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American Water · 21 hours ago

Senior, Health & Safety Program Manager

Peoria, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

American Water is seeking a health and safety professional to support their safety culture in Peoria, IL and throughout their Western division. The Senior, Health & Safety Program Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing health and safety programs, conducting safety evaluations, and providing training to employees on safe working practices.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Conduct internal safety program evaluations, physical safety inspections, industrial hygiene monitoring for chemical and physical hazards and ergonomic evaluations in office and field environments, develop recommendations and track corrective actions

Deliver safety training programs educating employees on safe working practices, appropriate equipment operation, and emergency procedures

Evaluate the impact of regulatory changes against existing practices and assists in the implementation of new regulations

Develop or update health and safety practices and procedures as needed. Provides health and safety technical support to field safety staff

Conducts and/ or reviews incident investigations and develops corrective action recommendations

Gathers, validates and analyzes safety performance statistics (leading and lagging) and makes recommendations for improvements

Review results of enterprise safety inspections and, based on data, identify areas for improvement and develop corrective actions

Stay abreast of regulatory changes, evaluate impact to the business and develop action plans to address in a timely manner

Develop inspections checklists and utilize apps and centralized platforms for tracking inspection results, safety performance data and corrective actions enterprise wide

Actively engage mid level management, supervision and hourly employees in the development, implementation, delivery and verification of enterprise health and safety programs

Actively participate in outside industry organizations that are involved in or promote health and safety for the water sector

Support the workers’ compensation management process to assure thorough and efficient claims management and investigation

Maintain health and safety training plans, training records and monitor progress towards annual training goals

Coordinate and verify enterprise safety recordkeeping and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses

Qualification

HealthSafety managementOSHA regulations knowledgeIncident investigationSafety training programsData analysisSMART goals executionTechnical report writingTeam collaborationProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Ability to influence and work with non-direct reports, peers and management to gain alignment and achieve goals in a complex matrix environment

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and regulations, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals and assess impact to the business

Ability to write technical reports, prepare presentations and correspondence and to communicate relevant information verbally to all levels of the organization

Ability to solve practical problems and respond to employee and public complaints effectively

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form

Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions

Ability to create and execute SMART goals and meet deadlines

Ability to technically manage staff of professionals Ability to work independently with limited supervision

Ability to work well in a cooperative team environment, participate routinely in multi-disciplinary projects and activities

Ability to recognize and deal appropriately with confidential and sensitive information

Knowledge of OSHA, Federal, State and Local regulations as applicable utilities, construction and related industries

Ability to generate trust and recognition as a coach and people leader

Knowledge of and familiarity with health and safety program management and OSHA regulatory requirements for construction and general industry with increased opportunities to apply expertise across disciplines or organizational areas

Familiarity with safety systems development and implementation

Minimum bachelor's level degree from an accredited college or university in a safety health related field of study or an equivalent combination of undergraduate education

Applicable safety experience in a utility, construction or industrial setting