About the role
Position Summary: Opportunity for remote work (requires some travel) for an independent and self-motivated safety professional. The successful candidate will: * Partner with Corporate EH&S Manager, Division Managers, Regional Managers, and Operations Field Personnel to ensure hydroelectric project facility compliance with Company Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) and risk reduction protocols and procedures * Lead, manage and enforce environmental, health, and safety on several hydroelectric dam and powerhouse facilities * Identify, eliminate and control hazardous conditions that may lead to injury and or property damage using sound judgement and cooperative approaches * Manage annual training requirements in collaboration with Corporate EH&S Manager and Division/Regional Management * Assist in coordinating training and proactively identify opportunities for improved training and culture steering.
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 environmental, health, and safety protocols. * Maintain and manage environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures for the workforce. * Provide new employees environmental, 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 environmental, health, and safety standards and government regulations; completing audits when traveling to various work sites. * Investigate incidents/accidents to identify causes or to determine how such incidents/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 environmental, health, and safety assistance to the field. * Create environmental, health, and 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 environmental, health, and safety training programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment. * Other job duties as assigned.
Position Requirements: * Bachelor’s Degree * At least three (3) years of environmental, health, and 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 30-50%).
Physical Requirements: * Able to regularly travel for the company, including air travel when needed. * 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.
Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the hydroelectric facility work site where there is exposure to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.