Contractor Safety Specialist

Contractor Safety Specialist at Kaneka North America, LLC.

Location:

Houston, TX. Salary: $97,300.00-$.

The Contractor Safety Specialist plays a vital role in helping Kaneka North America, LLC maintain contractor safety, security, and emergency response procedures in accordance with Process Safety Management (PSM) and OSHA requirements. This ensures that all contractors working on KNA property remain compliant with both plant standards and federal regulations. In addition to these responsibilities, the specialist assists in developing the KNA Contractor Safety Policy, works to align contract work with Kaneka Job Representatives, and delivers safety-related training as well as general plant safety compliance initiatives.

Serving as a subject matter expert in KNA’s contractor safety standards and site HSSE management system, this role acts as the primary contact for production units, maintenance, engineering, and contract teams within the HSSE department. The specialist is responsible for ensuring that all contract work scopes are executed in compliance with company policies, as well as local and federal regulations.

• Meet with resident contract services regularly to maintain awareness of ongoing work in the areas assigned to them.
• Meet with Kaneka Job Representatives, procurement representative, and contract job requestors to ensure appropriate vetting of non-resident contractors, and safe execution work and approval processes.
• Must know the Kaneka Safety Standards and serve as subject matter expert in the application of them in the field as it applies to contractor safety.
• Facilitate field audits of contractor work spaces with their Kaneka Job Representative to ensure compliance with internal procedures and applicable regulatory standards.
• Assist in coordinating and delivering safety training for Kaneka Job Representatives.
• Facilitate access control for all contractors, collaborating with ERT and Security teams to ensure headcount accountability.
• Participate in incident investigations as they occur with Contractor work scopes on KNA property.
• Participate in turnaround reviews to understand crews coming on site, timeline of work scopes, and support planning of safe execution of work.
• Assist in creating and delivering Contractor Safety Committee materials on Safety Standards/Topics as required monthly.
• Revise Safety Standards as gaps in process are identified and have an ability to create job aids to assist in managing the change.
• Provide Safety Project/Vendor Oversight and plant safety sign(s) compliance.
• Assist with the use and maintain the health of the ISN () tracking and vetting software.
• Maintain Safety Managed Programs and Systems (i.e. Radios/Repeaters, Truck, Site Key Control, Permits, LOTO Supplies, FRC, etc.).
• Participate as Active Member of Emergency Response Team and support ERT Training and Response efforts.
• Ability to be on-call and come to plant for safety support on off-hours or weekends when needed.
• Must demonstrate the following emotional intelligence skills:
  • Emotional Empathy
  • Flexibility / Adaptability
  • Interpersonal Skills

• Experience with Process Safety Management (PSM) and OSHA requirements.
• Knowledge of contractor safety standards and HSSE management systems.
• Strong communication and training delivery skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with production, maintenance, engineering, and security teams.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset.