Health and Safety Specialist - Nuclear or Heavy Industrial

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22526 - HEALTH & SAFETY SPECIALIST - MOUNT HAOLLY, NC — 11-12 MONTHS. ReNuke Services is seeking a Health & Safety Specialist for our client’s site in Mount Holly, NC.

• Contractor will be supporting 2-4 sites across the Carolinas and will be expected to visit sites weekly.
• 40-60 hours/week. Schedule could include limited night shift work. Fully onsite.
• This position serves as an Owner representative, who is responsible for basic technical work in a wide range of health and safety disciplines to achieve compliance with the organizations H&S standards and with federal, state and local regulatory requirements.
• Works under general supervision and often self-directed.
• Monitors and observes work activity and provides technical and intervention direction to enable the prevention and control of H&S incidents and hazards.
• Recommends improvements in basic processes, design, procedures, and operating equipment, to minimize the hazard potential.
• Maintains current knowledge of specific requirements imposed by governmental agencies and internal programs, procedures and processes.
• May provide technical guidance to less experienced personnel working on environmental, health or safety programs.
• Tenaciously assist work teams and vendors in resolving concerns and compliance deficiencies.
• Know the respective H&S contractual requirements to ensure full understanding of expectations.
• Ensure a safe work environment is maintained through the identification and correction of H&S-related hazards and risks.
• Perform daily / routine field observations to identify unsafe conditions and at-risk behaviors, and environmental issues.
• If applicable, interface with site Health & Safety professionals to integrate and discuss H&S issues and resolve related questions.
• Interface with contractor safety representatives, site H&S professionals and project/contract manager(s) to correct deficiencies and resolve issues.
• Attend and participate in project/outage meetings and Safety/Environmental Steering Team (SEST) meetings, Pre-Job Briefings and any other meetings required by the Outage/ Project manager to communicate concerns and trends, as directed.
• Perform incident trend analysis and develop safety/health improvement initiatives.
• Administer and facilitate enforcement of safety initiatives.
• Ensure communication delivery to project/ outage work teams by following up with the outage/ project manager and appropriate personnel. Site safety inspections shall also include observations for environmental issues such as container labeling/control, potential refueling spills, hazardous materials, etc.
• Note:
  
  if unsure of an environmental issue, contact the site environmental coordinator who will investigate the environmental issue(s). Provide routine updates of H&S issues to the site H&S contacts and copy the Outage / Project Manager.
• Participate in incident investigations as necessary.
• Assist with or provide training to contractors as needed for various health and safety topics including site orientation.
• Assist with improving outage/ project safety/ health, and help provide a safe work environment for all employees.
• Communicate with all project/ outage employees, and contractor, regarding job safety/ health and where applicable, environmental compliance.
• Notify appropriate project lead personnel to facilitate correction of any deficiencies in a timely manner.
• Report all findings to the respective contracting firm management, site H&S/ EHS contacts, and copy the Outage/ Project manager.
• Have a working knowledge of basic environmental requirements to identify non-compliance issues.
• Report H&S contractor incidents to Outage/ Project Manager, and site H&S/ EHS contacts.
• Immediately notify the Outage/ Project Manager, and site H&S/ EHS contacts of incidents of potential asbestos, or lead-containing materials encountered by employees, both Duke and contractors.
• Maintain a log of identified H&S/ EHS issues and resolutions.
• Document observed unsafe behavior or conditions (and safe behavior).
• This is the required personal protective equipment for the job:
  Hard hat, ANSI-approved safety glasses, with side shields, ANSI-approved protective footwear (boots with a 3/4 upper or shaft and can be steel or composite toes).

• Heavy industrial and power plant experience.