responsible for ensuring the safety and health programs are effectively integrated into and aligned with the overall business strategy.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Plans, directs, and manages the safety programs and policies under senior management direction.
- Manages all safety related activities associated with subcontracting of vendors for services and equipment.
- Reviews and incorporates, as appropriate, safety and health standards originated by OSHA.
- Must keep fully informed on all existing and proposed changes in OSHA regulations, protective equipment requirements and site permit related requirements.
- Conducts audits of safety programs at the facility and identifies and controls loss producing exposures.
- Conducts investigations of accidents at the operating site.
- Evaluates performances of program activities and provides summary report to plant management.
- Develops and implements record keeping and investigation procedures for occupational injuries and illness.
- Develops and conducts emergency preparedness and safety training programs.
- Responsible for making recommendations and presentations to plant management based on accepted safety methodology.
- Develops and evaluates personnel within the scope of the job responsibility.
- Maintain personal technical expertise in applicable safety legislation, regulation, technology, and controls.
- Organize work of personnel within functional area to maximize effective use of resources.
- Make decisions regarding appropriate division of day-to-day work among NRG staff and consultant resources.
- Be accountable for results in a specific functional area, including the work of all employees in the functional area organization.
- Foster a work environment in which employees are provided with challenges, development opportunities, and the tools and resources to be successful.
- Manages activities and provides leadership direction to management, professional, technical and support personnel of the unit.
- Work with the established teams and processes to support, facilitate and supplement existing regional and plant compliance efforts.
Working Conditions:
- Normal office environment and/or outdoor work environment. (Including working at heights, high/low ambient temperatures, and high humidity areas at generating unit work locations).
- Work overtime and non-standard hours as required.
- Requires occasional travel outside the business area.
- Requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, hard hat, protective footwear, ear plugs, etc.)
- Will required to work around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous materials, and chemicals.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Health and Safety (IH&S) or related discipline from an accredited college or university
AND
- and 5 years' experience working in an industrial facility in an IH&S capacity.
OR
- A high school diploma and a minimum of 15 years FTE Safety in an industrial safety environment and Certificate(s) from a recognized organization like the National Safety Council.
Preferred Qualifications:
- A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant power generation industry experience, five (5) of which have been in a management capacity is preferred.
- Incident investigation or Root Cause Analysis training is preferred.
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
- Ability to effectively supervise, train and direct others (peers, employees, contractors/vendors).
- Ability to work independently and within a team environment in a unionized setting.
- Knowledge of power plant processes and equipment.
- Knowledge of plant operations and maintenance requirements.
- Project management skills.
- Employee relations skills, especially in a union environment.
Contact
NRG Energy, Inc.
1201 Fannin Street
Houston
Texas United States
www.nrg.com/home.html
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