Role Summary:
The Safety Superintendent is responsible for overseeing the development and continuous improvement of the terminal’s safety program. Strives to ensure a safe, healthy and accident-free work place while working with all departments, including union and non-union, to foster a culture that prioritizes the health and safety of all employees, contractors, visitors and public.
Key Responsibilities:
This is not a Supervisory role inside the company,
- Plans, implements, and coordinates programs to reduce or eliminate occupational injuries and illnesses.
- Identifies and appraises conditions which could contribute towards accidents by performing Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) and evaluates potential severity of injuries resulting from the condition.
- Conducts or directs research studies to identify hazards and develops appropriate controls to manage the hazards.
- Develops proactive safety programs for incorporation into operational policies of organization.
- Compiles, analyzes, and interprets statistical data related to exposure factors concerning occupational illnesses and accidents and prepares reports including the OSHA 300 log.
- Maintains liaison with outside organizations, such as fire departments, and first responders to assure information exchange and mutual assistance.
- Devises methods to evaluate safety program and conducts or directs evaluations.
- Evaluates technical and scientific publications concerned with safety management and participates in activities of related professional organizations to update knowledge of safety program developments.
- Be present for the Safety Talks. Make sure they are given daily; and have the Forman add anything you think he did not cover in his talk but should have and anything you may have observed during your vessel inspection.
- Make sure all employees wear proper PPE (hard hats, vests, and safety toed shoes) where and when appropriate for the job being performed.
- Investigate all Company injuries and report to OSHA when required to do so.
- Responsible for the training of all superintendents in accordance with state and federal laws.
- Work with Safety Director, General, Terminal, and Vessel operations managers to ensure the PCMSC (Safety Code) is being followed.
- Attends monthly meeting with all member companies and union locals to discuss serious injuries and their possible prevention.
- Work with SSA lawyers to mitigate OSHA citations.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Registered Safety Professional or other professional with appropriate experience.
- A minimum of ten (10) years professional experience.
- Experience in safety management systems.
- Experience in training program development and administration.
- Experience in industrial facilities with unionized employees and multiple 3rd party vendors.
Work environment:
- Required job duties are normally performed in a climate-controlled office environment.
- Exposure to computer screens.
- Must be able to work in extreme outdoor temperatures of hot and cold, extremely dusty conditions and occasionally, conditions of high levels of noise.
- The ability to work in an environment that may be hazardous to persons unable to see and hear fast moving equipment
- Will be required to be on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on an as needed basis.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
- Lifting (approximately 75 to 100 lbs) and walking as needed during the shift.
Note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.”The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
Ceres, now SSA Marine, is an Equal Opportunity Employer
