EHS Site Specialist - Onshore Wind North American Services and Projects

Overview

Job Description

Summary:

The candidate must reside on the East Coast (e.g., New York, Pennsylvania, etc.). The General Electric Renewable Energy Onshore Wind North America (GE RE ONW NAM) team is searching for a motivated, high‑energy EHS Site Specialist to join an industry‑leading EHS team. The role is field‑based, supporting active GE onshore wind services and projects across North America. The EHS Site Specialist promotes a fair, reporting, and learning culture on services and project sites, ensures compliance with GE EHS standards, and helps innovate solutions to protect the health and safety of workers in the field.

• Must exhibit professional conduct, possess effective communication skills, and be capable of utilizing technology and software (e.g., Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams, 365, EHS data entry).
• Prioritize and conduct daily field walks and weekly tower climbs to proactively manage site safety risks and provide coaching.
• Leverage field walks and tower climbs to become familiar with GE EHS project policies & procedures and technical work instructions.
• Work with site leadership to ensure site personnel compliance with policies, procedures, and technical processes.
• Escalate issues, concerns, and gaps identified in policies, procedures, and technical processes to management.
• Engage workers, site leadership, customers, and contractor representatives in EHS‑related discussions and provide coaching to promote a proactive EHS culture.
• Facilitate the completion of all project‑site GE EHS plan and emergency response plan requirements with site leadership and workers.
• Follow reporting requirements, conduct event analyses (investigations), and facilitate the integration of corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) when EHS events occur.
• Ensure workers and visitors receive site orientations.
• Perform audits/inspections at required intervals (monthly, periodic, annual).
• Facilitate effective daily and weekly site safety meetings/group discussions relevant to hazards personnel are exposed to, to build a fair, reporting & learning culture.
• Assist site leadership in ensuring GE contractor entities are approved to execute their work scope, their work hours are collected, and their activities have been appropriately risk‑assessed.

• Willing/able to travel within North America and Canada 50–70% of the time.
• Physically able to work and climb tower heights of 300ft. or more regularly and perform permit‑required confined space entry.
• Capable of using turbine fall protection systems, maintaining weight limits (maximum personal weight 250lbs).
• Five or more years of wind turbine services business experience (up‑tower repair, blade repair, or construction/large project).
• College degree from an accredited university/college in occupational safety and health (minimum bachelor’s degree) OR BCSP certification (ASP, CSP, CIH, CHST, or equivalent).
• High school diploma/GED with five years of experience.
• Valid OSHA#500 or #501 trainer course in occupational safety and health standards for the construction industry.
• Working knowledge or capability to develop competency in each of the following EHS disciplines:
  • Event analyses (investigations) and execution of event management programs.
  • NFPA
    70E standards, OSHA electrical safety standards, and execution of electrical safety programs.
  • Energy isolation/lockout‑tagout (LOTO) regulations and execution of LOTO programs.
  • Work at heights, fall protection, and rescue regulations and execution of work‑at‑heights programs.
  • Crane, rigging & lifting regulations, and execution of crane, rigging, and lifting programs.
  • Industrial mobile equipment, trenching, and excavation regulations, and execution of such programs.

• Willing to travel domestically and internationally (North America) 50–70% of the time.
• Formally trained in performing event analysis/incident investigations in a recognized methodology (e.g., Taproot, Apollo).
• Valid AHA first aid, CPR & AED trainer certification.
• Valid TSL (Tech Safety Lines) trainer certification.
• Willing to work in a range of environments, including industrial facilities, manufacturing facilities, and power…