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Westinghouse Electric

Lead Health & Safety Specialist

Westinghouse Electric, Ogden, Utah, United States, 84403

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About the role

As a Lead Health & Safety Specialist you will work toward developing practices to identify/avoid hazardous conditions within the workplace and external environments. You will investigate environmental incidents and working with engineers, management, and environmental regulatory authorities to identify causes of accidents and prevent their recurrence. You will provide advice and training on protocols and conducting audits to ensure environmental compliance with organization and government standards. You will report to the Senior EHS Manager and be located at our Ogden facility. This is an onsite role. Key Responsibilities

Guide all health and safety issues to regulatory compliance. Provide subject matter expertise, assistance, and support for site wide health and safety issues and serves as main contact for health and safety issues and events. Maintain all facility health and safety procedures. Communicate new programs, standards, regulations, and events throughout the organization. Report on performance of the health and safety group to the Sr EHS Manager for review and as the basis for improvement. Maintain working knowledge of health and safety regulations applicable to the facility and perform inspections to ensure compliance with the same. Analyze and trends environmental performance data. Report and shares site company and industry environmental data, metrics, best practices and lessons learned relevant to environmental management and communicates to local and global EHS. Ensure that all required health and safety compliance data is collected, maintained, and managed (e.g., IH Sampling records). Oversee keeping of health and safety records. Lead health and safety incident investigations or reviews and ensure adequacy of health and safety training. Prepare site to implement health and safety and emergency processes in the event of a health and safety/emergency incident. Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene or related degrees or related experience. 5+ years' experience in Industrial Safety, machinery safety, hazard communication, energy isolation (lock out tag out), industrial hygiene, rigging and lifting and hot work. Benefits

Comprehensive Medical benefits which could include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions options Wellness Programs designed to support employees in maintaining their health and well-being including Employee Assistance Program providing support for our employees and their household members 401(k) with Company Match Contributions to support employees' retirement Paid Vacations and Company Holidays Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements to promote work-life balance Educational Reimbursement and Comprehensive Career Programs to help employees grow in their careers Global Recognition and Service Programs to celebrate employee accomplishments and service Employee Referral Program

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