Director, Safety

About Us

Ameren is a leader in the energy industry, and our transformation toward more clean, renewable energy is also  transforming other industries and infrastructure in our communities.  As a regional company serving local customers, we not only serve our communities, we're a part of them. This isn't just a job. At Ameren, we invest in you, so you can power the quality of life you want.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is one of the core values that guides us in everything we do. We are committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that brings diverse perspectives to every area of our business.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire

• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan

• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire

• Long Term Incentive Plan

• Option to enroll in Deferred Compensation

• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays

• Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees. ​

About Ameren Services (B&CS)

Ameren Services provides administrative support and services to Ameren Corporation and its operating companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. Ameren Services includes a wide range of skill sets and roles, from finance and legal experts to digital and cyber specialists, plus those charged with ensuring environmental compliance and operational safety. Together, we help execute a strategy that enables Ameren to deliver superior long-term value to customers, shareholders and the environment.

About The Position
The Director, Safety is responsible for oversight of the Ameren Safety program for their assigned area(s) of the business. The director provides strategic and tactical direction of the Department in support of the Ameren safety vision. The primary objective of the role is to establish a culture of zero unsafe acts, where every employee is committed to the safety of every employee.

Key responsibilities include: ​​​​

• Provide leadership to a team of professionals, ensuring the continued growth and development of each team member along with managing an annual multimillion-dollar budget.​  ​

• Influence leaders and workforce to increase focus on safety, drive and measure safe behaviors, and inspire a safe work attitude.

• Collaborate with other safety leaders to provide solutions to hazardous operational problems, further establish a culture of safety, and become a leader in utility safety performance.

• Ensure effective implementation and execution of the Corporate Safety strategy and associated programs.

• Provide overall safety strategy and direction while ensuring program and policy compliance, alignment with contractual obligations, and compliance with Federal and State safety regulations.

• Envision and advise on company safety policies, procedures and programs to safeguard co-workers, property and the public; initiate in-depth analysis and subsequent implementation of control measures to eliminate unsafe conditions and behaviors; monitor and analyze safety statistics to determine trends; and research best practices and initiate and/or implement applicable leading-edge safety programs in order to continually improve the safety program and results.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in industrial Safety, occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, risk management, or other relevant field of study.

• Certified Safety Professional preferred.

• Master’s degree preferred.

• Ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible experience required. Relevant experience may include safety management in energy delivery operations (gas or electric), generation, transmission, construction, or manufacturing or other strategic or operational experience with significant exposure to electric and or gas operations.

• Five (5) years of supervisory or high-level project experience required.

• Strategic or operational experience in electric and or gas operations preferred.

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate:

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