WM India · 1 month ago
Market Area Safety Specialist
Lombard, IL, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$78K/yr - $115K/yr
5+ years expWM India is a company focused on waste management and safety services. They are seeking a Market Area Safety Specialist responsible for developing and executing safety strategic goals and managing safety programs to ensure compliance with regulations and reduce risks of serious injuries and fatalities.
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Responsibilities
Corporate/Market Area Safety Strategy: Works closely with Corporate and Market Area Senior Leadership Teams to understand, support, and align safety strategy, goals, and objectives at both the Corporate and Market Area levels
Drive Cam System Management: Oversees, manages, and consults with Market Area and Site leaders on Drive Cam System Management. This includes, analysis, reporting, coaching, interventions and may include ride alongs with site managers and or front-line drivers
Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) Prevention Program Management: Identify, reduce, and ultimately eliminate tasks that present a high risk for serious injury and or fatality. Apply SIF logic to identify job tasks, activities, and situations that present a high SIF risk. Conduct Protection Validation Studies on each SIF situation to identify and close protection gaps
Safety Communications: Works closely with EH&S team to ensure appropriate dissemination and implementation of EH&S policies, corporate safety communications, and initiatives. Assesses risks and monitors Market Area safety trends to create and deploy appropriate safety awareness messaging
Incident Management: Determines severity and initiates formal investigation as necessary. Ensures all relevant incident data is captured in the WM EH&S portal. Creates and disseminates both qualitative and quantitative reports on Site and or Market Area incidents analyses. Works closely with Third Party Risk Administrator to ensure all required information is documented and transferred appropriately. Determines level of Root Cause Analysis to be performed. Works with People Team as required
District Specific Safety Plan: Analyzes incident trends and works close with both Market Area and Site Leadership to ensure DSSP is in place and operational
Hazardous Energy Control Program: Has oversight of the WM Hazardous Energy Control Program and is able to direct, train and coach others on the relevant topics to ensure HECP protocols are being followed
Regulation (DOT, OSHA, etc.) Management: Has knowledge of Federal, State/Provincial DOT/OSHA regulations as they pertain to WM operational requirements. Works closely with internal and external Subject Matter Experts to ensure WM is in adherence to all required standards and regulations
WM / Customer Facilities Compliance Management: Management capabilities to oversee site/safety management systems (e.g., fire protection/detection/alarms (burglar, CNG, etc.). Can conduct reviews of new equipment installs. Ensures inclement weather / natural disaster preparedness plans are in place. Conducts Safety Audits / Inspections and assists with commercial insurance management issues
Safety Recognition Program Management: Establish performance criteria/thresholds and feedback mechanism for effectiveness evaluation
Employee Health Management: Works closely with Corporate Subject Matter Experts to ensure all sites are following the Medical Monitoring Program and are in adherence to the WM Industrial Hygiene Program Management. Personal Protective Equipment Management: Is considered the SME on WM PPE policies and procurement for their Market Area. Works closely with corporate supply chain to ensure Market Area is supplied appropriately
People Development (Safety specific): Must be able to constructively develop and coach others on overall risk management and safety topics. Provide developmental opportunities based upon incident investigations, DriveCam events, Employee Observations, SIF Observations, etc. to improve and advance their safety, skills, knowledge and performance
Employee Observations: Can coach and train Market Area Safety Specialist, market area leaders (DMs, RMS, etc.) on safety trends from EH&S Portal, DriveCam, and SIF data to be use in conducting effective employee observations and coaching conversations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree (accredited), or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant work experience
5 years to seven (7) years in Safety or Operations Management (in addition to education requirements)
Strong knowledge in Safety Rules & Regulations including DOT and OSHA, strong communication and leadership skills, and public speaking experience required
Execution: Ensuring others contribute to organization strategies by focusing them on the most critical priorities, measuring progress, and ensuring accountability against those metrics
Planning & Organizing: Establishing an action plan for self and others to complete work efficiently and on time by setting priorities, establishing timelines, and leveraging resources
Influencing: Using effective involvement and persuasion strategies to gain acceptance of ideas and commitment to actions that support specific work outcomes
Driving for Results: Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement
Coaching & Developing Others: Providing feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities; planning and supporting the development of individual skills and abilities
Facilitating Change: Encouraging others to implement better approaches to address problems and opportunities, leading the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace
Building Customer Relationships: Ensuring that the customer's internal or external needs are met; building productive relationships with high-priority customers; taking accountability for customer satisfaction and loyalty; using appropriate and interpersonal techniques to prevent and resolve escalated customer complaints and regain customer confidence
Preferred
Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
Certified Industrial Hygienist
Professional Engineer (PE) License
Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP)
Registered Environmental Manager (REM)
Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short Term Disability
Stock Purchase Plan
Company match on 401K
Paid Vacation
Holidays
Personal Days
Company
WM India
WM India, established in 2013, is the Global Capability Center of WM—North America’s leading environmental services company.
1001-5000 employees
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