Position Purpose
The purpose of this position is to provide technical leadership to Legner Energy’s safety management program, offering hands-on field leadership and execution, as well as developing a safety management strategy. This includes developing, refining, and overseeing Legner Energy’s safety processes and practices consistent with management’s principles, philosophy, and regulatory requirements.
Key Qualification
Candidates must have Safety Management experience in distribution, electric utility, or transmission substation environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop (if needed) and provide a variety of employee classroom safety training, including initial employee onboarding, client-specific Safety Awareness, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and select MSHA-related training as required by individual customers.
- Perform job site analysis to document current working and environmental conditions, as necessary, and as contractually responsible, to ensure a safe working environment. Based on conditions, identify potential hazards and develop an effective and comprehensive hazard mitigation plan for the pending work. Communicate this plan to the work team and the client, if required.
- Perform field audits of employee work areas, documenting current conditions, potential hazards, and employee safety knowledge, execution, and compliance. If a job site analysis and hazard mitigation plan were previously conducted for the work site, ensure that such analysis and mitigation plan remain accurate.
- Maintain a current set of safety practices, manuals, etc., consistent with the work performed, the strategy and philosophy Legner Energy exhibits, and industry standards.
- Maintain all safety-related records, OSHA 300 logs, etc., for the company and its individual entities as required.
- Proactively manage employee injuries and near misses, including conducting detailed incident investigations to determine root cause(s). Document all findings and conclusions, and communicate this information to management and the workforce to educate employees and prevent recurrence of incidents.
- Submit, as required by individual clients, all applicable safety-related information—including near miss reports, accident and vehicle incident investigations—to the appropriate reporting entities and/or databases within required timeframes.
- Understand applicable external regulatory agency reporting requirements and ensure compliance for all applicable employee injuries and/or fatalities. Maintain constant communication with the appropriate agency until all required reporting is completed.
- Ensure appropriate safety processes and procedures are in place for all work performed by Legner Energy employees. Where no process or practice exists, develop and communicate appropriate processes and practices.
- Generate monthly safety messages containing safety tips applicable to work and home that can be included in a monthly employee newsletter.
Position Requirements
Knowledge and Skills:
- Possess and maintain a working knowledge of MSHA requirements and related Operator Qualification requirements for tasks performed by Legner Energy employees.
- Possess and maintain a working knowledge of OSHA 1910.269 (Electric Standard) for tasks performed by Legner Energy employees.
- Demonstrate the ability to thoroughly investigate employee and vehicle incidents, clearly identifying root causes and remedial actions.
- Effectively explain incident investigations to management and external entities in a clear and understandable manner.
Team Participation:
- Be an active member of Legner Energy’s management team.
- Represent Legner Energy to external entities and clients.
Communication Skills:
- Possess good communication skills and the ability to engage all levels of personnel and management.
- Exhibit effective presentation skills to deliver training materials in a meaningful and impactful way.
Work Environment:
- Ability to work in both field (75%) and office (25%) environments.
- Ability to make informed decisions in the field without collaboration, if required.
Education/Experience Requirements
- College Degree preferred.
- OSHA Training – 30 Hour.
- Applicable Safety Certifications.
- Experience working in industrial, manufacturing, or electric and gas utility environments, specifically in distribution, electric utility, or transmission substations.
