Senior Health & Safety Specialist

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Job Description

Position Purpose: 

Responsible for implementing and supporting the health, safety, security programs. Identifies and mitigates safety and security risks in support of business performance and reliability goals. Establishes, implements, and supports programs directed toward the continuous improvement of health, safety, and security objectives. Integrates of health, safety, and security objectives into operational functions. Provides regulatory expertise to strategize and maximize company position within health, safety and security programs and interaction with regulatory officials. Coordinates health, safety, and security programs with an emphasis placed on identification and communication of requirements to facility personnel. Provides input and support to all levels of the organization on safe work methods, practices, and the elimination of hazardous conditions. Provides support to all levels of the operations and departments and interacts with contractors during expansion projects as well. The role requires field presence including oversight, operational support, and direction for all HS&S programs.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Identifies safety and risks and provides mitigation plans which are consistent with business performance and reliability goals. 
• Establishes safety management systems that support company goals and meet/or exceed regulatory requirements.
• Integrates safety concepts into all facets of capital planning, performance modeling, operations, maintenance, engineering and customer operations, etc.
• Conducts safety site assessments and due diligence for CapEx and OpEx projects.
• Audits safety program implementation. 
• Works closely with Managers and Supervisors in all departments to ensure effective implementation and enforcement of safety policies and procedures including inspections.
• Serves as contact to safety regulatory agencies. 
• Provides notification to government agencies as required.
• Prepares estimates, specifications, and schedules for safety consultant, contractor, and equipment upgrades as needed.
• Provides safety related input into proposals or actual changes to facility operations and maintenance practices.
• Supports the various Safety Committees.
• Provides input to the budget as it pertains to safety and security.
• Meets formally and informally with all departments to ensure plans are supported and all safety requirements are in place.
• Maintains safety record-keeping and reporting programs (i.e. OneEHS, injury reporting, OSHA logs, etc.).  Maintains a variety of records and documents, onsite and archived, for OSHA and other compliance purposes.
• Prepares reports for regulatory submittal as required.
• Maintains safety records including permits, compliance data, training records etc.
• Audits safety program implementation. 
• Conducts facility inspections. Provides compliance status report to management.  Works to develop necessary corrective actions and supports their implementation.
• Identifies, coordinates, and provides (instructor) safety training requirements. 
• Develops hazard control designs, methods, procedures, and programs. 
• Coordinates work-site evaluation and characterization and job hazard analyses with respect to chemical, physical, and biological exposures and for proper PPE requirements.
• Audits and measures the effectiveness of hazard controls and hazard control programs. Communicates the results to management.
• Designs and implements employee training programs in accordance with the training needs assessment on topics such as accident investigation, safety inspections, use of protective equipment, confined space entry, lockout tagout, respiratory protection, etc. and provides field coaching in the same.
• Conducts accident and incident investigations, performs root cause analysis, and recommends appropriate corrective actions. 
• Coordinates Industrial Hygiene (IH) program, conducts inspections, schedules consultant services, ensures collection of quality data.  
• Maintains faci