Summary

Plans, directs, and implements organization safety program to ensure safe, healthy, and accident-free work environment by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains safety files and records. Provides input/assists with designing corporate safety and health programs.

• Ensures corporate safety and health programs are communicated and adhered to at all levels of the region.

• Monitors safety and health regulations and provides technical support to plant and corporate personnel to ensure compliance with federal and state safety and health regulations.

• Makes site specific risk assessments to implement controls to mitigate risks.

• Performs safety and quality assurance audits in business units and corporate locations.

• Manages incident reporting, investigations, follows up on corrective action.

• Oversees the administration of workers’ compensation program, including working with the insurance carrier to reduce employee lost time, and Return to Work program.

• Liaison with client and customers as required.

• Tracks all safety data and training requirements to compliance

• Reports to government agencies, corporate leadership, and client as required.

• May be required to travel on short notice and up to 50% of the time.

 

Supervisory Responsibilities

There are no direct supervision responsibilities. May act as supervisor when on site for training and assessment. Represents regional management in safety function.

 

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from four-year college or technical school; 4 – 5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Fluent English.

 

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

 

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

 

Certificates, Registrations, Licenses

• ServSafe Instructor

• OSHA 132 Hour Occupational Health and Safety Professional

• MSHA

• Valid Drivers’ License/eligible record

• CPR, First Aid

• Client-Required Training/Certifications for on-site

 

Technical Skills

Must be able to successfully navigate and utilize any computer and software tools utilized by the company. Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel; Navigator, Learning Management System, Recognition Program, CMO Program

 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly subject to prolong periods of standing, frequently required to walk, use stairs, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, talk or hear, smell and taste. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds and rarely up to 75 pounds with help. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Must have physical capacity for long hours, days, away from home in remote environment when required by business needs.

 

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is exposed to extreme weather conditions when going to and from work. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and at times hearing protection is required.

 

About ESS Support Services Worldwide - Alaska/Western US Region

We provide support service to include food and facility maintenance to our clients and their employees at remote site work camps and hire culinary professionals and kitchen support, as well as hospitality professionals to provide guest services to keep the location safe, clean, sanitary, with a customer service attitude in their home away from home. We support every aspect of daily community life for our clients' resident workers -- 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.

 

ESS Support Services Worldwide offers competitive wages, has an award-winning benefits program which includes health, medical, dental, vision, retirement plus other insurance which meets the needs of everyone. For general information on benefits and programs please visit our owner-company's, Compass Group, benefits website: www.altogethergreat.com

 

We are committed to insuring that our online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. If you require assistance in the application process, please contact us at:

 

ESS Support Services Worldwide

Alaska Regional Office

201 Post Road, Anchorage, AK 99501

800-478-1207, ext 829; jobs@ess-worldwide.com

 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status. EEO is the Law poster.