Safety Specialist

Title: Safety Specialist

Reporting to: VP of EH&S

EnviroVac strives to be the most innovative industrial cleaning and environmental services supplier! Our staff has been hand-selected to provide our clients with custom solutions and the highest quality customer service. EnviroVac has established itself as the Southeast’s premier provider in the industrial cleaning industry by following the framework of our three Core Competencies of Safety First, Operational Excellence, and Client-Focused Approach. Clean values make EnviroVac, “The Clean Company”, a simple solution for your industrial and environmental needs.

POSITION SUMMARY: The field safety specialist is responsible for field safety compliance, safety training and practices, OSHA compliance and conducting safety audits/job site inspections. Will work closely with branch personnel and customer representatives to ensure adherence to Company and Customer's safety policies and procedures.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Ensure compliance with EnviroVac safety, environmental and operational policies/practices.
• Conduct safety audits at customer facilities and performs job observations and incident/accident investigations.
• Interface with customer safety professionals and contractor coordinator.
• Work turnarounds (outages) at customer facilities which may include both day and night shifts, plus weekends as needed.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to work long hours (>8 hours)
• Willingness to travel 50% of the time to other branch locations to assist in Safety coverage on large projects.
• Must be thoroughly trained and able to operate industrial vacuum truck, high-pressure industrial water blasters, and other necessary equipment on various projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; effective interpersonal communication across various levels of the organization and with external customers and vendors.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret business documents, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Ability to understand and follow specific procedures and directions; unwilling to cut corners.
• Must be able to safely and effectively perform decontamination process of assigned equipment as required by specific project and Company policy, preventing cross-contamination between the equipment and/or job sites.
• Basic math skill.
• Able to perform residual office environment duties, to include, but not limited to, operation of electronic devices (computers, laptops, tablets, copiers, printers, scanners, etc.) to perform auditing criteria, compiling data to complete training records and incident investigations, creating safe operating procedures, etc.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office Products and their functions (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Adobe PDF)
• Competency in the ability to speak, coach and teach teammates in safety-related meetings and training sessions
• Willingness to take the lead in structuring safety culture and adapting to change our ever-evolving safety culture process.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. Associates or bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Industrial, Environmental and/or Health & Safety Management preferred
• Experience: Two or more years of industrial safety experience required. Preferably in the industrial cleaning environment
• Certifications: General Industry OSHA 30 – hour certification preferred.

MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND SOFTWARE USED:

• Large industrial cleaning equipment and materials
• Large industrial vehicles
• Personal Protective Equipment

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Heavy Industrial facilities including Refineries, Petro-chemical plants, Steel Mills, Pulp and Paper Mills and Power Generation Plants (coal-fired utilities.)
• Client operations sites
• Travel to multiple customer sites
• Extreme temperatures
• Noisy conditions
• Exposed to weather

TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Works in atmospheres and locations with potential for exposure to various chemicals, some of which may be hazardous, toxic, or corrosive.
• Lifting and carrying of items weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Lifting 25 lbs. overhead ten to fifteen times per twelve-hour shift.
• Up to 50 lbs. overhead five to ten times per twelve-hour shift.
• Ability to climb ladders in heights of up to 250 feet.
• Exposure to extreme climate, including but not limited to sub-freezing and high temperatures up to 140 degrees.

 This job description is not a contract and does not affect the at-will nature of your employment relationship with EnviroVac.  Furthermore, this job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and does not and cannot address every responsibility or duty you may be expected to perform during your employment.  EnviroVac reserves the right to modify or amend this job description at its discretion, without prior notice.  All qualified applicants considered regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, veteran or disability status, religion, age, gender orientation or other protected status.

EnviroVac is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. EnviroVac does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws.