Market Area Safety Specialist

Safety Specialist

The Safety Specialist partners with operations and site leadership to promote a strong safety culture, ensure regulatory compliance, investigate incidents, analyze safety trends, and implement programs that reduce risk and improve employee safety. The role serves as a coach and advisor to leaders and frontline employees, driving accountability through training, audits, observations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills. Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities. Ability to influence and collaborate with employees and leaders at all levels. Strong problem-solving, analytical, and root cause investigation skills. Deep understanding of operations and a proactive, safety-first mindset.

This hybrid role requires flexibility to support operational needs, including evenings, weekends, & overnight stays. Regular travel throughout the Market Area is required to support multiple sites and leadership teams. Candidate must live in the market area to support the needs of the business.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive Cam System Management:
  Manages and consults with Market Area and Site leaders on Drive Cam System Management. This includes analysis, reporting, coaching, and interventions and may include ride alongs with site managers and or front-line drivers.
• Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) Prevention Program Management:
  Aligns Job Safety Briefing to support SIF protocols. Manages, trains, and advises Site Leadership on the implementation of Corrective/Preventative action (CAPA) items. Manages, trains, and advises Site Leadership on the implementation of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) action items (as an input to the CAPA processes)
• Incident Management:
  Works with Area Safety Manager/Director to gather and collate appropriate data into the EH&S portal. Conducts/reviews root cause analysis and ensures follow up action plans are established and works with site leadership to disseminate lessons learned. Works with the People team on the application of safety policies and procedures.
• District Specific Safety Plan:
  Works with Safety and District leadership to analyze incident trends and works closely with both Market Area and Site Leadership to ensure DSSP is in place and operational.
• Hazardous Energy Control Program:
  Facilitates site level compliance with the HECP and protocols. May conduct training and coaching with site personnel on the relevant topics to ensure HECP protocols are being followed.
• Regulation (DOT, OSHA, etc.) Management:
  Works closely with Corporate and Site level leadership to ensure compliance with 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:
  Works with site leadership to ensure site/safety management systems (e.g., fire protection/detection/alarms-burglar, CNG, etc.) are in working order. May 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.
• Contractor / Vendor Safety Management:
  Monitors contractors/vendor safety program to ensure implementation. Communicates changes in the state/provincial/county/city/contractual regulation requirements that may impact contractor/vendor safety program.
• Employee Health Management:
  Works with Site Leadership on monitoring the physical environment for potential issues covered/not covered by the Industrial Hygiene Program. Monitor and interpret Industrial Hygiene Program results and confer with Site Leadership on Action Plans.
• Personal Protective Equipment Management:
  Reviews and revises PPE needs based on job risk assessments. Audit processes to verify PPE is being used correctly. Communicates changes and updates of PPE requirements to Site Leadership. Works with Site Leadership to implement the site-specific PPE Program based on the corporate template.
• People Development (Safety…