Project Specialist - Health and Safety - EHS Safety NY

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4 Irving Pl Headquarters

Full time

Regular

Minimum Salary $

Maximum Salary $

• Serve as a company subject matter expert (SME) in key Safety areas as assigned, provide day-to-day advice and counsel on various safety issues, address inquiries, providing day-to-day guidance on OSHA standards (such as OSHA 29 CFR  and Subpart V governing electric power generation, transmission, and distribution); regularly review injury/illness reports to ensure accuracy; coordinate safety meetings; prepare, monitor and share monthly reports to communicate safety performance data;
  
  coordinate special projects, internal and external benchmarking and other safety-related efforts.
• Remain current with upcoming regulatory, company programs, and operating process changes related to Safety, and proactively identify and evaluate potential impacts, responses and remedial actions as necessary.
• Facilitate compliance and promote continuous improvement through the development, implementation, and maintenance of safety programs, policies and procedures.
• Proactively interact with key internal customers and external stakeholders to identify best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare reports and supporting materials to communicate regulatory updates, compliance issues, performance trends, incident analyses, etc.
• Manage and analyze performance metrics in assigned subject matter areas to identify key trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in business safety meetings, daily job briefings, and field job site safety observations or exchanges across active electric/gas/steam jobsites, construction projects, substations, facilities, transmission line operations, and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
• Direct and/or provide immediate response to incidents on a 24x7 basis in accordance with a duty schedule and initiate/support or conduct root-cause accident investigations and recordkeeping.
• Demonstrate ongoing development in the knowledge of safety, health, and associated operating principles, as well as technical and regulatory subject matter in assigned areas.
• Perform other related tasks/assignments and support other subject matter areas as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Science, Occupational Safety & Health, Industrial Hygiene, or a technical discipline preferred and 5 years of related work experience or
• Master's Degree Engineering, Science, Occupational Safety & Health, Industrial Hygiene, or a technical discipline and 3 years of related work experience
• Experience in health and safety program development/management, operations leadership, and/or other technical discipline, required.
• Functional expertise in the underlying regulatory bases and technical principles of Con Edison's safety-related procedures and instructions, required.
• Influence and persuasion skills, and ability to initiate/champion change, required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, required.
• Understanding of root cause analysis techniques and data analysis principles, required.
• Operational familiarity with the practices and requirements of Con Edison's service commodities, required.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences, required.
• Prior experience managing safety-related subject matter areas, or working knowledge of associated Federal, State, and local requirements, preferred.
• Broad familiarity with OSHA and other workplace safety-related requirements, preferred.

• Driver's License Required
• Other:
  Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Preferred

The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays. Must be able and…