Senior Safety Specialist

Overview

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We seek people passionate about leading and being part of teams that advance innovative clean energy solutions that are affordable and accessible to all.

As a Senior Safety Specialist, you will design, develop, implement, and oversee PGE's safety programs that safeguard employees and the public while ensuring compliance with laws, standards, and regulations. You will develop and administer comprehensive safety programs, analyze safety trends, conduct complex investigations, and serve as a subject matter expert to managers and employees across the organization. The role requires advanced safety leadership and problem-solving abilities, with intermediate knowledge of employment law and industry best practices in safety management.

Your work will contribute to a culture of safety excellence and impact the wellbeing of customers and employees while supporting PGE's mission of reliable and sustainable energy services.

• Reporting and Analysis:
  Conducts routine and complex investigations. Develops and runs reports. Analyzes trends and prepares presentations and communications. Coordinates follow up on action items related to reports and investigations. Leads the organization safety root cause analysis process.
• Program Management:
  Develops, reviews, and administers safety programs, guidelines and initiatives to meet business objectives and comply with relevant laws and regulations. Integrates industry best practices into existing programs. Develops a review process for programs to align organizational processes.
• Consultation/
  
  Education:
  
  Serves as a subject matter expert to managers and employees. Analyzes business needs and develops innovative solutions to safety-related problems. Designs and delivers educational programs on employee and public safety in collaboration with other departments.
• Special Projects:
  Leads special projects to meet corporate objectives, engaging with other departments. Facilitates safety meetings and processes. Plays a leadership role in high energy process development, community of practice, and future process development. May assume leadership roles in emergency and incident response.
• Compliance:
  Responds to regulatory information requests. Prepares legally required filings and reports. Ensures programs, policies, and procedures comply with applicable laws and regulations. Analyzes regulatory changes and recommends actions.
• Communications Leader:
  Leads weekly safety meetings, creates content, manages invites and agenda development, and leads organizational communication for safety updates and notices.

• Education:
  
  Requires a bachelor’s degree in science, business, human resources, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience:
  
  Typically five or more years in professional safety and/or in electric generation, transmission and distribution operations; or, depending on position, drug and alcohol or ergonomic program management.
• Certifications/Licenses/Training: CSP, ASP, CHST, OHST, CUSP, COSS preferred depending on position; journeyman card or equivalent and/or ergonomic certification may be preferred depending on position.

• Functional
  
  Competencies:
  
  Intermediate knowledge of employment laws; intermediate knowledge of PGE policies, procedures, and agreements; intermediate knowledge of industry best practices; intermediate project management; advanced report writing; intermediate facilitation and presentations; intermediate systems and programs knowledge.
• General
  
  Competencies:
  
  Advanced customer focus and safety leadership; intermediate analytical thinking; advanced problem solving; advanced oral and written communication; advanced interpersonal skills; intermediate decision-making; advanced organization and prioritization; intermediate knowledge of business process interrelationships; advanced business acumen; advanced change…