Occupational Safety Specialist

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Apex is hiring an Occupational Safety Specialist to be based in St. Louis, MO. 

Role Overview: 

This role is all about assisting an Apex clients with occupational safety & health. The incumbent will be involved in a variety of projects related to industrial safety, employee accident prevention, and occupational health issues.  

The role will routinely involve a blend of (1) workplace / shop floor employee safety and health engagement, and (2) safety & health program management effectiveness evaluations and continuous improvement support.  The shop floor aspect of this role routinely requires a great deal of walking.  Many customer’s sites are large and sprawling; it can routinely require walking a quarter or half mile in order to reach a specific interior or exterior location. 

The incumbent will also provide project leadership as needed. Perhaps most importantly, the incumbent will be an energetic self-starter with the ability to work independently and produce results within budget and timeframe.

Your Responsibilities as an Apex Occupational Safety Professional:

Providing comprehensive occupational safety and health consulting services to the client, including: 

• • Conducting reviews of existing safety and health programs - from either a regulatory compliance perspective, or an effectiveness-in-action perspective. 
  • Conducting shop floor observations focused on identifying, assessing and risk-ranking employee exposures to injury. 
  • Devising solution options aimed at mitigating employee injury exposures. 
  • Providing the client with hands-on assistance with the implementation of chosen solutions. 
  • Monitoring the effectiveness of solutions implemented.  Have they stood the test of time? 
  • Conduct Job Hazard Analysis (JHAs) 
• In collaboration with Apex project managers, coordinates and executes industrial safety projects within set organizational procedures and standards. 
• In close routine collaboration with the customer, designs, implements and executes an agreed-to service plan.  Monitors and reports progress on plan completion as directed.  Works with numerous internal and external stakeholders in the interest of achieving desired overall project velocity. 
• Acts as an advisor to the customer on occupational safety and health issues. 
• Provides input to project managers, client relationship managers, or business development staff on potential new EHS support projects.   

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree preferred – ideally, in a science or engineering field. 
• Minimum 8+ years of experience required in the industrial safety & health field. 
• Experience in manufacturing-&-assembly industries / heavy industry settings a plus. Experience in the aerospace and defense or automotive industry a further plus. 
• Possess an extensive knowledge of occupational safety technical subject matter and how to apply it in real-life settings. Highly familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the occupational safety field. Just a few topics where strong technical knowledge is required: 
  • Shop Floor Hazard Identification Surveys 
  • Job Safety Analysis / Job Hazard Analysis 
  • Employee Injury Data Analysis 
  • Machine Guarding 
  • Slip/Trip/Fall Prevention 
  • Confined