Field Safety Specialist

Job Title: Field Safety Specialist

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: Environmental Health & Safety

Reports to: Manager, Field Safety & Health - North America

GENERAL DESCRIPTION / PURPOSE:

Responsible for recognizing and evaluating safety and environmental risks for field operations, and for implementing control measures that are designed to mitigate those risks resulting from human error and equipment operation. Serve as a safety and environment resource for field employees.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Safety Environmental Compliance

• Lead and Conduct Field Management Safety Audits designed to identify Mechanical and Operational rule compliance
• Validate field safety compliance through pin-pointed interactions with field labor based around Loram Operating Rules and the Eight Life Changing Decisions
• Drive incident investigations, completing Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action planning and roll out to Field Operations
• Identify field opportunities to better streamline Process Control / Best Practices / Occupational Health Surveillance
• Optimizing Field Safety Leadership with stabilized efficient communication through "I LEAD" - (I Learn / I Engage / I Apply / I Deliver) engagement structure.
• Continued, validated day to day safety performance of field personnel to ensure operating compliance with FRA, OSHA, and other applicable regulations.

Safety Environmental Management

• Collaborate with Safety Leadership on Fleet Safety Analytics to pinpoint focused action plan around Accidents / Injuries / Interaction and Root Cause Analysis
• Identify top tier customer counterparts, FRA field officers, to ensure joint safety audits are conducted, ensuring defined action items to better educate and ensure overall compliance
• Proactively lead communication with Learning and Development / Field Operations to mitigate downtime though credential management
• Hands on "Coaching / Teaching & Mentoring" of safety compliance with General Laborers, Operators, Assistant Superintendents, Superintendents and Field Assistant Managers
• Attend and participate in Loram and customer safety meetings and seminars

Behavioral Competencies:

• Safety Intervention
• Approachability
• Empowerment and Delegation
• High Impact Communication
• Building Partnerships
• Values Based

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business Operations, Transportation Safety Administration, Occupational Health

Experience: 1-2 years relative safety experience. 3 years railroad knowledge and experience.

Other Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Attention to detail, ability to communicate at all levels of the organization,
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel),
• Ability to work with others through complex situations
• Excellent decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment
• Ability and willingness to support Loram's safety critical mission, therefore, be available 24 hours per day / 7 days per week on a 6 week on 2 weeks off rotation, or 3 weeks on and 1 week off. This includes after hours, weekends, and holidays.

Licenses/Certifications: Obtain and Maintain railroad safety training and certifications

5 years combination of education and experience in safety management, railroad, or occupational health

WORKING CONDITIONS:

This position is considered a safety sensitive role. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Up to 100% travel including international, using any method of transportation.
• Ability to apply high levels of cognitive, analytical, retention and reasoning.
• Excellent communication skills used within any social context.
• Can stand, sit, walk, reach, balance, stoop, kneel, and hear.
• Can see up close, distances, colors and has use of peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Can tolerate variable and sometimes extreme physical conditions during visits or inspections of company equipment in a railroad environment.

Loram is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will make all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

REV: November 2023

About the Company:
Loram

The railway track maintenance industry is a business dominated by just a handful of highly specialized firms. One of the global leaders in the industry is Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. For over 60 years, Loram has been building track maintenance machinery, and through hard work and dedication, has become a leading supplier of railway maintenance equipment and related services. Loram's services include rail grinding, shoulder ballast cleaning and ditch cleaning programs. Loram's primary benefit to our customers is to provide preventative maintenance service and extend the life of railway tracks, resulting in a safer and more cost effective method of rail transportation. Loram is comprised of a fleet of over 100 highly sophisticated machines, designed and built by Loram, that operate on all types of railroads, passenger lines and transit systems throughout North America and around the globe. Loram's global footprint includes work in over 20 countries, including China, India, Australia, Brazil, Columbia, the United Kingdom, Germany and South Africa and India. Today, Loram is still a privately owned company and has grown to employ over 1000 employees around the world. Loram's headquarters are located in the beautiful Northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Company Size:
1,500 to 1,999 employees

Industry:
Transport and Storage - Materials

Founded:
1954

Website:
https://jobs.loram.com/