Safety Professional - Hawaii Island

Safety Professional
- Hawaii Island

The H ST SAFETY BIG ISLAND Department of the P SAFETY Division at Hawaiian Electric Company has 1 Management vacancy available. (Role: Professional)

JOB FUNCTION:

Plays a critical role in creating a workplace that is safe, compliant, and supportive of progress. Facilitates development and sustainment of a safe work culture and works towards achieving a zero-incident safety culture. Conducts trainings and ensures employee understanding of critical protocols, identifies and analyzes potential hazards to develop improved procedures for optimal workplace safety, and proactively guides and supports teams to create safer work environments.

Collaborates with operational areas, oversees implementation of, and carries out routine safety compliance programs. Serves as a champion of a sustained zero-incident safety future.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• In partnership with assigned operations division management, removes barriers and roadblocks to ensure safety compliance with all applicable requirements.
• Coaches/mentors/guides/interfaces with employees, alongside supervisory personnel in developing and delivering the appropriate safety work programs, practices and behaviors.
• Inspects workplace environments, activities and conditions to ensure compliant with federal and state laws, regulations and requirements, and company policies, rules and procedures.
• Based on observations and interactions in the workplace, works collaboratively to develop and/or update programs, policies, and procedures that are designed to achieve a zero-incident safety culture.
• Keeps abreast of current and pending safety regulations by interfacing regularly with employees in their work location, department, and external resources.
• Develops and continually reviews safety policies, writes procedures and disseminates information to reduce or eliminate safety risks.
• Provides research and technical expertise, designs programs and/or analysis and makes recommendations to management on a variety of difficult safety or health issues, programs, topics or enforcement concerns including current or proposed regulations and their potential impact upon operations.
• Oversees the development and implementation of a variety of training programs and events to include safety and professional topics.
• Recommends annual training goals and conducts annual training assessments.
• Ensures training attendance records are maintained.
• In conjunction with appropriate operations division management, monitors, audits and supports/facilitates the activities of company and contract personnel in safety related activities (e.g., Near-Miss and safety incident investigations), and develops corrective action plans to improve and enforce appropriate safety behaviors and requirements.
• Reviews work procedures for compliant with company and higher authority safety requirements and the incorporation of industry best practices.
• Researches, develops, and analyzes safety metrics for management and others to aid in evaluating the company safety programs and standard operating procedures.
• Compiles and maintains required records to comply with existing regulations.
• Investigate industrial, vehicle, and general public accidents/complaints to identify root cause, eliminate existing dangers and develop solutions that will reduce the risk of other accidents from occurring.
• Prepares formal reports with findings and recommendations to reduce occurrences.
• Provides assistance in litigation matters, as necessary.
• Conducts personal and environmental monitoring of asbestos and/or lead exposure at various company locations, performs analyses, functions as "competent person" as required by law. Maintains required records as well as maintains pumps and accessories for monitoring work.
• These and other activities may require special safety and/or industrial hygiene certification and/or program completion in such areas as asbestos, lead, CPR, etc.
• Performs testing of employees covered by the Annual Employee Screening Program such as spirometry, audiometry and blood pressure. Compiles the necessary records to ensure compliance with existing regulations.
• Participates in Company emergency response activities as assigned, including any activities required to prepare for such emergency response. Serves as Safety or Assistant Safety Officer during Incident Management Team activations.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge Requirements:
Thorough knowledge of best practices in achieving superior safety performance. Extensive knowledge of assigned Operations' systems, processes, and equipment, as well as operations and maintenance work practices and procedures. Working knowledge of relevant HiOSH, Federal OSHA, DOT, DOH, PUC, NIOSH rules, regulations, and guidelines related to safety issues, the National Fire Safety Code, various ANSI standards, and general electrical utility safety and health practices.

Working knowledge of Hawaiian Electric's information systems and tools such as PC hardware and associated software (i.e.,…