Occupational Safety Business Partner (Risk & Safety Management)

Job Overview

This is a professional and strategic job responsible for aligning organizational objectives with employees and management in designated functions or departments. The Occupational Safety Business Partner serves as a consultant to management on safety program related issues. The incumbent in this job will act as an employee champion, organization advocate and a change agent. The Occupational Safety Business Partner assesses and anticipates safety program related needs in the organization or within specific business units and proactively works with the departments to develop integrated solutions. The Occupational Safety Business Partner has a wide range of safety program management knowledge to formulate the appropriate partnerships across risk and safety management functions and deliver value-added global solutions to management. The Occupational Safety Business Partner maintains an effective level of business literacy about the departments and unit’s objectives, financial position, its strategic plans, and its culture. 

Salary

$70, 000 - $75,000

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate work requires the exercise of initiative and independent judgment in ensuring compliance with all safety and health programming; identifying and prioritizing employee training needs and maintaining and submitting required reports on training and safety. The candidate performs workplace safety inspections to assist in identifying unsafe operations and/or business practices and provide direction on the required corrective actions to abate the hazards. The candidate performs accident/incident investigations to assess the root cause; communicates investigation findings, and corrective measures via written reports. The candidate provides safety and health training to ensure policies, procedures and standards are understood and followed. The candidate assists in overall safety programming development and implementation. The candidate’s work is performed in office environments, visits to departments and their work sites, outdoor field environments and sometimes in confined areas. The candidate will have a frequent need to walk and stand in areas of height, rough surfaces, outdoor environments, maintenance areas, dusty and dirty areas, roadways or traffic work zones, confined spaces, around heavy machinery, electrical, chemical, trenches, excavations, welding areas, mechanical areas, water plants, wastewater plants, ditches, canals, boat ramps, parks, waterways, and docks. The candidate outdoor environments may include hot or cold, wet, or dry locations and all hours of county operations. The candidate may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Benefits

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• Generous PTO & Holiday Plan

• Health Plans

• Health Savings Account

• Dental & Vision Plans

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 

• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Cafeteria Benefit

• Life Insurance

• Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance

Core Competencies

• Customer Commitment: Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customers and provides the highest standards of service.
• Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity: Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional, and ethical behaviors that establish trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
• Organizational Excellence: Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
• Success through Teamwork: Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the